Workshops: One Act Playwriting
One Act Playwriting Workshops
Lisa Nicoll & In Motion Theatre were delighted to work with writers from SCDA during lockdown in 2020 to create the series of monologues ‘Beyond the Headlines’ which nearly 1200 people have watched. We are now bringing SCDA members A One Act play/ Short Playwriting Course online.
Beyond the Headlines
Beyond the Headlines joins writers from Scottish Community Drama Association Clubs from across Scotland, and high-profile professional actors who are ex SCDA members, in a series of monologues. Free to watch now.
New Workshops Booking Now
Lisa & In Motion are now excited to bring SCDA their series of workshops to develop and write a one act or short play. The aim is to get you writing a play with support and guidance whether you are a beginner or more advanced.
Lisa’s knowledge and work in both professional and amateur theatre allows her to guide the group and individuals in a way to get something that can be of benefit to the individual and also their club and/or SCDA Festivals.
The workshops consist of a series of live online & short recorded workshops and one to one’s which means we can get people from all over SCDA involved!
The workshops will start on line on Thursday 7th of March 7:30 - 9pm and there will then be live zoom sessions on the 7th, 21st March and 4th & 18th April. Recorded sessions will be sent on the 14th, 28th March and 11th, 25th pf April and can be viewed at any time from these dates.
Special rate for SCDA members and clubs £150 - includes all live workshops, recorded workshops.
To sign up email: lisa@inmotiontc.co.uk
About the Workshops
The short recorded workshops are there to keep you motivated and inspired between live sessions as we often need that boost and unlocking of inspiration!
These workshops are fun, informative and have a people centred approach. As a playwright Lisa has thought long and hard about where the stumbling blocks are when writing and the key thing is often to have someone or a group to support the work to move forward and keep motivated.
Workshop Outline
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Planning & Plotting
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What’s the obstacle – Dodge it, Remove it, Get Over it?
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What do my Characters want? Where is the conflict?
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What are my character’s actually saying?
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Secrets and Lies – The Unravelling of the Truth
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Choices and Consequences
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Where am I?
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Rewriting/ Redrafting
Costs per person
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Special rate for SCDA members and clubs £150 - includes live workshops, recorded workshops
Start Date and Sign Up
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The course will start on Thursday 7th March 2024. Sign up by Monday 4th March
To sign up or for more information email: lisa@inmotiontc.co.uk
I found Lisa Nicoll's guidance priceless: she gives lots of helpful prompts to start everyone off and is always encouraging, caring and (in my opinion) spot-on with her suggestions about what really works in the theatre when it comes to the writing and editing stages.
J Forrester
Dunoon Players
The workshops are very innovative. Lisa’s patience and advice has really helped develop my style. The workshops are always very structured, full of brilliant tips and possibilities and I definitely think my writing has developed more with these workshops than with my degree.
C Tait
Lisa is an inspirational and energetic tutor whose questions encourage you to develop full-rounded characters with a personality and drive of their own. By the time you approach the dialogue, you already have a deep understanding of the forces that propel your characters to react in the way that they do through free-writing and workshopping. The workshops are always supportive and encouraging, When reading your script, Lisa provides advice that transforms it and gives it even greater depth. Cheerful and insightful, she has encouraged me to pursue writing for the stage; something that seemed impossible two years ago.
L Capitanchik