Workshop Details:

A short course aimed at intermediate scriptwriters who want to take their writing to the next level. The course will be shaped around the participants, but we will consider experimental structures; complex characters and world building; how to hook your audience; redrafting; and dramatic action.

By the end of the course, attendees will write a short script of no more than 15 minutes for stage or radio.

Dates:

Tuesdays September 2, 9,16, 23, 30 and October 7

Performance:

October 28 - a longer showcase session with professional actors reading the scripts.

Application Process:

Please submit your expression of interest and up to 800 words of an original theatre or radio script by completing this quick form

Application Deadline:

Sunday August 17 at 23.59

Tutor:

Martha Loader

Martha is an award-winning writer, actor and producer. Her work has been performed across the UK and internationally. She won the Judges Award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, 2022.

She is currently working on commissions with the Almeida Theatre, New Wolsey Theatre and Menagerie Theatre Company and recently undertook the prestigious 4Screenwriting and BBC Voices programmes. She was nominated as a writer at The Stage Debut Awards 2024 for her play Bindweed.