503Studio: Oladipo Agboluaje

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503Studio Masterclass: Shaping Stories

What makes a character compelling? Why do audiences find certain characters memorable? What forces a character to act? In this practical workshop, Oladipo Agboluaje will guide participants to grasping how characters shape a story through their arc.

THIS COURSE IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT.
To be added to our waiting list, please sign up here (please note that some places have been held off sale to prioritise Share the Drama beneficiaries – see below)

Thanks to DCMS Cultural Recovery Fund and our Share The Drama scheme, we want to make sure those of you who are struggling in the current climate can still take part in our Autumn Writers Programme. While we prioritise anyone who is long term unemployed and/or claiming benefits, we’re also offering subsidies if you’re in financial difficulty as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.

To express interest in a bursary place through our Share The Drama scheme, please sign up here. If you would prefer to speak directly to a member of our team about your circumstance or to ask for more information about this scheme, please contact us.

If you have any access requirements, you can let us know here. You can view what we currently are able to offer on our Accessibility page. If you would rather discuss any access requirements and how we can accommodate them prior to booking, please get in touch with us.

Time: 7 – 9.30pm

Running time of workshop: 2.5 hours – delivered online. Maximum class sizes are 14. A portion of spaces have been reserved for Share the Drama places.

To sign up for advanced booking for future iterations of the 503Studio: Writers Programme, please join the waiting list here.

Oladipo Agboluaje is a playwright and tutor of creative writing and post-colonial drama.

He is a fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and Assistant General Secretary of the African Theatre Association (AfTA). His most recent play is Here’s What She Said To Me for Utopia Theatre, which was performed at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 2020.