How to Write About Place

Nathan Queeley Dennis

Pier Street
Sunday 20 July
9.30-11.00am
£3-10 (Pay What You Decide)

How do you capture the spirit of where you’re from and make it sing on stage? Award-winning writer Nathan Queeley Dennis (Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz) explores how to write about place with authenticity, energy and heart.

Through exercises and discussion, you’ll dig into your own relationship with your hometown and find ways to turn that into powerful, personal storytelling.

Whether you’re writing love letters or complex reckonings, this session will help you to bring the world you know so well to life for other people.

Age recommendation 14+, with parental discretion. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

  • Nathan is the winner of the 2022 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, with his debut play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023 to widespread critical acclaim.

    Nathan was chosen by The Stage as one of the Fringe Five and the play was named as one of WhatsOnStage and TimeOut’s best shows of the Edinburgh Fringe. The play transferred to the Royal Court in London and has just toured across the UK. Nathan is part of the long form writers’ group with the Royal Court and part of the Pulse Collective. He has previously been a recipient of Four of a Kind with Wildcard Theatre and shortlisted for Pint Sized at the Bunker Theatre.

    Nathan is currently developing Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz for screen with Kudos, and has other projects in development with Warp Films, House Productions and Dancing Ledge in association with Screenskills. 

Tickets

Sun 20 July

9.30am