06 May 2011
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Theatre
An event around the play The Night Queen At The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry - in association with The Writers' Guild
Saturday 11th June 2011 4pm – 5:30pm
Performance of the Play 2:30pm – 3:30pm or 7pm – 8pm
Workshop £4 / £2 concessions / free for Writers' Guild members (with play ticket)
The Night Queen play £6 / £4
Contact Belgrade Box Office for show and workshop tickets: 024 7655 3055
Writers' Guild members please book workshop direct with Jenny at WMidWritersGuild@aol.com
Are you a writer who wants to discuss and explore current trends and ideas in the dynamic field of children’s theatre? Are you an aspiring writer who wants to explore key aspects of writing plays for or with young people? Do you work more generally in this field and want to inform the debate?
One of the Arts Council’s key priorities is young people and rightly so, but what are the issues and opportunities in dramatic writing?J
Jenny Stephens (director) and Philip Monks, writer of The Night Queen, will lead a workshop and ideas exchange informed by their work in general and this production in particular. They will be joined by Justine Themen, the Belgrade's Associate Director for Community and Education, who will talk about how she works with writers, the role of the writer and how she commissions new work..
Writing For Children will look at:
The context of the work – who is it for, why are you doing it?
The work itself – what are the particular demands of the form?
The twin tracks – are you offering escapism or tackling issues?
The market – how do you get the play on?
Come along, enjoy the show and take part in what will be a lively and thought-provoking event
