Workshops at the INK Festival 2024
Halesworth Library Gallery
Halesworth Library, Bridge Street, Halesworth, IP19 8AD
Alice d’Lumiere – Speaking Out! – A Personal Introduction to Performance Poetry
Friday 12 April: 10:00am – 11:00am at the Halesworth Library
A personal Introduction examining practical techniques in performance poetry and spoken word to further the expression of self.
£5.00 Book here – numbers are limited please book early
Jan Etherington – My Comedy Life
Saturday 13 April: 10.30am – 11.30am at the Halesworth Library
Jan Etherington presents an informal Q & A in which she talks about ‘things I wish I knew when I started’, answers your questions and asks some of her own.
£10.00 Book here – numbers are limited please book early
James McDermott – Writing TV
Sunday 14 April: 11:00am – 1:00pm at the Halesworth Library
In this interactive writing workshop, participants will learn tools and techniques to help them generate ideas, create characters, write dialogue, and structure scripts for their own TV drama.
£10.00 Book here – numbers are limited please book early
Worskhop Leaders’ Biographies
Alice d’Lumiere is an East Anglian Spoken Word Artist, Performance Poet and Workshop Leader, possessing a long-standing creative relationship with Colchester Arts Centre. Alice is genderfluid; her current Trans Trilogy humorously explores those personal gender experiences through prose, verse and unlikely performance challenges, from aerial hoop to attempting opera singing!
Jan Etherington Multi award-winning comedy writer, Jan’s current hit is BBC Radio 4 comedy series, Conversations from a Long Marriage, starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, commissioned for a 6th series. With husband, Gavin Petrie, Jan created many radio and TV series including Second Thoughts, Faith In the Future and Next of Kin.
James McDermott’s plays published by Samuel French include Jab (Finborough Theatre), Time & Tide(Park Theatre/East Anglian Tour) and Rubber Ring (Pleasance Islington/UK tour). Poetry books include Wild Life Nine Arches Press and Manatomy Burning Eye. James writes on EastEnders and lectures in creative writing at UEA. James began his professional career at the inaugural 2015 INK Festival.
For more information contact us at info@inkfestival.org
Please note – all listings are subject to change
