Playwriting Masterclasses
with
Kaite O'Reilly
Image description - Kaite is a white woman with a short wavy hair. She is standing up, holding some white pieces of paper in her hands. She wears a dark shirt with a grey blazer jacket on top.
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Kaite O'Reilly is a multi-award winning poet, playwright and dramaturg, who writes for radio, screen and live performance. Prizes include the Peggy Ramsay Award, Manchester Theatre Award, Theatre-Wales Award and the Ted Hughes Award for new works in Poetry for Persians (National Theatre Wales).
She was honoured in 2017/18 by the international Eliot Hayes Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dramaturgy for her work between Deaf and hearing cultures. She has received a Hawthornden Fellowship, four Unlimited commissions and two Creative Wales Major Awards from Arts Council Wales, the latter leading to The Beauty Parade, a performance at Wales Millennium Centre in March 2020 featuring spoken, sung, projected and visual languages. Widely published and produced, she works internationally, her work translated into fourteen languages. She was a fellow at the International Research Centre ‘Interweaving Performance Cultures’ in Berlin, 2011-19. She is known for her pioneering work in disability culture and the aesthetics of access. Books include Atypical Plays for Atypical Actors, The ‘d’ Monologues both published by Oberon, peeling and Belonging (Faber). Persians was published in 2019 by Fair Acre Press. Her first feature film is in development with Mad as Birds Production Company. www.kaiteoreilly.com www.kaiteoreilly.wordpress.com @kaiteoreilly |
Playwriting Masterclasses
Tuesday 29 September 2020 1:30-3:30pm
Tuesday 13 October 2020 1:30-3:30pm
Please note that you need to be able to attend both masterclasses
We are delighted to offer disabled playwrights a unique opportunity to take part in two Masterclasses designed and led by the incredible playwright Kaite O'Reilly. In the first practical workshop on writing for performance, participants will be invited to explore possible ‘entry points’ for creating scenes for one or two characters. Guided by a series of structured exercises, we will consider the six questions for storylining: who, what, where, when, how, why? and how to generate material.
Participants will then be given one week to write a short scene/play (not a sketch or comedy skit, please!) – maximum of 5 pages x A4 (Arial font 14). These pages can of course be the beginning of a larger script, but we must be strict about submitting just 5 pages maximum, as in week two all participants will be asked to read each others’ scripts in preparation for the final workshop.
Kaite will base the teaching points for the second workshop on general feedback on the submitted scripts and how to make them stronger. Unfortunately, owing to time constraints we won’t be able to discuss or give feedback on each other’s work in the workshop.
Event Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/playwriting-masterclasses-with-kaite-oreilly-tickets-117373815241
Please note: You must be available for both workshops, as they are intended for the same people, to learn and develop your playwriting over two sessions.
Each masterclass is for disabled artists and will be accessible but please tell us your access requirements on booking.
Zoom details will be sent to you the day before the workshop.
Funded by Arts Council Emergency Response Fund
Tuesday 29 September 2020 1:30-3:30pm
Tuesday 13 October 2020 1:30-3:30pm
Please note that you need to be able to attend both masterclasses
We are delighted to offer disabled playwrights a unique opportunity to take part in two Masterclasses designed and led by the incredible playwright Kaite O'Reilly. In the first practical workshop on writing for performance, participants will be invited to explore possible ‘entry points’ for creating scenes for one or two characters. Guided by a series of structured exercises, we will consider the six questions for storylining: who, what, where, when, how, why? and how to generate material.
Participants will then be given one week to write a short scene/play (not a sketch or comedy skit, please!) – maximum of 5 pages x A4 (Arial font 14). These pages can of course be the beginning of a larger script, but we must be strict about submitting just 5 pages maximum, as in week two all participants will be asked to read each others’ scripts in preparation for the final workshop.
Kaite will base the teaching points for the second workshop on general feedback on the submitted scripts and how to make them stronger. Unfortunately, owing to time constraints we won’t be able to discuss or give feedback on each other’s work in the workshop.
Event Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/playwriting-masterclasses-with-kaite-oreilly-tickets-117373815241
Please note: You must be available for both workshops, as they are intended for the same people, to learn and develop your playwriting over two sessions.
Each masterclass is for disabled artists and will be accessible but please tell us your access requirements on booking.
Zoom details will be sent to you the day before the workshop.
Funded by Arts Council Emergency Response Fund
