How I… Use Research
A talk with Gillian Slovo
Pop-Up Space, Pier Street
Tickets (£4-8)
Sat 18 July
5.30pm
How I… Use Research
Great plays often begin with curiosity - whether it’s a stack of books, films or research trips. This talk explores how Gillian Slovo turns that spark of research into something theatrical, rather than just informative.
We'll hear how Gillian's work is informed by real stories, history and academia, without losing focus on plot, character and form. You'll learn how to make sure your research is a launchpad for purposeful writing, rather than a burden that weighs you down.
This talk will take place in the pop-up space on Pier Street.
Gillian Slovo
Gillian Slovo is a South African born novelist, playwright and memoirist. Her work for the theatre includes Grenfell: in the words of survivors (National Theatre, London), a verbatim play from the testimony of residents at the heart of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Another World: Losing Our Children To Islamic State (National Theatre); The Riots & Guantanamo: Honor Bound To Defend Freedom (Tricycle Theatre).
Her Novels Include five crime novels featuring her detective Kate Baeier and as well, ties of Blood, The Betrayal, Red Dust (which Won Frances’s Temoin du Monde), Ice Road (Shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction), Black Orchids, and Ten Days. Her family memoir every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country was world bestseller. She has been President of English PEN and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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