Start Screenwriting: Screenwriting Workshops at Tyneside Cinema

Location: Tyneside Cinema, 10 Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6QG

Time: 6-7:30pm, Wednesdays

Date: 18 September 2024 - 23 October 2024

Start Screenwriting is an introductory six week writing course for those interested in trying screenwriting for the first time or transferring their skills from prose or theatre writing. You’ll work with writer and performer Chess Tomlinson to learn more about writing for the screen. Throughout the course you will experiment with genre and build towards a final written scene.

Are you a resident of Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland?

This project is supported by funding from North East Combined Authority. Because of this, please note that we are prioritising residents of Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland. You can use the council website to check if your postcode is in one of these councils: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council.

Please note you may be asked to prove your address.

If the workshop is opened up to people outside of Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland we will update this page.

About the workshop facilitator:

Chess Tomlinson is a Geordie writer/performer who trained at RCS in Glasgow and is currently based in Gateshead. They received their first commission as a writer to be one of BBC Comedy’s Laugh Lessons 2021 writer/performers, filming Becoming a Karen produced by Storymade and NECHH, this was then nominated for an RTS Comedy and Entertainment award 2022 but didn't win and got drunk. Chess has projects in development with established and indie production companies and is recipient of DYCP ACE, Screen Skills, Open Horizons and Comedy 50:50 bursaries.

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