Pen to Print: Writing for Performance Class

NB: This session can also be booked to attend online.

Session Four: Writing for Live Theatre Performance

This will include:

• Form, Solo, Verbatim, Devised, Autobiography & Plays
• Dramatic Action and subtext
• Metaphor in live performance

A series of dynamic and engaging workshops that explore the art of scriptwriting for both stage and audio. Designed with flexibility in mind, participants can join at any point during the course.

This course covers a broad spectrum of performance and creative writing, including theatre scripts, radio dramas, performance art texts, digital storytelling, podcasts and stand-up comedy.

Please note there is a supporting Google Classroom for this course and the direct link to join can be found in confirmation email under the Additional information section.

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NB: To make the most of the Writing for Performance Classes, please ensure that you book your place and that you are prepared to attend all the available sessions, there are 11 monthly sessions in total from September 2025 to July 2026.

Tickets will be released in three-month blocks for the remaining dates:

• Saturday 11 October 2025
• Saturday 8 November 2025
• Saturday 6, December 2025
• Saturday 10 January 2026
• Saturday 7 February 2026
• Saturday 7 March 2026
• Saturday 11 April 2026
• Saturday 9 May 2026
• Saturday 13 June 2026
• Saturday 4 July 2026

• Booking is essential and you will be asked to present your booking confirmation upon arrival.

• Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are disruptive to a session.

• Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to unenroll a participant from a course and explore an alternative approach to supporting them on their writing journey, if we feel that a class is unsuitable for that participant.

• NB: May feature content that some people may find upsetting, uses language or depicts scenes reflecting attitudes that are no longer seen as acceptable.

• Pen to Print shall not be liable to attendees for any injury, loss or damage of or to personal equipment belonging to the attendees or any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever arising out of the attendance of the event.

• Pen to Print reserves the right to cancel, delay or postpone the event for any reason, including adverse weather conditions, an emergency situation or unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances out of its reasonable control. In such cases, the event organiser will endeavour to inform participants as quickly as is possible.

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