Story Machine is working with Think Lowestoft and East Suffolk Council to develop opportunities for artists, creatives, and cultural practitioners in Lowestoft. This is part of a bold and ambitious Town Investment Plan to place culture at the heart of regeneration and development. Lowestoft is one of the bottom 10% Read more…
Story Machine and Gatehouse Press are delighted to announce that we have merged to create a bigger publisher able to do more to support talented new writers into print. The merger will see Gatehouse Press and Lighthouse Journal become imprints within Story Machine, and the outdated Gatehouse Press website phased Read more…
Stories can support our mental health. They can help us experience connection, discover new ways of thinking, understand ourselves and our world better. Through stories we can escape and we can dive head-first in. They can touch our hearts and engage our bodies. Each of our shows responds to and Read more…
Sam Ruddock, Director of Story Machine Productions and producer of the MANTOR podcast discusses the origins and aims of the new podcast. Back in April, when the early sheen of lockdown was giving way to an itchy desire to create something new, I read Evie Wyld’s excellent new novel The Read more…
These are unprecedented times. The history of the 2020 Lockdown is being written every day, in every action. Paperchains ensures that the voices and experiences of the marginalised are prominent in its telling. Paperchains invites people with experience of prison, armed services, homelessness, and other marginalised groups, to share their Read more…
To ccelebrate our 2nd birthday we made a film of all the shows we’ve made so far. You can watch it here. If you want us to bring your book to life or to collaborate, get in touch today and let’s create a magical experience together.
As we draw to the end of a decade, I find myself thinking back enthusiastically on the books that I have loved and which have stayed with me. And because there is nothing I like more than to discuss books with other readers, I thought I’d share them (in alphabetical Read more…
Book PUSH for 2020 between now and Christmas, and we are offering a £50 discount on the fee! That means you get a stunning show (just watch the trailer below) and a 2.5 hour writing workshop with Director and Publisher Sam Ruddock, all for just £450! What are you waiting Read more…
We’re thrilled that LOWBORN (Down the Chipper), starring Gillian Dean as Kerry Hudson, is back! We will be at Grosvenor Fish Bar on Monday 2nd December in aid of St Martins Housing Trust and Norwich Foodbank. Tickets are free but limited. Get yours here or below. We look forward to Read more…
Story Machine Productions seeks volunteers aged 25-40 from all cultures and backgrounds to be filmed during their hair and make-up routine. The footage will become part of a new show, Kumkum Malhotra, about the lives of women around the world. In a small house in India, Kumkum Malhotra prepares herself Read more…