In association with The Puppet Centre

A week of provocation to develop fearless writing and encourage experimentation. Includes practical workshops by Mervyn Millar to demystify puppetry and explore the relationship between design, dialogue and staging, and workshops by Nell Leyshon that focus on finding secure dramatic structures to keep your wild visions in healthy shape.

Tutors:
Nell Leyshon writes prose and drama. Her plays include Comfort Me With Apples which won the Evening Standard Award and Bedlam, the first play written by a woman for
Shakespeare’s Globe.
Mervyn Millar is the Artistic Director of Handspring UK. He was Artistic Director of the Finborough Theatre, spent many years reading at BBC Writersroom, and directed puppetry for War Horse in London, New York, Toronto and Berlin.
Guest Carl Grose is an actor, writer and director, and has worked with Kneehigh Theatre for the past 17 years.

Arvon’s residential writing courses run from Monday afternoon to Saturday morning. Each course is tutored by two professional writers plus a guest writer who visits mid-week to read their work and answer your questions. There are daily workshops over four days running from Tuesday to Friday, and a one-to-one tutorial with each tutor too.