Description
Dramatic Action
In an unapologetic act of pedagogical theft Simon is going to steal a workshop as suggested by Stephen Jeffreys in his masterpiece PLAYWRITING. He will do this in order to look at the kind of decisions he himself makes when making a scene.
When: Friday 14th May 2021
Time: 16:00-18:00
Where: Online
More information:
This will be an interactive workshop for 8 WRITERS, with up to 100 viewers able to observe the workshop alongside. If you would like to be a participants or an observer, please make sure you are on the right link.
Please bear in mind that if you are a participant that your camera will be visible for all observers for the entire workshop, and you will be an active participant throughout. This is a participant ticket.
About Simon
Simon Stephens
Simon is a multi-award-winning playwright. His plays include Birdland, Wastwater, Motortown, Country Music, Herons, and Bluebird (Royal Court); Blindsided (Manchester Royal Exchange); Seawall (National Theatre/Paines Plough); Three Kingdoms (Lyric/No99 Theatre, Estonia/Munich Playhouse, Germany); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (Lyric Hammersmith); Marine Parade (with Mark Eitzel, Brighton Festival); The Trial of Ubu (Hampstead/Toneelgroep, Amsterdam); Morning, T5 and Heaven (Traverse); Punk Rock (Lyric and Manchester Royal Exchange); Sea Wall (Bush/ Traverse); Harper Regan (National); Pornography (Tricycle/Traverse/Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hanover); On the Shore of the Wide World (National/Manchester Royal Exchange – Olivier Award for Best New Play); Port (National Theatre/Manchester Royal Exchange). Adaptations include The Cherry Orchard, A Doll’s House and I Am the Wind (Young Vic). Radio includes Digging and Five Letters Home to Elizabeth. TV includes Carmen Disruption (Deutsche Scauspielhaus, Hamburg); Cargese (Sky Arts); Dive (with Dominic Savage) and Pornography. Simon is an Associate Artist of the Lyric Hammersmith.
Bursaries:
At Wildcard we believe everyone should have the chance to be creative. We want all our courses to be as open and inclusive as possible to anyone that wants to take part. We are aware that the cost of workshops and regular training is a key barrier in our industry for many people.
With this in mind, we are pleased to be able to offer 2 free places on each course.
If you are interested, please email [email protected] with the workshop title as the subject and tell us a bit about you and why you feel that this would help you.
Bursary places will be offered out no later than 2 weeks before the course begins.
For further enquiries please email [email protected]
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