HighTide Festival and Workshops in 2015

Published: 14 December 2014
Reporter: Sandra Giorgetti

HighTide prepares for Festival and writing workshops Credit: Takashi Hososhima

The dates for Aldeburgh–based annual theatre festival, HighTide, are 10 to 20 September.

2015 sees the continued collaboration with London's Soho Theatre who will be programming comedy for the festival which has a line-up of new plays, talks, events and appearances by visiting companies.

In the meantime, HighTide is expanding its local work with young people and will be taking free workshops in Suffolk schools.

Nationally HighTide is running 12 free writers workshops in association with IdeasTap.

Five IdeasTap Inspires: HighTide Playwriting Workshop participants, from a shortlist of 25, will be invited to attend a bootcamp led by director Will Wrightson and HighTide's artistic director Steven Atkinson. Writers will be working with a group of professional actors leading to a reading of their work.

More details about HighTide Festival 2015 will be announced in the New Year.

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