Squint have teamed up with The Mono Box to launch the inaugural Squint Writers’ Group. The Squint Writers’ Group equips first-time writers with skills that will help them bring their first play to life and empowers existing writers with an insight into the way Squint make provocative plays centred around the most topical issues affecting …
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Author and screenwriter Jody Medland will be speaking to a limited number of aspiring writers in a 2-hour seminar on How to write a great story. The course will help you to: * Understand the roles of publishers and agents * Map out your story in the most exciting way * Learn tips and tricks to help …
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Papatango Workshop – Story and Theme on Screen Friday 27 April 2018 from 11am-1pm Led by Papatango Resident Playwright Dare Aiyegbayo (EastEnders; Waterloo Road) this workshop tackles screenwriting. It will explore a number of commonly recognised story types and how they play out on screen. It will then consider how different themes add meaning to screenplays. How …
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Starting to Write a Play 28 May – 2 June 2018 Arvon – Totleigh Barton Tanika Gupta will be leading this Arvon residential course on playwriting. Description: ‘How do you kick-start your theatrical imagination and synthesise inspiration with technical craft? Through group discussions, writing exercises and tutorials, this course will take you through the arc …
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Redrafting Your Script Workshop at Lyceum Theatre 27 April 2018 from 10.30am-5pm Playwright Ali Taylor who’s first play Cotton Wool won the 18th Meyer Whitworth Award and was critics’ choice in Time Out (and who you may know as the founder of the Facebook Group Playwriting UK and @Playwriting_UK) will be leading a redrafting workshop, …
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Play in a Day Workshop Saturday 7 July 2018 from 10am – 5pm About #TakeUpSpace: On International Women’s Day 2018, nine of the Royal Court Theatre’s female employees announced a new series of free workshops and discussions starting in April as part of the #TakeUpSpace movement. The workshops are created with the aim to further …
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100 Years Workshop Two workshops: Mon 16 & Thurs 19 April 2018, 6.30pm – 8pm About #TakeUpSpace: On International Women’s Day 2018, nine of the Royal Court Theatre’s female employees announced a new series of free workshops and discussions starting in April as part of the #TakeUpSpace movement. The workshops are created with the aim …
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Writing for the Stage Tuesdays 1 May – 12 June 2018 from 8pm-10pm Arcola Theatre Writing for the Stage will enable early-career playwrights to write a first draft of an original, one act play. Over the course of the 6-week program, each workshop will hone in on a different playwriting technique, from crafting dialogue and constructing characters through to structuring …
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This three-day course will offer an active interrogation of the fundamental principles of dramatic writing. Through a combination of script analysis and exercises that Simon Stephens and Anjum Malik employ in their own work as well as a broader philosophical consideration of the mechanics of playwriting the three days will consider, among other questions, the …
Scriptwriting short course with Simon Stephens at Manchester Met. University (£350) Read More »
This ten week course which will give an insight into approaches to beginning playwriting. This course will focus on techniques, exercises and approaches to writing, with opportunities for discussion and shared group critiques. Led by Andrew Muir. Dates: This course will take place on Friday mornings 9.30am – 12.30pm from Friday 20th April – Friday 6th July (Not 25th May or 1st June) …
How To Begin Playwriting with Andrew Muir at The National Theatre (£500/£350) Read More »
