LIVE PLAYWRITING
Do you want to be a playwriting voice of the future?
We are now open to applications from North East artists interested in writing for the stage.
To help you on this journey we offer Live Playwriting.
This friendly and informal course is an introduction to playwriting aimed at those at the beginning of their playwriting journey. The course explores some of the key aspects of writing a play for the stage as well as lifting the lid on the theatre industry and how writers get their plays on stage.
Hosted by Live Theatre’s creative team with workshops lead by a list of some of the best contemporary theatre writers of our generation, this 10-week course covers everything it takes to write a play, including workshops on storytelling, plot, character, dialogue and theatricality.
Previous workshop leads have included: Bruntwood Prize winner Anna Jordan (Succession/Killing Eve/YEN) – BAFTA nominated writer (The Whale) Samuel D Hunter - BAFTA Breakthrough Vinay Patel (Murdered By My Father/Doctor Who) - Writer and Artistic Director of Tiata Fahodzi Chinonyerem Odimba (Unknown Rivers/Adulting/My Best Friend Married A Warrior) - Bruntwood Prize winner Phoebe Eclair-Powell (Fury/Wink/Epic Love and Pop Songs) - Joint Artistic Directors of Paines Plough Charlotte Bennett & Katie Posner - Writer Luke Barnes (There Should Be Unicorns/The Jumper Factory/All We Ever Wanted Was Everything) - Screenwriter and playwright Karim Khan (Corrosive/Beyond Shame/Orange Juice).
Throughout the 10 weeks, you will also develop and write a first draft of a fifty minute stage play, receiving feedback from Live Theatre’s team and a rehearsed reading of the work at the end of the course.
Dates: Sessions take place between 10am -12 noon every Saturday morning, starting on 5 October 2024 and running every week until Saturday 7 December 2024.
The 10 sessions will take place both in person at Live Theatre and online for those who would prefer.
Deadline to apply: Mon 2 September 2024.
Our Live Playwriting courses are generously supported by the Garrick Charitable Trust and the Noël Coward Foundation.
If you have any questions, please contact creative@live.org.uk
Our Live Playwriting courses are generously supported by the Garrick Charitable Trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this for?
· Theatre writers from the North East of England
· This is an introductory course but we welcome writers with any level of experience
· Theatre Writers who are 16+
What is the application process?
· We ask for a short example of your writing to accompany your application (no more than 10 pages). This can either be a short script or a section of a larger script, or if you are completely new to writing you can send some other examples (prose, poetry etc.).
· You may also film your application (no more than 10 minutes) and send to creative@live.org.uk if you would prefer. Please include your name and contact details along with the email.
· From the applications, 15 writers will be selected and offered a place on the course. The selection process will be based on the writing example provided and who we think will benefit most from being on the course.
· We aim to let all applicants know the outcome of their applications by Monday 2 September 2024.
· Writers on the course will need to come up with an idea for a stage play to develop over the duration of the course.
