Workshop Title
With Travis Alabanza
Travis Alabanza has made a play that was a cooking show, a monologue in a bathroom, and a drag cabaret that one reviewer called a play and the other reviewer called a circus. They don’t take form lightly, but they also do.
This workshop aims to encourage playwrights to think beyond what is a “play” and what isn’t, using writing exercises and conversation to be imaginative about how our words can appear. From text messages to TikToks, to apology letters to plays, playwriting doesn’t have to be a script.
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Travis' writing has appeared in the BBC, Guardian, Vice, Gal-Dem and previously had a fortnightly column in the metro. After being the youngest recipient of the artist in residency program at Tate Galleries, Alabanza's debut show Burgerz toured internationally to sold out shows in Southbank Centre, Sao Paulo Brazil, HAU Berlin & won the Edinburgh Fringe Total Theatre award in 2019.
Their writing has appeared in numerous anthologies including Black and Gay In the UK. In 2020 their recent theatre show Overflow debuted at the Bush Theatre to widespread acclaim and later streamed online in over 22 countries. Other works for theatre and live performance include Royal Court Living Newspaper, Paines Plough, Free Word Centre, Glasgow Transmission Gallery and more. Their work surrounding gender, trans identity and race has been noted internationally, giving talks at universities including Oxford, Harvard, Bristol and more.
Noted for their distinct voice, in 2019 the Evening Standard listed them as one of the 25 most influential under 25-year-olds, as well as being listed in the Dazed100, The Guardian asking if ‘they are the future of theatre’ and recently being listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Pier Street
Sat 19 July, 9.30-11.00am
Tickets: £5
Tickets
Sat 19 July
9.30am