Playwriting for Children’s Theater
How to Market Live Shows
A course by Piers Torday , Children's Author and Playwright
About the video: How to Market Live Shows
Overview
“Your job as a writer does not stop once rehearsals and previews have finished. Learn how to market your show to audiences, critics, and potential future collaborators.”
In this video lesson Piers Torday addresses the topic: How to Market Live Shows, 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
“How to Market Live Shows Congratulations. If you have written a family play that will be produced and performed, the hard part is over but your job is not yet done. In this lesson, we'll look at how the writing never finishes and how to market your own live work. Firstly, to be clear, I am not talking about the overall marketing strategy for a show that a producer or theatre is funding. You may and should be consulted but it's not your job or your money. You shouldn't have to worry about booking ad space or printing flyers unless you are producing the show yourself, in which case, you proba...”
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Course summary for: Playwriting for Children’s Theater
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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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