Rapid Response

About our events

New for 2024, our Rapid Response scheme offers writers a creative challenge to respond to CFT’s Festival 2024 productions. Open to amateur, aspiring and early-career writers alike, get inspired by the work on our stages and generate an original response.

List of Events

  1. Two teenage girls sit on an rumpled bed with a pale pink satin duvet, smiling at the camera. The girl on the left lies on her back, with her feet up against the headboard, holding a phone in one hand. She wears patterned high heel noots, blue trousers and a purple ruffled top. To the right is a girl in a golden dress, leaning against the headboard with one foot crossed over the other.
    Minerva Theatre & Steven Pimlott building

    Rapid Response - The House Party

    Wed 15 May (performance) & Tue 21 May (sharing)
    More info about Rapid Response - The House Party Book now
  2. A statue of a curly haired cherub, holding some papers in his hand. The statue is in shadows, with the left side of the face and half its wing in darkness. It looks dramatic.
    Festival Theatre & Steven Pimlott building

    Rapid Response - Coram Boy

    Wed 5 June (performance) & Tue 11 June (sharing)
    More info about Rapid Response - Coram Boy Book now
  3. An elderly man (Ian McDiarmid) stares at the camera. His face is wrinkled and looks stern and dramatic, with shadows under his eyes and chin. He is wearing a black shirt, and his face in lit in a silvery colour.
    Minerva Theatre & Steven Pimlott building

    Rapid Response - The Caretaker

    Tue 9 July (performance) & Tue 16 July (sharing)
    More info about Rapid Response - The Caretaker Book now
  4. Two midwives in white smocks, white caps and blue blouses stand against a green and white wall. The midwife on the left holds two newborn babies, they look like twins. The midwife on the right holds one newborn baby with dark hair. They both look down caringly at the babies.
    Minerva Theatre & Steven Pimlott building

    Rapid Response - The Promise

    Wed 14 Aug (performance) & Mon 19 Aug (sharing)
    More info about Rapid Response - The Promise Book now
  5. A black-and-white-photo taken on the crowded steps of Chichester Law Court. In the centre, two young men in stylish suits walk down the steps, holding their hands in front of their faces to block the camera. Around them, women in 1960s hairstyles and coats look up at the two men, some with excited expressions. On the left stands a stern policeman in a hat, with two more policemen and photographers in the background.
    Festival Theatre & Steven Pimlott building

    Rapid Response - Redlands

    Tue 8 Oct (performance) & Tue 15 Oct (sharing)
    More info about Rapid Response - Redlands Book now