Playwriting: Intermediate

Meeting once a week for eight intensive lessons this intermediate level playwriting course is an exciting opportunity to work with an established playwright to develop writing your play in more detail.

Course Content

Expand your initial scene or treatment to several key scenes
Develop scenes exploring rich and nuanced character relationships
Challenge yourself to go bigger and be more ambitious in your writing - thinking beyond everyday lived experience towards exploring the greater and more expressive possibilities of theatre
Explore the structure of your play scene by scene for maximum effect
Craft your unique voice as a writer
Organise your own readings, workshops and feedback sessions in the future

Course Dates

Thursday 25 April - Thursday 13 June

8 weeks, 8 sessions (Thursdays), 7pm - 9.30pm | Book your place

Booking Information

Our courses are available on a first come, first served basis in order of payment.

To secure a place, please take the following steps:

Read through our Terms and Conditions before booking
Click on ‘Book your place’ above. Please make sure you are booking for the correct course and option (i.e. Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu if more than one option is available)
Click ‘Select’ and follow the steps through to the completion of booking
If your preferred dates are sold out, you can click ‘Join Waiting List’ and we will let you know if a place becomes available

If you have written the first scene of a play on Central’s Playwriting: An Introduction course and would like to develop your play further
Anyone who has completed an introductory level course elsewhere and already has a partially completed play or detailed treatment that they would like to flesh out further

Days	Various. The course consists of 8 sessions in total and is delivered once a week for 8 weeks.
Times	All times listed are either GMT or GMT +1 (depending on the time of year).
Age	The minimum age is 18 on the first day of the course. There is no upper age limit.
Max. class size	16 students
Course Delivery	All of the Evening Courses take place onsite at our Swiss Cottage campus in London.
International students	We welcome International Students to our courses, however please ensure you are on the correct visa. As our Evening Courses are classed as part-time, non-accredited short courses they are not eligible for a Tier 4 Student Visa however you may be eligible for a Short Term Study Visa.
Language requirements	Applicants must be confident speaking and reading English to a conversational level (IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent). You may be expected to read texts/scripts that have advanced vocabulary.
Attendance	Due to the structure and the collaborative nature of the courses, full attendance is requested.
Refunds	We are able to offer a full refund up until 7 days before the course begins. After this, the course will become fully non-refundable.
Cancellations	Central reserves the right to cancel this course if we do not meet the minimum number of participants. In this instance, a full refund will be made to you. We are unable to refund any other costs you may have incurred.

Recent Tutors

Jessica Siân

Jessica is a writer and performer based in London. Her work has been supported by the National Theatre New Works Department, Hampstead Theatre and The Almeida.