Helen East  

Helen East is a Lecturer in the School of History of Art and Design.

Qualifications
B.A.(Hons) Communication Media
M.A. Scriptwriting for Television and Radio

Publications
Write Now Festival 'The Gift'. April 2011
'Mad, Bad and Glad', Actors Studio July 2011
Play for Radio 4
Scriptwriter for Brookside, Channel 4
Rehearsed reading, Capitol Theatre, Manchester - 'Once in a House of Straw', June 2008
Rehearsed reading, Octagon Theatre, Bolton - 'Seconds Out', march 2007


Professional Activities
Longlisted BBC Future Talent Award 2011
Writers Lab, University of Bolton 2011
'Seconds Out' Stage Play, Part of Write Now Festival Liverpool 2010
'Seconds Out' Stage Play, Taurus Bar Manchester
Longlisted, Verity Bargate Award, - 'there be dragons', 2008
Stage play for Royal Exchange Theatre and Liverpool Everyman Theatre. 'Seconds Out'.
Longlisted for B.B.C.'s 'Broken and Blue' Radio 3
Commission 'Double Acts' B.B.C. Radio 4
Longlisted Royal Exchange Write 2 for play, 'ripples in concrete'
Finalist B.B.C's 2k2 for script 'Phantom Life'
Finalist Granada's Life in the City for script 'Going for Gold'
Finalist Red Production new writing for t.v. for script 'Communion'
Finalist in BBC/GMR new writing for radio for script 'The Waiting Room'
Scriptwriter for Channel 4's 'Brookside'
Creative writing workshops for students
Scriptwriting workshops for students

Research Activities
Writers Lab, Bolton University 2010
Workshops with B.B.C., London
Workshops with Royal Exchange Theatre
Workshops with Liverpool Everyman Theatre
Rehearsed reading, Octagon Theatre, Bolton - 'Seconds Out', march 2007
Rehearsed reading, Capitol Theatre, Manchester - 'Once in a House of Straw', June 2008