Playwriting & Writing For Performance with Elaine Acworth

Writing a play and not quite sure where to go next?

A 4-part, small class program to facilitate emerging writers for performance, led by AWGIE-winning playwright, audio writer, theatre producer and mentor Elaine Acworth.

Participants will be led through fundamentals of the creative process of writing for performance, including finding a story, identifying a central character, location/setting, and beginning dialogue. We'll go in depth in developing the plot and discovering more about your characters, identifying and building on themes and issues, and exploring tension and stakes - what drives your characters, what are the deepest fears and fatal flaws that are revealed in the story as it unfolds?

As part of the course, participants will receive personal feedback on up to 10 pages of script.

Course dates

• 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Thursday 18 May 
• 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Thursday 25 May 
• 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Thursday 1 June 
• 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Thursday 8 June

Format/other notes

This is an intensive and collaborative 4-part course with a focus on craft; it will be held in-person at Queensland Writers Centre. It is a level 2 course for dedicated writers, but is suitable for writers at all levels of ability and experience. 

Payment plans are available for this course. Please contact Queensland Writers Centre at admin@qldwriters.org.au or call (07) 3842 9922.

About Elaine

Elaine Acworth has worked as playwright, researcher, theatre producer, teacher and mentor. Her most recent stage play, My Father’s Wars, has just won a 2022 AWGIE in the Stage-adapted category whilst she has pursued her commitment to the next generation of practitioners and to the changing nature of her craft with the 2021 production of Dogs in the Schoolyard, a physical theatre/circus work created with Flipside Circus.

Queensland Writers Centre membership

Consider becoming a member of Queensland Writers Centre (worth $79 / year) to save up to 30% across our Program of workshops, courses and events. Queensland Writers Centre membership includes a host of benefits:

• Belong to a vibrant community of Queensland writers
• Discounts of up to 30% across our Program, services, and competitions
• Subscription to the quarterly WQ magazine
• Priority access to writing advice from our experienced team
• Recognition for your writing achievements in our Member Milestones
• Access to Writer's Consults, the Writer's Surgery program and other members only services
• Access to member benefits of other state writers' centres in the National Writers Centre Network

Find more information on our website or get in touch with the team today.

For more information about Queensland Writers Centre’s Program of Events and answers to FAQs, please visit: www.queenslandwriters.org.au/program-info