2012 The Saturday Playwrights’ Course: Phase Two

Who: Timothy Daly
When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 30 June; 7, 14, 21 July; 4, 11, 18 & 25 August 2012, 1pm-4pm
Full price: $720; Member: $510; Conc Member: $435
Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney

Open to both beginning writers for theatre as well as those with some experience, this writing course is one of the most detailed, practical and hands-on available.

This phase introduces you to a little-known aspect of theatre, that contemporary theatre is dominated by particular styles and genres. Each week a different contemporary dramatic genre is studied.

Week 1: The Sentimental Moral Drama: Mastering one of contemporary theater’s most internationally popular geners.
Week 2:
The Boutique Epic: an introduction to the most dominant international theatre genre.
Week 3:
The Cynical Modern Comedy and Social Comedy compared and analysed.
Week 4: Black, Surreal & Grotesque Comedy & How to mix the comic tones.
Week 5: The Siege Thriller & the techniques of claustrophobia.
Week 6: The Boutique Epic compared to European Abstract Modernism.
Week 7:
The Contemporary Mystery Play and its techniques.
Week 8:
Writing Gothic: Urban, Suburban & Rural Gothic & their stylistic features.  

Food

Tea and coffee making facilities will be provided. Course participants are advised to bring their own lunch as there are no cafes within easy walking distance.

About the tutor

Timothy Daly is one of Australia’s most internationally-produced playwrights, with productions in many countries. The author of plays including The Man in the Attic, Kafka Dances and Derrida In Love, Timothy Daly has worked with actors of the calibre of Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Jacki Weaver, Lynette Curran and Bruce Spence. His many awards include Awgies, the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award & South Africa’s “Vita” Awards

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