Commonword’s Women in the Spotlight are delighted to announce a partnership with Arvon. In March 2016 we will be holding a week long residential, performance poetry and script-writing course at the Hurst in Shropshire (http://www.arvon.org/centres/the-hurst/). The course is for writers who self-identify as a woman and as either BAME and/or LGBT+. Arvon’s five-day residential creative …
New Views is the National Theatre’s Playwriting Programme for 15-19 year olds. Each year, hundreds of students from across the UK learn about playwriting from some of the finest writers in the business and writer their own short pays, with one winning play chosen to be staged at the NT with a professional cast, and …
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Creating Routes is a practical training programme for theatre-makers who want to use their creative skills in the community. The programme runs from September 2015 to June 2016. Creating Routes Trainees get the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and experience needed to get employment in Participatory Arts through: monthly group meetings and check-ins with …
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London Screenwriting Workshops with Blue Cat Screenwriting 3 October 2015, 11am-6pm Ravensbourne, 6 Penrose Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London, SE10 0EW Gordy Hoffman, the Sundance award-winning writer/director (LOVE LIZA, DOG BOWL) will return to London to teach a screenwriting workshop for the first time in five years on Saturday, October 3rd, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. About …
If you’re an aspiring screenwriter then this is your chance to gain valuable insights into writing for television from Manchester’s very own Danny Brocklehurst. The BAFTA and International Emmy Award-winning screenwriter will talk with Anne Edyvean, Head of BBC Writersroom, about his journey from City Life critic to writer on shows including Clocking Off, Shameless, …
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LMA artist in residence Nick Field will be leading a creative writing workshop based around rare footage from the archive film collections, with specific reference to historic pageantry. Footage will include amateur footage shot at the Lord Mayors Show in 1935 that has been digitised for the first time especially. This workshop is part of …
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Playwriting with Jennifer Farmer Monday evenings 14 September – 19 October (except 12 Oct) 6.30-8.30pm Bishopsgate Institute Description: Playwriting is a vibrant avenue for creative writers to explore and this course will introduce you to the critical and practical skills needed to produce works for the stage. You will discover how to structure narrative, create …
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Entries will open in October for the Channel 4 screenwriting course 2016. The purpose of the course is to offer 12 writers new to television drama an insight into how the industry works and to provide a “dry-run” of what it can be like to write under a television drama commission, specifically for one hour series …
Papatango are committed to giving new writers the best possible opportunities. Their programme of playwriting workshops runs every month, completely free of charge to participants. These cover topics including writing exercises, dramaturgy, exploratory writing, story structure, dialogue, and redrafting. The next workshops will be on Wednesday 9 and Wednesday 23 September 2015, 11am – 1pm, in Bermondsey, London. These workshops will …
Theatre 503 is one of the UK’s leading homes for new writing, with a commitment to supporting the work of newly emerging writers. In conjunction with the Theatre503 Playwriting Award season, they will be offering a free introductory Playwriting Course for writers with little to no previous experience of writing for the stage. Whatever your level, this is …
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