Writing for the Stage will enable budding playwrights to create their first draft of an original, one act play. Over the course of six-weeks, the group will focus on a different instrument in the playwright’s toolbox – from crafting dialogue and constructing characters, to structuring your play and finding a dramatic form.

These sessions will provide a friendly and supportive environment for early-career playwrights. Each two-hour workshop will involve a mixture of practical exercises, lively discussion and script readings. There will also be opportunities for writers to share their work and hear extracts read aloud. In the final week, writers have the option of submitting a first-draft of their play and receiving detailed feedback on it, and/or hearing an extract of their work read to the group. No previous experience of writing for live performance is required; all you need is an interest in writing and an appetite for seeing your words brought to life in performance.

This workshop is led by playwright and dramaturg Lee Anderson.

Tuesday 31 October – Tuesday 5 December 8pm-10pm

£85 – SOLD OUT

Lee Anderson is a playwright and dramaturg based in London and working internationally. He is Writer-in-Residence with SQUINT theatre company and Co-Artistic Director of Performance Anxiety. As a playwright, Lee’s work has been presented at The Pleasance (‘Molly’, SQUINT), Tristan Bates Theatre (‘Poles Apart’, Like The Clappers), The Lion and the Unicorn (‘Skin Deep’, Attila Theatre), and Theatre N16 (‘How Many’, Pokfukam Rd Productions). His work has been longlisted for both the Papatango Playwriting Prize and Old Vic 12.

See the full Consenting Adults workshop programme here.