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PLAYWRITING
For Beginners and Intermediate Writers
JANUARY- MARCH 2025
Evenings 7-9pm
At
MERLIN THEATRE
FROME, BA11 2HG
Contact
01373 465949
or
07939 101 463
PLAYWRITING: AN INTRODUCTION
An exciting opportunity to work with an experienced playwright /director and teacher of dramatic writing, to explore the fundamentals of playwriting, in 5 two-hour sessions. Come and share your first bit of dramatic writing in a supportive environment.
Session 1: Where to start.
Session 2: Structure - Story and a plot
Session 3: Developing Character
Session 4: Action and Dialogue
Session 5: Drafting – The Writer’s Voice.
Tues 7th & Mon 20th Jan, Tues 4th & Mon 17th Feb, Tues 4th Mar
7pm -9pm Fee: £100
FOR WRITERS WITH LIMITED OR NO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
To Apply: contact Tony Clark at Theatre Accord (TheatreAccord@gmail.com)
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PLAYWRITING: INTERMEDIATE
If you have written a play and want feedback, and ongoing support/guidance as to how to develop it, and where to place it, this is the course for you.
Session 1: How to identify what your play about? Why have you written it? Who are you writing it for? Tone & Genre
Session 2: Narrative Structure Stage Directions.
Session 3: Character arcs.
Session 4: Redrafting
Session 5: How to submit your work to theatre companies, and agents.
Tues 14th & 28th Jan, Tues 11th & 25th Feb, Tues 11th Mar
7pm -9pm Fee: £100
To Apply: Please email Theatre Accord (TheatreAccord@gmail.com) with a sample of your work.
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ANTHONY CLARK: SESSION LEADER
As a multi award winning professional playwright, theatre director, and teacher for the past 40 years with a strong reputation for finding, commissioning and producing new plays. He led the MA Dramatic Writing Course at Central St Martins and has taught play writing skills at several universities and colleges. He is a published playwright and multi award winning director. For further biographical information check:
Anthonyclarktheatre.com.
MERLIN THEATRE, FROME, BA11 2HG, Te: 01373 465949
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WRITING FOR THE STAGE (Crowood 2022 ) by Anthony Clark
'Any aspiring writer should definitely consider picking up a copy of this...The strengths of this book lie in its sensible, methodical structure, practical advice and thorough overview of just about every aspects of their project that any aspiring playwright will need to consider, complemented by much allusion to plays and playwrights from every period and genre' Theatre Review
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SHE (Wordville 2023) by Anthony Clark
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SHE has been publsished and is available at most good bookshops, and as programme playtext at performances.
‘Clark is a master of writing flawed, chaotic personalities with verve. When you view these short pieces as one entity, what strikes you is how they grow in might’. The Guardian ****
‘Co-directors Sutch and Corner are relatively recent graduates. But they bring an inventiveness to the staging of each play that keeps everything visually interesting and distinctive. Chenise Lynette and Safeena Ladha lift their words high off the page with the versatility and confidence of their performances. Playing seven characters is no mean feat for anyone, but they transform themselves between each play, even while resetting the stage. They make the funny lines sing and the sad ones sting. The Stage
‘Two incredible actors to show us 14 different ways of being a woman, compassionately and humorously’. North West End ****
‘Safeena Ladha and Chenise Lynette give convincing and engaging performances throughout’ The Art Scape ****