This 4-week long course will explore ways that you can break away from traditional writing habits and use improvisation and performance techniques to generate character, story and text. Led by director and writer Selwin Hulme-Teague, you will be guided through different tasks that will draw on your creativity as both a writer and a performer and how these intersect to inspire fresh ideas.

In addition to independent work that you can bring into your individual writing process, you will have the chance to work with others and collaborate on an idea, exploring the relationship between a writer and performer in a creative process. The course will work towards writing a monologue and plan for a new play.

This workshop is for all creatives who want to try something new. You do not have to be a skilled performer/improviser to come to this workshop, nor an experienced writer - just be ready to try out both a bit of performing and a bit of writing!

Selwin is the Co-Founder of the new writing company White Noise Theatre, with which he has developed a unique process with actor-writers to create new work. Their most recent projects include the audio play Three Three Three and the digital show Talk To Me.

He has also worked with companies such as British Youth Music Theatre, ChewBoy Productions and Above Bounds Theatre. His work has been seen at the Warwick Arts Centre, Barbican Theatre Plymouth and Lion and Unicorn Theatre. His play Potatoes was selected for the National Student Drama Festival in 2020.

He is currently developing new pieces of work with the National Student Drama Festival and In Good Company.