Writing: Spoken Word for Theatre
with Paul Cree
Join writer/performer Paul Cree on this 4 week session as he helps you develop your short-form ideas (or ideas that have only stayed in your head!) into a longer piece of theatre. Using his wealth of experience in Spoken Word, Paul will guide you through various exercises and discussions to expand your ideas, and in this group workshop environment you will work together to give constructive feedback and help each other to create something tangible by the end of the sessions, that you can take away with you to continue developing.
Maybe you’re a poet/writer and only manage to write short pieces, or a performer who would love to have a go at delving into the world of storytelling through spoken word, this course will leave you thinking and creating in a different way, and will stretch your mind to the different possibilities of storytelling.
At the end of this course you will have written, performed and will have recorded a 10 minute scratch of your writing.
When:
4 weeks
Mondays
7th February | 14th February | 21st February | 28th February
Time: 6 – 9pm
Where: Online
More info:
Over the course of four sessions, working with Paul you will:
Explore and develop a concept for a show – through discussion, exercises and pin-pointing what it is you want to write about, we will work on the foundations of your piece.
Develop edit and critique material – In the second session, we will start to develop our pieces, give constructive feedback to each other and really look at the differences between short-form and long-form, and how you can develop your piece into a story.
Perform a short scratch of the work – In our final session we will perform a 10 minute scratch of our work to an invited audience.
Who is this workshop for?
Writers, poets, spoken word artists, actors or someone new to writing / performing who is interested in creating longer-form work for theatre. It would be great if you could come with an idea of what you want your piece to be about.
