Compelling Concepts; Exercises for generating ideas

Methods and exercises to stay creative and come up with your next big idea!

One of the most challenging things about being a creative is always being able to come up with new ideas, and in this workshop we'll look at ways to stay creative, generate creative ideas and ensure that you've always got that new concept when you need it.

Over the workshop we'll have a go at a series of exercises aimed at generating ideas, look at some of the ways we can stimulate our imaginationation, and look at the importance of 'bad ideas'. We'll start with with looking at process before having a practical go at some of these generation exercises. There will be a short comfort break in the middle of the workshop.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP LEADER:

Daniel McVey is a writer, director and theatremaker based in Nottingham. He has had shows of his performed in Nottingham, London, New York and more, and his full length monologue ‘Richard of York’ was a Top 10 finalist for the Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Award. Two of their solo shows 'Gnaw' and 'Robert (1849)' were performed at Nottingham Playhouse in 2024. This summer they are taking their solo show ‘A Foot is Not an Appropriate Prize for the Tombola’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and are offering this series of four workshops to support fundraising efforts.

Other Workshops (£5.5 each, £16.50 for all 4, if you buy 3, I will send you the link to the 4th for free):

25th April 1pm-3pm: Writing Monologues; how to write a monologue that’s 2 to 90 minutes long
16th May 6pm-8pm: One actor, lots of characters; making expansive small cast shows with lots of characters
18th July 6pm-8pm: That needs changing; queering, breaking and adapting form, style and the canon.