In March 2011 Hull Truck appointed its first Creative Associate for Young People, playwright Morgan Sproxton.
Morgan's role is to work with young people to nurture a passion for writing, develop their skills and to guide them in creating their own work for the theatre.
She works closely with Hull Truck's Creative Learning and Literary departments, leading workshops, facilitating the Young Writers Group, forming the women's playwriting group, as well as initiating ideas to raise the aspirations of, and give opportunities to, young writers from our region.
Alongside the development of young people themselves, Morgan is also creating plays for young people to perform.
- About Morgan
Morgan Sproxton is a writer from Hull. After working as a journalist and PR manager, she began her play-writing career with the critically acclaimed Fathers2B and this established a long term relationship with the theatre. In 2005 she was part of the influential Royal Court/BBC The50 to find the UK's 50 best emerging young writers. She was also part of 25 Degrees, a BBC/Royal Court Initiative. In 2010 she completed a pilot script for the BBC/Screen Yorkshire Northern Voices. Her theatre plays include Smoke Screen, Mark, Gagging For It, Lost Boy, Love All, Ring Around The Humber and the short film Sofa Dreams. She runs Truck Young Writers and Truck's female-only writing group. She also works with Spin Off Theatre Company and her play Tin Soldier will tour special schools in 2012.
