Writing Workshops

London Playwrights Zoom Workshops: Making Work About The Climate Crisis: Approaches & Influences

The first of a two-part series of workshops about how we can use theatre to effectively respond to the climate crisis, using it as a tool for expression, reflection or positive change. You can attend both or just one of the workshops. This workshop will explore the different ways you can make work about the …

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Producing for Playwrights Course (with London Playwrights and theatremaker Russell Lucas)

London-based theatremaker Russell Lucas and London Playwrights, are teaming up to deliver a theatre-producing course for playwrights this November at the Old Diorama. Firmly focused on inspiring and enabling writers to take control and stage their own work, this workshop will take your idea and offer up ways to bring it into fruition. You could …

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LPW Online Workshops: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing- Starting Writing!

Designed as a ‘sequel’ to the introduction to musical theatre workshop, but also working as a stand alone, this two hour course breaks down starting to write a musical. Aimed at book writers/lyricists, but also useful for composers, we will look at dramatic structure for musical theatre – both overall and on a scene by …

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LPW Online Workshops: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing-Style and Structure

A 2 hour overview of musical theatre style and structure and how to get started! This 2 hour workshop with Emily Garside is aimed at anyone looking to make a start in musical theatre.  The workshop will take a look at the history and structure of the musical as a guide to writing your own …

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Down Stage Write Workshops

Thurs 4th August 6-8pm on Zoom Workshop on character with award winning West Midlands playwright Simon Longman https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-character-with-simon-longman-tickets-379570003097 Sat 17th September 2-4pm on Zoom and in Person in Plymouth Find out more about rights, copyright, contracts and more as a Playwright from the Writers Guild of Great Britain https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-rights-as-a-playwright-with-writers-guild-of-great-britain-tickets-379578177547 Thurs 10th November 7-9pm What is …

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Applications open for the Stage Write Playwright Development Programme by Royal Court Theatre Liverpool

Led by Liverpool’s Royal Court Stage Write team with the help of professional writers and directors, this programme aims to develop your writing skills and guide you towards developing exciting new work for production. Meeting two evenings a month for nine months the programme is completely free and is open to anyone living or studying in Merseyside. …

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LPW Online Workshops: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing- Starting Writing!

Designed as a ‘sequel’ to the introduction to musical theatre, but also working as a stand alone, this two hour course breaks down starting to write a musical. Aimed at book writers/lyricists, but also useful for composers, we will look at dramatic structure for musical theatre – both overall and on a scene by scene. …

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LPW Online Workshops: An Introduction to Musical Theatre Writing-Style and Structure

A 2 hour overview of musical theatre style and structure and how to get started! This 2 hour workshop with Emily Garside is aimed at anyone looking to make a start in musical theatre.  The workshop will take a look at the history and structure of the musical as a guide to writing your own …

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LPW Online Workshops: Writing for Audio (4 week introductory course)

Want to write for Audio? No idea where to start? Look no further! This 4-week long course run by our Literary Projects Manager George Bailey is back by popular demand and will give you the tools, techniques and knowledge to craft your own audio work. Through each session, participants will get involved with in depth …

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LPW Online Workshops: Playwrighting for Everyone (A 6 Week Course)

In this six week course of 2 hour sessions with Emily Garside, we will combine writing advice and exercises with talking about our own work and sharing/reading extracts (only if you want to!). Designed for anyone whatever your experience of writing- whether you’ve never written a play or you’ve written 10 and just want a …

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