Playwriting for Children’s Theater
Getting Your Work Commissioned
A course by Piers Torday , Children's Author and Playwright
About the video: Getting Your Work Commissioned
Overview
“Peter Brook said that all theatre needed was an empty space, which is true, but first we need to find the right space for us and persuade someone to let us fill it.”
In this video lesson Piers Torday addresses the topic: Getting Your Work Commissioned, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playwriting for Children’s Theater. Bring your ideas to life on stage by learning how to write plays for children and families, from the initial idea to opening night.
Partial transcription of the video
“Getting Your Work Commissioned I know what you are thinking, "It's all very well him sitting there and giving me advice on how to handle a dress rehearsal. How will I get my play on in the first place?" Luckily, that's what this lesson is all about, how to get your own work commissioned and produced. There are possibly more ways to get a play put on and produced than there are to stage one. Some will be more available to you than others depending on where you're based. The challenge is not the number of routes to commission but the intense competition for a limited number of slots. Here is ...”
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Course summary for: Playwriting for Children’s Theater
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Category
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Areas
Children's Literature, Communication, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Script
Piers Torday
A course by Piers Torday
Piers Torday is an author, playwright, and educator from Northumberland, England. As a children’s author, he is dedicated to harnessing the power of imagination through creative writing. The art of writing has always been present in Piers' life: He wrote his first cartoon at age seven, which was about a superhero called Super Sid, and won a competition in a local newspaper. His father, the late Paul Torday, is the author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which was later adapted into a film.
For Piers, writing children’s novels is a way to engage young readers, inspire them to ask big questions, and shape the minds of tomorrow. His most notable work includes The Lost Magician, The Frozen Sea, The Last Wild Trilogy, and There May Be a Castle. Piers also received the Guardian Award for Children’s Fiction in 2014. In a review for the trilogy, The Times states that Piers is “the new master of books for children.”
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