ReadFest 2024: Writing for Performance Class with Kelly Jones

NB: This session can also be booked to attend online.

Session One to Three: Understanding the fundamentals of dramatic writing including:

• Generating ideas and sculpting them into story
• Structure and Plot
• Character and Dialogue

Course overview:

An 11-month course of unique, fun workshops exploring scriptwriting for Stage and Audio, designed for participants to join at any point during the course

Writing for Performance is defined as making scripts for theatre, radio drama, or text for performance art podcasts, digital platforms, or stand-up comedy.

Please note there is a supporting Google Classroom for this course and the direct link to join can be found in confirmation email under the Additional information section.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please directly get in touch with us at [email protected]

If you are not sure if this class is for you or would like more information, please contact us to discuss. Ask the organiser or email: [email protected]

NB: To make the most of the Writing for Performance Classes, please ensure that you book your place and that you are prepared to attend all the available sessions, there are 11 monthly sessions in total.

Tickets will be released in three-month blocks for the following dates:

• 26 October 2024
• 23 November 2024
• 14 December 2024
• 25 January 2025
• 22 February 2025
• 22 March 2025
• 26 April 2025
• 24 May 2025
• 21 June 2025
• 19 July 2025

Barking and Dagenham Libraries and Pen to Print are proud to host our thirteenth annual Literary Festival which takes place between Saturday 14 September and Saturday 21 September.

We are delighted to showcase our events both online and in-person. This is a wonderful festival which provides a great opportunity to meet authors, discover new genres and celebrate the joy of reading through a wide range of events.

We are pleased to say that all our in-person events remain FREE and our online events are subject to a small fee. Our programme is supported by London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Arts Council England, funded by the UK Government.

For more information please visit: pentoprint.org/readfest

• Booking is essential and you will be asked to present your booking confirmation upon arrival.

• Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are disruptive to a session.

• Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to unenroll a participant from a course and explore an alternative approach to supporting them on their writing journey, if we feel that a class is unsuitable for that participant.

• NB: May feature content that some people may find upsetting, uses language or depicts scenes reflecting attitudes that are no longer seen as acceptable.

• Pen to Print shall not be liable to attendees for any injury, loss or damage of or to personal equipment belonging to the attendees or any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever arising out of the attendance of the event.

• Pen to Print reserves the right to cancel, delay or postpone the event for any reason, including adverse weather conditions, an emergency situation or unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances out of its reasonable control. In such cases, the event organiser will endeavour to inform participants as quickly as is possible.

Host or Publisher Pen to Print