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After hugely successful runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 (winning a Fringe First), the Bunker Theatre and the Roundhouse, Emma Dennis-Edwards’ critically-acclaimed one woman show will tour the UK in a new production starring Sarel Madziya. The tour will visit York St John, the North Wall Oxford, Liverpool Everyman, Phoenix Exeter and Nottingham Playhouse. Funeral Flowers will also visit several prisons alongside an outreach programme exploring creative responses to the show from inmates. 

According to The Guardian, The BBC will open its Writers' Academy to non-professionals for the first time ever. The program is aimed at anyone who wants to have a shot at writing for television.

BBC Studios will develop a TV adaptation of Michael Moorcock's Runestaff fantasy novels. They have secured rights to four books in the series: The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, Sword of the Dawn and The Runestaff. 

Ten industry professionals have teamed up to create a step-by-step lesson plan for how to write a play for theatre. Edited by MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre course leader Jennifer Tuckett, The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting is an accessible tool suitable for both new writers and seasoned professionals.

The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting, the first book in a new series, has just been published. So, why have we created this series?

London Writers' Week has announced details of its 2017 programme, whose theme will be Digital Media and Cross Platform work. London Writers' Week 2017 will take place from 4th - 9th July 2017.

Leading writers including writer and founder of Fun Palaces Stella Duffy, writer and director of hit BBC Three show Ackee and Saltfish Cecile Emeke, playwright, writer and co-producer of The Handmaid's Tale Dorothy Fortenberry plus novelist and founder of the Women's Prize for Fiction Kate Mosse and BAFTA winning screenwriter Dan Berlinka who writes CBBC's first online award winning drama Dixi are donating to London Writers' Week to help victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

London Writers' Week has announced this year's London Writers' Week will be a benefit for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Lyn Gardner, one of the UK's leading theatre critics, a writer for The Guardian newspaper and the new Associate Editor of The Stage, has been named as a new Master on the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins.

London Writers' Week has announced details of its 2017 programme, whose theme will be Digital Media and Cross Platform work. London Writers' Week 2017 will take place from 4th - 9th July 2017.

Leading figures from the dramatic writing industry are coming together on May 9th at the Bush Theatre to advocate for the importance of improving teaching in the arts.

The Bush Theatre, MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins, Writers at Work Productions and Oberon Books have announced the book launch and showcase of the winning student and emerging writers' work from 'The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting' competition.

The MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins, one of the UK's leading scriptwriting courses, has announced 'The Year of Celebration' for its 5th anniversary year.

As part of the launch of its first book, Dramatic Writing Masterclasses: Key Advice from the Industry Masters, the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins, one the UK's leading scriptwriting courses has launched a petition to reinstate the Creative Writing A Level.

The MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins and Oberon Books have announced a new partnership to provide access to the leading training coming out of the dramatic writing industry.

The winners of The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting, the new competition from the Bush Theatre, Oberon Books, the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins and Writers at Work Productions, have been exploring what it means to be a student in the UK today, including considering the impact of the proposed new EBACC upon students studying arts subjects.

The new MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins has announced its MA Dramatic Writing showcase.

London Writers' Week has announced new partnerships with BBC Writersroom, Tamasha Theatre Company and Playwrights' Studio, Scotland.

Starz announced today that the limited series, 'The Missing,' will debut tonight, November 15th at 9pm ET/PT on STARZ.

Starz announced today that the limited series, 'The Missing,' will debut Saturday, November 15th at 9pm ET/PT on STARZ.