We have ten years behind us, when we have made new friends, shared valuable experiences and achieved notable successes. From this ten year’s work an organisation has grown, which is friendly yet professional, and is acknowledged and supported by the theatre profession and other cultural organisations. We would like to build on this in the future.

The anniversary year celebrations (including 17 events organised by us!) are over, it’s back to our day to day work now. Our longer term plan is to solidify the DN financially, and carry on with the good work. We would like to deepen our relationships with some of our supporters as well as find new friends. As always, our work tries to respond to the needs of the profession.

The plan for 2012 is to carry on with our events – we are planning to have 12 this year. Alongside the discussions there are workshops planned as well. You can find out about them below.
In the autumn we are going to hold our second Kenneth Tynan Award – don’t forget to nominate a colleague this year!

Besides the regular events, two projects are going to stretch through this year (and next): the Methuen book project on new dramaturgy (in which 25 DN members are involved!), and a Best Practice project, to be launched by Hanna Slättne later this year.

We don’t want to be London-centric, and would love to see more events happening regionally, under the DN’s umbrella. These events have to be member initiated and organised. To enable DN members to do this, we have set out some guidelines. Please read the Action Group Guidelines document on our website, and get in touch with us, if you have a plan for a dramaturgy-related project to organise.

The driving force behind the DN is its members and their support. In these financially difficult times we rely on you even more. We are grateful for those who helped us last year, and hope that this year (one way or another) all of us are going to contribute to the going and growing of the DN.

In April we are planning to celebrate Kenneth Tynan’s birthday with a fundraising event. On 2nd April he would have been 85 years old, and an anniversary is always a great occasion to make delicious cakes. So we ask every DN member here and abroad to put down the fountain pen/iPad etc. the weekend before, take out your aprons and rolling pins, and let the Tynan Anniversary Bake fundraiser begin! Make your favourite cake, pie or biscuit, create an irresistible treat, and sell them to your friends, colleagues and neighbours. All money raised will be spent on the Kenneth Tynan Award 2012 – so you are helping us to put a big smile on this year’s award winner’s face.

In exchange for your support we have decided to increase the services that are available to DN members only. If things go according to plan with our website redevelopment, we would like to have members’ only pages there with information that can be helpful for your work or research. (Our longer term plan is to feature your CVs on our website.) Moreover, our events are going to be either free for DN members or you are going to have a concession.

We would love to hear from you: news about work, projects are always of interest to us. (You can contact us at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

We hope that 2012 will bring you interesting projects, worth sharing and remembering!