This intensive but enjoyable week is structured with daily practical workshops and exercises to find entry points for new writing, and skills-based tasks to develop technique and strengthen your work. This will include approaches to editing and revision, developing character, plot, dynamic, and the world of your play.

There will be one-to-one dramaturgical sessions during the week; evening practical workshops; and a chance to share work-in-progress and garner constructive feedback.

As this is a popular course with an unusually small group for experienced writers (8 participants) there will be a selection process. You will be asked to outline your project, areas of concern you wish to address, and share some work-in-progress, even if just an idea. Contact Ty Newydd with your application.

Tutor: Kaite O’Reilly works internationally as a playwright, dramaturg, and tutor. She won The Ted Hughes Award for New Works in Poetry for her dramatic retelling of Persians, produced by National Theatre Wales in their inaugural year. Other prizes include The Peggy Ramsay Award, The Wales Theatre Award, and M.E.N. best play of the year. She teaches dramaturgy at the Intercultural Theatre Institute in Singapore and is patron of Disability Arts Cymru and DaDaFest.

Date: Monday 11 - Saturday 16 June 2018
Location: Ty Newydd Writing Centre, Llanystumdwy, Cricieth, Gwynedd LL52 0LW
Cost: £495 - £625

Further information and to book here