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From craft tips, to pitching plays, adapting books and films, rewriting, being in rehearsal, and somehow earning a living along the way, David Eldridge answers all your questions in an in-person session, based upon thirty years working as a dramatist for stage, screen and radio. Expect practical advice and pointed anecdotes. Candour desirable, discretion essential.
This Masterclass will take place at Theatre503’s new space- the 503Studio in Nine Elms.
Date: Monday 30 March 2026
Time: 7pm – 9:30pm
Running time of workshop: 2.5 hours – delivered in-person at The 503Studio. Maximum class sizes are 16. A portion of spaces have been reserved for Share the Drama places.
If you have any access requirements, you can let us know by filling out our Writer’s Programme Accessibility Form or contacting Theatre503 via our Writers’ Programme email, writersprogramme@theatre503.com or by calling 02079787040.
For further details of Theatre503 Accessibility, please visit the Access page of our website.
Thanks to our Share The Drama scheme, we want to make sure those of you who are struggling in the current climate can still take part. To book a discounted rate, please call our box office on 02079787040 to purchase a subsidised place. There are a limited number of spaces per session.
Please note, online sale will close at 5pm the day of the Masterclass.
David Eldridge
David Eldridge is described as “a poet of the east end overspill” (The Observer) and “an acute social chronicler” (Time Out). His plays include Beginning, Middle and End (Dorfman Theatre), Market Boy (Olivier Theatre) at the National Theatre; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (from the novel by John le Carré) Chichester Festival Theatre and Soho Place, West End; Holy Warriors at Shakespeare’s Globe; Miss Julie (new version from Strindberg) and The Lady from the Sea (new version from Ibsen) at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; In Basildon, Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness and Under the Blue Sky (2001 Time Out Live Award for Best New Play in the West End and 2009 Theatregoers Choice Award for Best New Play) at the Royal Court and in the West End; M.A.D. and Serving it Up at the Bush; The Knot of the Heart (Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play) and Festen (from the Dogme 95 film, also in the West End and on Broadway; 2005 Theatregoers Choice Award for Best New Play) at the Almeida; The Stock Da’wa and Falling at Hampstead; A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (with Robert Holman and Simon Stephens) at the Lyric Hammersmith; Babylone (new version from a play by Jean-Marie Besset) at the Belgrade, Coventry; John Gabriel Borkman, The Wild Duck (new versions from Ibsen) and Summer Begins at the Donmar; A Week with Tony at the Finborough. TV includes Killers, Our Hidden Lives and The Scandalous Lady W. Short films include The Nugget Run. Radio includes Michael and Me; Stratford, Ilford, Romford and all Stations to Shenfield; Festen, The Picture Man (Prix Europa Best European Radio Drama), Like Minded People, The Secret Grief, John Gabriel Borkman, Jenny Lomas and First Out. In 2007 the University of Exeter conferred on David Eldridge an Honorary Doctorate of Letters recognising his achievement as a playwright. He is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London. Early in 2026 ITV will broadcast his original four-part drama series Betrayal.
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