The Drama Department kicked off the 2024 Ten Minute Play Competition with a scriptwriting workshop led by widely successful stage and screenwriter, James McDermott. Held in The Auden Theatre, the workshop drew over 20 enthusiastic ‘Audeneers’, all eager to sharpen their scriptwriting skills. We hope that this has given our budding playwrights some inspiration for their own work.

In addition to the scriptwriting workshop, Year 10 and Sixth Form Drama pupils, along with Drama scholars, took part in a physical theatre workshop with one of the UK’s best loved theatre companies, Frantic Assembly. Pupils worked in small groups to create movement sequences using Frantic Assembly’s signature techniques, including stylistic physical lifts and expressive choreography.

These workshops have not only sparked creativity among students but have also equipped them with valuable new skills, whether for scriptwriting or exploring physical theatre.