This module introduces students to a range of critical and theoretical ideas about writing for the theatre. The
module is designed to help develop each student's writing practice through either the writing of the opening of a
full-length play or a short play of 30 minutes duration. All students are asked to share their writing with other
students taking the module and will be asked to read and perform their own work as well as that of other
students. Together we will focus on the practice of rewriting and redrafting ideas ensuring each student is
supported as they develop their own individual theatre style.
The plays that accompany this module have been chosen to show the wide range of forms theatre writing can take
and to provide a starting point for each weeks discussion.
module is designed to help develop each student's writing practice through either the writing of the opening of a
full-length play or a short play of 30 minutes duration. All students are asked to share their writing with other
students taking the module and will be asked to read and perform their own work as well as that of other
students. Together we will focus on the practice of rewriting and redrafting ideas ensuring each student is
supported as they develop their own individual theatre style.
The plays that accompany this module have been chosen to show the wide range of forms theatre writing can take
and to provide a starting point for each weeks discussion.
- Module Supervisor: Jonathan Lichtenstein