Radio Writing Workshop

This sounds rather thrilling. Good job Kilkenny!

WEEKEND RADIO WRITING WORKSHOP - BOOKING NOW

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE A PLAY FOR SESSIONS HOUSE?

Sessions House Arts Centre is proud to host through the Kilkenny Carlow Education & Training Board Weekend Radio Drama Writing Workshops.
Cost of the workshop is €25 per person
There are two weekend workshops running on the following dates:

WORKSHOP 1

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 10 AM -5PM
SUNDAY 6TH OCTOBER 10 AM -5PM

WORKSHOP 2

SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER 10AM-5PM
SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER 10AM-5PM

Radio Drama and Performance Workshop - wherein a radio play will be devised, developed, scripted and performed, specifically for and about The Sessions House Arts Centre, the old Court House and Gaol in Thomastown, Kilkenny
Incorporating the rich history of the building, participants will devise a short piece for radio which they will subsequently perform and record under the facilitation of playwright, Gillian Grattan.
The workshop will explore the following; script writing, editing, acting, creating sound effects, character creation and development, microphone technique and the physicality of radio acting.

Content:
• Development of a story and plot which directly relates to Sessions House.
• Devising and writing of the script or scripts.
• Performance of the piece by participants for recording.
• Sound effects which will be sourced by participants as the project will be recorded in the traditional style: ie: no computerised effects.
• Music, an original piece to be devised by participants.
• Recording the piece, in a professional studio setting
• Performance of the piece to an audience in November at Session House.