Saturday, September 13

Online ReadFest 2025: Writing for Performance Class

A unique eleven month course in scriptwriting for stage, audio and digital performance.

By Pen to Print

Date and time

Location

Online

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 1 days before event.

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

A series of dynamic and engaging workshops that explore the art of scriptwriting for both stage and audio. Designed with flexibility in mind, participants can join at any point during the course.

This course covers a broad spectrum of performance and creative writing, including theatre scripts, radio dramas, performance art texts, digital storytelling, podcasts and stand-up comedy.

If you are no longer able to attend a Pen to Print online event or have found yourself booking more than once for the same event - please use the ‘cancel my ticket’ option instead of ‘request a refund’ before the event is due. By doing so, an automatic refund will apply.

Please note there is a supporting Google Classroom for this course and the direct link to join can be found in confirmation email under the Additional information section.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please directly get in touch with us at pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk

If you are not sure if this class is for you or would like more information, please contact us to discuss. Ask the organiser or email: pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk

NB: To make the most of the Writing for Performance Classes, please ensure that you book your place and that you are prepared to attend all the available sessions, there are 11 monthly sessions in total.

Tickets will be released in three-month blocks for the remaining dates:

Saturday 11 October 2025
Saturday 8 November 2025
Saturday 6, December 2025
Saturday 10 January 2026
Saturday 7 February 2026
Saturday 7 March 2026
Saturday 11 April 2026
Saturday 9 May 2026
Saturday 13 June 2026
Saturday 4 July 2026

Booking is essential. Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are found not to have booked a place for a session
We encourage all participants to keep their cameras on during the session
Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are disruptive to a session
Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to unenroll a participant from a course and explore an alternative approach to supporting them on their writing journey, if we feel that a class is unsuitable for that participant
NB: May feature content that some people may find upsetting, uses language or depicts scenes reflecting attitudes that are no longer seen as acceptable
Pen to Print reserves the right to cancel, delay or postpone the event for any reason, including adverse weather conditions, an emergency situation or unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances out of its reasonable control. In such cases, the event organiser will endeavour to inform participants as quickly as is possible

Organized by

Pen to Print

Pen to Print provided by Barking & Dagenham Libraries is working to build a network of support for aspiring writers in Barking and Dagenham.

We identify local writing talent and provide them with opportunities to produce quality writing for publication.

We publish our own suite of publications, Write On! our free quarterly print magazine, alongside Write On! Extra online and our Write On! Audio podcast

In addition to our main competition The Book Challenge we offer other free writing competitions, author events classes, workshops and other activity supported by established creative writing experts, authors and artists.

A majority of our events are available for free and open to everyone and are designed to inspire and encourage writers, as well as providing entertainment to the wider reading public.

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NB: Due to increased costs, we will be making a small charge of £1 (plus any charges applied by Eventbrite.) for people attending sessions online, this comes into effect from 1 January 2024 onwards.

Taking part in all of our sessions in-person at a venue remains free.

Any profit we may make will be invested back into the programme, contributing to making our digital offering more environmentally sustainable. We are starting with an upgrade to our website that will be coming soon.

We do regret that we have to make this difficult decision however, our grant funding is not increasing and we are experiencing increased costs that we can no longer afford to absorb.

We are aware that this could prove cost prohibitive for some people, if cost is a barrier to you taking part, if you are UK based , please do email us directly: pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk to discuss this further.

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Pen to Print is supported using public funding by Arts Council England funded by UK Government, as a Library National Portfolio Organisation .

Web Address: pentoprint.org

Email: pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk

Sign up for Pen to Print e-newsletters visit: public.govdelivery.com and register.

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To help people access our online content we have created some How to Guides:

How to Access and Event/Class After Booking on Eventbrite

How to Set-up a Google Account

How to Join a Google Classroom

How to Submit and Assignment and Make Comments

How to View Tutor Feedback and Make Edits to Your Assignments