Designed specifically for writers who are used to conceiving work for the stage, this workshop illuminates the unique challenges and exciting possibilities of writing for cinema and will give participants the confidence to begin writing for the screen. Film offers a wealth of new creative possibilities, and this workshop explores how to embrace the new technical tools at your disposal whilst keeping true to your own writing voice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Meet the participants!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Mercedes White<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Mercedes has written for theatre on multiple occasions, has a deep desire to write for screen, and believes that creating space for storytelling is the secret to finding the human\u00a0connection that threads us all together.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Katie Walker-Cook<\/strong> Gabrielle Finnegan<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Gabrielle is an actor, writer and director who is passionate about voicing female-led and working-class stories.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Gill Simmons<\/strong> Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Nicola Masters<\/strong> Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Jessica Millson<\/strong> Instagram: @jessiemillson<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Lucy Barnfather<\/strong> Instagram<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Marie Belsten<\/strong> An example of Marie\u2019s short play produced by Haywire Theatre can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Roxana Vilk<\/strong> Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Instagram<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Hannah Ali Khan<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Hannah is a playwright with a keen interest in writing for the screen, whose work mainly focuses on young female British Asian stories. Her current project is a one-woman play about living with cancer (Cancer B*tch!<\/em>) which was recently performed as part of A Pinch Of Vault festival in London.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Caroline Williams<\/strong> Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Eleanor Yates<\/strong> Website<\/a> Jon-Luke Goodman<\/strong> Instagram<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rebecca Brewer<\/strong> Website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Lori Hilson<\/strong> Tickets<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n John Yates<\/strong> John\u2019s stage play\u00a0Circle<\/em>, will be adapted by Shona Charlton<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Evelyn Bonella<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Evelyn is an actor and writer who has performed in a range of theatre and film. Her debut play\u00a0The Wrong Color Blue<\/em>\u00a0is being developed into a short to feature along with her other film projects.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Instagram<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n IMDB<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Patrick Wilson<\/strong> X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Jane Harvey<\/strong> X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Katharine Jee<\/strong> Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Instagram<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Claire Doherty<\/strong> Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Emily Jenkins<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Emily is a multi-award winning playwright, director and Shakespeare and acting coach at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Sarah Connors<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Sarah is a Cornwall-based playwright, where she has had a recent pilot tour of her PlayTRE<\/em>, featuring Mary Woodvine and directed by Simon Harvey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Elinor Lower<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Elinor is a Bristol-based writer and director, their work celebrates and wrestles with tenderness, rules, joy, risk and teamwork.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rachael Fagan<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rachael is a dynamic and powerful actor who is writing her first screenplay.\u00a0She was recently involved in the Bristol to Botany Bay project with Show of Strength Theatre Company<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Spotlight<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Sarah Fielding<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Sarah is a director, dramaturg and writer from Bristol working across theatre and film.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Website<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Jane Spurr<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Jane is a writer and multi platform Cornish artist-performer,\u00a0her theatre making is often visual and immersive, blending digital art, and design to create vivid theatrical worlds and unique stories.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Their latest project is The Writers Block\u00a0Devonport Writers Room Projec<\/a>t – Tales from Devonport.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Instagram<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Roisin McCay-Hines<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Roisin is a Cornish-Irish director and writer based in Bristol, inspired by stories that examine the relationship between people and place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Katie is a Dorset-based writer-performer whose work has been performed at the Minack Theatre and on BBC Radio 4.
X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gill is a working-class theatre maker and the Artistic Director of Brave Bold Drama, an award-winning theatre and community arts company based in the south west.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Nicola has previously worked with the Soho Theatre and is the writer of the award-winning musical\u00a0The Miserables<\/em>. She is also the author of two novels,\u00a0Happy Happy Happy<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Ready For It.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Jessie is a playwright, poet, and performer based in Bristol and London. Their recent work includes\u00a0Pressure Cooker<\/em>\u00a0(The White Bear, Kennington and The Space One on the Mile, Edinburgh) and\u00a0Options<\/em>\u00a0(Tobacco Factory Theatres). They are currently studying for an MA in Drama Writing at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and really enjoy sapphic, gritty political theatre as well as writing a lot of poetical farce.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Lucy is a Bristol-based actor and writer currently working on ‘Rising Waters’ a community theatre project to be performed in July 2024.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Marie is an award-winning writer who specialises in creating short pieces for theatre, and has recently forayed into writing comedy-drama intended for the screen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Roxana is a British-Iranian actor, writer and director based in Bristol, whose work\u00a0often explores themes of human rights, cultural identity and migration.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Caroline is an award-winning director and maker working in multidisciplinary performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Eleanor is a Bristol-based actor and writer and also the co-founder of the gig-theatre company Neon Candle.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
X<\/a> (formerly known as Twitter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Jon-Luke is a Bristol-based writer-director who champions the telling of stories of the working class, family dynamics and hope.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Rebecca is an actor, writer and theatre maker originally from Derbyshire, now based in the South West.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Lori has written for the stage and has a one-act play,\u00a0Appearances<\/em>, on at the Cygnet Theatre Exeter at the end of April 2024 and at Barnstaple\u2019s Fringe TheatreFest at the end of June this year.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
John has had stage pieces performed at Edinburgh and other festivals and is currently developing a full-length political play and a trilogy set in Neolithic Wiltshire.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Patrick is a Bristol-based theatre and comedy director, facilitator, and writer currently studying for a Masters in Drama Directing at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Jane is a Cornish writer.\u00a0Having gained a master’s degree with distinction in Comedy Writing in 2023, Jane has had material aired on BBC Radio 4’s\u00a0DM’s Are Open<\/em>\u00a0and is a writer for the Radio 4 sketch show\u00a0Wosson Cornwall<\/a><\/em>, which was shortlisted for a British Comedy Guide award.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Katharine is an actor and writer from Dorset with a love for writing comedy and creating roles for women over 40.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Claire is a writer, producer and creative director known for ground-breaking cross-art form projects in the public realm. Most recently she was Creative Director and Executive Producer of the Rose d\u2019Or nominated\u00a0GALWAD<\/em>\u00a0for National Theatre Wales and Sky Arts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n