Writing for Live Bodies: A Workshop for Playwrights
This workshop with acclaimed writer Victor Rodger is for both beginners and a refresher for experienced playwrights. This full day workshop will look at:
How to conceive and create a text that conveys a compelling story.
How to think for live theatre.
How to be subversive.
How to begin and how to finish.
How to make that journey.
Tips and exercises on: Finding your way into the work, finding your voice, finding character, story and action. Finding the process to edit the text.
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Speakers
Victor Rodger
Victor Rodger ONZM is a Christchurch-born, award-winning writer and producer of Samoan and Scottish descent. Best known
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