Writing for Radio

Radio has always been about voices and stories. This week is for writers who want to use both in the context of the real world, either for writing scripts and links around documentary material, juxtaposing the real and the imagined, bringing history and ideas to life or scripting and delivering radio talk.

This course is tutored by Piers Plowright and Matt Thompson

Students will learn a variety of techniques geared towards performance, writing and performing monologues, improvisation, using rhythm, breathing techniques, space and stage craft, drama exercises. Students will be encouraged to discover and develop their own approaches to spoken word.

This course is tutored by Anthony Joseph who is a poet and novelist. Born in Trinidad, he is the author of Desafinado and Teragaton and a spoken word CD Liquid Textology: Readings From The African Origins of UFOs (all Poison Engine Press).