Freedom Studios will host an 8 week ‘Introduction to Playwriting Course’ this Spring. Interested applicants must be 18 or over with little or no experience of writing for theatre (the screen or the stage). As a Bradford based theatre company they welcome applications from writers based in Bradford and the West Yorkshire area.

The course will be run by Theatre writer May Sumbwanyambe; an award winning playwright from Edinburgh who is currently writing new stage plays, radio plays and films for the National Theatre of Scotland and the BBC. He is a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Northumbria University, Associate lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University and is a PhD candidate at the University of York.

Deadline 

Friday 29th May 2020

Workshops will take place via Zoom from 7 – 8.30pm on the following dates from June to July 2020.

Mon 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th June

6th, 13th, 20th July

3rd August 2020

Should social distancing measures be lifted before or during the running of the course sessions may then take place at Freedom Studios, Bradford. (In consultation with participants and the course tutor).

https://www.freedomstudios.co.uk/opportunities/introduction-to-playwriting-course-2020/