Ever wanted to write a play and think about staging it? This is your chance! This limited capacity workshop for 13-17 year olds takes budding theatre-makers through the stages of writing and stage design.

We will begin by working on script story ideas and learning the basics of playwriting techniques including character, dialogue, action and conflict. Next, you will work on the design process. You will spend time imagining how to realise your scripts on stage. We will look at the play you have written and create the designs to match. We will develop ‘mood boards’ on the theme, styles and time period in which your play is set. Then we will plan how this would work on stage by exploring ‘thumb-nail sketches’ and ‘story-boarding’ techniques to create a stage set for the play.

No experience is necessary - just a willingness to try. It’s an exciting opportunity to be creative and an insight into how the world of theatre works. Looking forward to working with you!

Cost: £30

Time: 9-1pm

Date: Friday 18th August

Workshop Leads

Lisa Clark - Stage Designer and Artist

Lisa graduated from Wimbledon School of Art in 1998. Since then, she has worked as a freelance scenic artist and stage designer. She takes mural commissions and painting commissions, and runs arts and crafts workshop for children and Adults via Art Shed, based in Burghfield Common - near Reading.

Lucy Tyler - Stage Writer and Script Editor

Lucy has been an associate artist at theatres including Soho, and her plays have been presented at the Hampstead theatre, Origin Theatre in New York and Georgetown Theater. She has been resident at studios including Meantime and has worked as a Literary Associate in a number of UK-based theatres. She is Associate Professor of Performance Practices at the University of Reading.

Both Tutors are DBS checked.

Booking via this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scriptwriting-and-stage-design-workshop-13-17-yr-olds-tickets-680701856577?aff=oddtdtcreator

Enquiries please email: lsrtyler@gmail.com