Actors and Writers London (awl) cannot accept responsibility for any issues arising from any personal content of any page of this web-site. Click here or scroll down for further information.

 

awl is a well established, formally constituted, non-profit making organisation of professional actors, writers, directors and enthusiasts. 

Membership of awl, costing £10 per year, is open to all who are interested in developing and enhancing their particular skills and abilities as actors, writers and directors. 

Non-members/visitors are welcome to attend our rehearsed readings. However, scripts for appraisal are only accepted from current members. You must also be a member if you wish to be cast in or to direct awl rehearsed readings, or if you wish to assist our script appraisal process.

In return for your subscription, you will also receive:

  • Admission to meetings at a reduced charge (£3: non-members pay £5);
  • A free, personal page on this web-site (or a link to your own website if you have one) (click here or scroll down for further details);
  • Announcements of your forthcoming productions in the backstage section of the website and at meetings

Brief Summary of our Activities

Writers submit their work for consideration by the group for performance in a rehearsed reading.  The readings are performed during one of the group’s fortnightly meetings.  There is a short rehearsal period for actors and directors.  There is no remuneration for this work or for any work carried out be members on behalf of awl. 

In order to maintain high standards, the committee, which is elected by the membership, has drawn up guidelines to clarify the criteria by which writing is selected, actors cast, and directors nominated to take charge of productions.

awl continues to develop to meet the changing needs of its growing membership.  Accordingly the committee regularly reviews the rules governing awl to ensure that the membership have equal opportunities to practise their skills. 

To clarify the guidelines and to announce the latest developments, the committee has produced guidance notes for members wishing to participate in the activities of awl.  Click on any of the following links for the relevant set of guidelines:

Personal Web Pages

As a paid-up member of awl, you are entitled to

  • a personal web page on this site
  • or a link from this site to your own website.

These facilities are free of charge as long as you maintain your membership.

There will be links to your page:

  • in the biographies section of this site;
  • at the head of the cast list for each of your plays read by awl;
  • in the cast list for every awl reading in which you participate.

Personal pages are also directly accessible without having to navigate the awl site. Personal addresses consist of awl's site address followed by the member's name, e.g. www.actorsandwriters.org/your.name.

You are encourged to use your awl page address on letterheads, correspondence, etc. This enables professional contacts such as casting directors and producers to review your details easily and quickly.

Please note that casting is done via our biographies page by our awl's casting co-ordinators.

Accordingly, materials for inclusion in this website should be submitted via email if possible to Stephanie Connell (to reduce the number of drafting errors and the effort required to build the page). Stephanie Connell will also accept printed text (if you must) and photographs for scanning.

The materials required are as follows:

  • biography (as short or as long as you like)
  • photograph (optional for writers)
  • agent and/or personal contact details as you would like them to appear on your page.

Alternatively, if you have a Spotlight page, simply give your Spotlight View PIN to Stephanie Connell and she will copy your details from Spotlight.

If scanning your own photographs, please note that 150 pixels per inch is sufficient for our needs. Higher resolutions are counter productive for the internet since they take up significantly more memory, are slow to download to visitors' screens and don't look any better on screen than the low resolution equivalent.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

awl is unable to accept responsibility for any issues arising from any personal information or photographs provided by members for use in the awl web-site. In particular, awl agrees to accept members' photographs for use in the web-site in good faith that members are fully entitled to submit their chosen photographs for such use.

In choosing to take up awl's offer of a free page in the awl web-site, you agree to accept full responsibility for the personal content and photographs provided by yourself for use in the web-site and you also agree to hold awl harmless in the event that your personal content or photographs become the subject of any action by any third party.

For example, in the unlikely event that a photographer claims that one of his/her photographs of you is being used in the awl web-site without permission, you agree to accept full responsibility for the decision to use the photograph and to maintain that awl is completely blameless for the error.

 

  

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

Actors and Writers London (awl) cannot accept responsibility for any issues arising from the biographical or photographic content of any page of this web-site.

All personal information about awl members in this web-site is supplied by the individuals themselves. awl accepts individuals' photographs for publication in this web-site in good faith that either

  • any photograph submitted for publication in this web-site is the intellectual property of the member pictured in the photograph or
  • the member pictured in the photograph has secured an appropriate licence whereby the photograph may be legally published in this web-site.

awl accepts photographs of and other information about individuals for publication in this web-site exclusively subject to the conditions that

  • the individual accepts full personal responsibility for all issues arising from the publication of any personal photographs or other personal information such as the individual may provide to awl for the purpose of publication in this web-site.
  • the individual agrees to hold awl harmless in the event of any legal challenge whatsoever arising from the publication in this web-site of any personal photographs or other personal information pertaining to the individual.

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