Box office: 020 7978 7040
In this interactive online course consisting of five weekly sessions, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions, you will learn tools and techniques to help you generate ideas for dramatic stories; create active complex characters; exploit space place and time in your work; write dialogue; structure scripts; and find the right theatrical form for your play. There will be opportunities to share your developing work and receive informal peer and tutor feedback. You will also receive tips on starting and sustaining a career as a freelance scriptwriter.
Session One: Wednesday 1 October 2025, 19:00-21:30
Generating and Developing Ideas
Session Two: Wednesday 8 October 2025, 19:00-21:30
Dramatic Action and Character
Session Three Wednesday 15 October 2025, 19:00-21:30
Space Place and Time
Session Four: Wednesday 22 October 2025, 19:00-21:30
Structure, Form and Theatricality
Session Five: Wednesday 29 October 2025, 19:00-21:30
Dialogue
If you have any access requirements, you can let us know by contacting 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 in our Writers Programme. If you would like to book a Share The Drama bursary for the Writer’s Programme, please call our box office on 02079787040.
James McDermott
James graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA (Distinction) in Scriptwriting and trained on The Royal Court Writers Group, Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab and Hampstead Theatre’s Inspire: The Next Playwright Programme. James’s plays published by Samuel French include ‘Jab’ (Finborough Theatre; Offie nominated for Best New Play 2024), ‘Time & Tide’ (Park Theatre/Tour; Offie nominated for Best New Play 2020) and ‘Rubber Ring’ (Pleasance Islington/Tour). James has written multiple episodes of ‘EastEnders’ and audio drama for Big Finish Productions. James is an Arvon writer teacher, a tutor on the National Theatre’s New Views Programme and a lecturer in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
Photo credit: Louis Catliff
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