Hey writers, here’s your timetable!

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This week's writing schedule:

Mon midday: 12.00 - 2.00 @ Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road
Mon evening: 7.00 - 10.00 @ The All Inn, 1 Staple Hill Rd
Tues afternoon: 2.30 - 5.30 @ The Canteen, 80 Stokes Croft
Weds afternoon: 2.30 - 5.30 @ The Canteen, 80 Stokes Croft
Thurs morning: 10.00 - 1.00 @ Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road
Thurs evening: 6:30 to 9:30, The Old Market Tavern, 29-30 Old Market St, Bristol, BS2 0HB

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CLIMATE STORYTELLING FOR THEATRE: A WORKSHOP FOR PLAYWRIGHTS

Curious about telling stories about climate and nature on stage?  Sign up for our upcoming workshop designed to support writers finding their own climate drama to share. 

tiata fahodzi's workshop is Tuesday 19th, May 2026, at Watershed Bristol, 1:30pm-4:30pm. 

Dates and times for other workshops can be found here.

We work to bring equity within opportunities in theatre so we will be prioritising artists from Global Majority who fit these criteria, however all other artists are welcome to apply and will be allocated spaces if there is availability. 

This session will be facilitated by Nina Segal. Nina Segal is a playwright.  Her productions include: Cow | Deer (Royal Court), We Are The Lucky Ones (Dutch National Opera, Ruhrtriennale), Shooting Hedda Gabler (Rose Theatre), The Odyssey (It's A Really Really Really Long Journey) (The Unicorn), The Good Person of Szechwan (Sheffield Crucible, Lyric Hammersmith); War and Culture (New Diorama); O, Island! (RSC); AI (Young Vic); Dismantle This Room (Bush Theatre, Royal Court); Big Guns (Yard Theatre); and In the Night Time (Before the Sun Rises) (Gate Theatre).  Nina is an Associate Playwright at the Royal Court.

These sessions are an opportunity to think creatively and critically about how theatre can respond to the defining challenge of our time. Together we’ll explore how climate stories can become compelling drama: from finding the human stakes inside global issues to building characters, conflict, and theatrical worlds.

Each workshop is led by an experienced writer, director or dramaturg, and will include practical exploration of how to write your climate play, a wider discussion about the kinds of climate stories we need now, and a conversation with a relevant environmental expert, telling their own story of change. 
 

Whether you’re already developing an idea or just beginning to think about writing about the climate, these workshops are a space to test ideas, ask questions, and connect with other writers engaging with the climate crisis. 

The workshops are intended for those interested in finding out more about, and potentially submitting a play for, the Climate Playwriting Prize. We expect writers who attend to be eligible to apply for the prize (prize criteria are here). This means you will have had some previous professional experience of script writing, such as participating in a talent development scheme, staging an R&D sharing or having a script commissioned. No prior knowledge of climate science is required – just curiosity, imagination, and a desire to tell powerful stories.
 

These workshops are aimed at writers and theatre practitioners who have already demonstrated a commitment to script-based mediums (theatre, radio or screen), with some professional experience. This could include production experience (including fringe), commission, talent development schemes or work staged through R&D or scratch performances. 

To apply for the workshop please fill out our sign up form here. 

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Rest and recharge with the light of midsummer

Friday 19 – Sunday 21 June
Summer Solstice
Two nights (£155)
Facilitated by Lauren Mason and Liz Kalaugher
https://www.bristolmeditation.org.uk/rewilding-meditation/

Women only

The solstice is a time of long days and short nights. Join us in beautiful Somerset woodland for a weekend of stillness, meditation and nature connection practices. We’ll tune into the light and warmth of the solstice, seek out and open to pleasant sensations, and recharge for the season ahead. Optional prose and poetry writing workshops will be offered, to deepen our connection to ourselves and our surroundings. No previous writing or meditation experience needed.

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Memoir course

I’m reaching out because I’m running a small, in-person memoir writing course with award-winning memoirist, Lily Dunn, and I thought it might resonate with the Bristol Writing Collective.

Across five weeks, we’ll explore memory, voice, time and the ethics of writing about others, with a balance of discussion, practical prompts, and space to share work.

It’s designed as a small, focused group where writers can spend time developing their work, alongside others who are equally committed. It's also in person, so I feel that it's a lovely opportunity to do this work together.

It will take place over five Sunday mornings at The Square Club. You can read more about the course here

There are a few places left, and I’d love to offer your mailing list 20% off, bringing the full course to £148 instead of £185 and making it less than £30 per session. They can use the code MEMOIR20

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