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Performed Readings
The Script Factory has been staging Performed Readings since its inception in 1996, when the Company’s rationale was purely to celebrate the art of the screenplay. Over the years we have expanded dramatically to incorporate a huge range of other activity from Training and Events to Development Services, but still occasionally stage Performed Screenplay readings in order to showcase new screenwriting talent.
With a track record that includes Dirty Pretty Things 
Dirty Pretty Things, from a screenplay by Steve Knight, Lawless Heart, Party Monster, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Revenger's Tragedy and numerous others, The Script Factory screenplay readings have been proven to lift a script off the page and turn it into a living feature film.
For each of our Readings a leading Casting Director assembles casts of the highest quality who 'read' the scripts to an audience of both film industry and the general public, for one unique performance only. Following the Readings, audience response forms and informal chats over post-performance drinks enable the writers to gauge audience reaction, while Readings offer the chance to entice potential investors to turn fledgling scripts into feature films.
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Lena Headley leads a Script Factory cast for the performed reading of Alexander The Great by Neil Hunter & Rupert Jones
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You might like to note that The Script Factory frequently arranges Private Readings for productions looking to source finance, test story ideas, and make casting decisions. Click here for details.
In previous years, our Performed Readings have taken place at both Soho Theatre and The Arts Theatre in London, at other locations regularly across the UK, and at film festivals (which have included the Celtic Film & TV Festival, The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and Bristol's Brief Encounters Short Film Festival).
Helen Baxendale performs The Script Factory reading of Return of the Native
Previous Script Factory casts have included Honor Blackman, Ewan Bremner, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Eccleston, Dawn French, Stephen Fry, Dougie Henshall, Irene Jacob, Robert Lindsay, Jodhi May, Al Murray, Nicol Williamson and Emily Watson.
Kelly Macdonald workshops a screenplay at The Script Factory