‘This time last year I would NEVER have thought I’d have written a play. It’s amazing.’
Write Night is a series of monthly sessions for anyone interested in writing for the stage.
Sessions are on the first Wednesday evening of every month, run by Soho Theatre’s own iconic Bombay-born, London-based Creative Associate Pooja Sivaraman (Clean Break, Theatre503, Coney) and award winning Walthamstow playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya (Bristol Old Vic, Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, BBC)
Whether you’re a total beginner or a more experienced writer, Write Night is open to everyone!
Each session will be organised around a theme and you can book them as standalone sessions, or you can book the whole lot! Totally up to you.
‘Now I know what the future can hold for me as a writer… I feel a lot more confident.’
Sessions
Wed 3 Jun 7pm: Idea Machine
A workshop designed to inspire new ideas and generate new material for first-time writers or anyone in the depths of writers’ block.
Wed 1 Jul 7pm: Drumroll Please
A workshop dissecting the art of dialogue, but with a twist – it’s taught by our playwrights in collaboration with a rhythm, poetry and drumming expert!
Wed 2 Sep 7pm: Adaptation
A workshop all about adapting existing materials into a new play, from novels to films to documentary and verbatim.
Wed 7 Oct 7pm: Performing Activism
A workshop looking at how theatre troupes around the world use the stage as a medium of protest. What are the tools to keep in hand when you’re writing about something that makes you angry?
Wed 4 Nov 7pm: Rap, Rhyme and Musical theatre
A workshop all about how to write lyrics and rhyme for musicals and gig theatre
Wed 2 Dec 7pm: Writing is Rewriting
A workshop on the redrafting process and how to crack pivotal scenes
There will be teaching, writing exercises and discussion (not to mention tea and biscuits). If any or all of the above sessions sound interesting to you, we’d love for you to pop by and try it out.
If you have any questions at all, email us at engagement@sohotheatre.com – we’re happy to help.
Facilitators
Sonali Bhattacharyya
Playwright and Screenwriter
Sonali Bhattacharyya
Playwright and ScreenwriterHer stage plays include King Troll (The Fawn) (Kali Theatre/New Diorama – finalist for Women’s Prize for Playwriting), The Little Mermaid (Bristol Old Vic), Liberation Squares (Fifth Word/Nottingham Playhouse/Brixton House), Arabian Nights (Bristol Old Vic), The Jungle Book (Chichester Festival Theatre), Chasing Hares (Young Vic/Theatre Uncut – winner of the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award and Sonia Friedman Production Award), Silence (Tara Theatre/Donmar Warehouse), Two Billion Beats (Orange Tree Theatre), and Two Billion Beats (Kirkos Theatre, Seoul).
Recent work for Augmented Reality includes Through the Cracks (English Touring Theatre/Office of Everyone). Sonali is currently under commission to Manhattan Theatre Club and is part of the writing team for The Split Up, a television drama for Sister Pictures/BBC. She is represented by Nish Panchal and Sam Greenwood at Curtis Brown.
Pooja Sivaraman
Creative Associate
Pooja Sivaraman
Creative AssociateShe is currently Creative Associate at Soho Theatre, where she works on development for Soho Theatre India – a project of artistic exchange between London and Mumbai. She’s been part of the Royal Court Intro Writers’ Group (2021), the Royal Court’s Long Form Writers’ Group (2023), and the Soho Theatre Writers Lab (2022). Her plays (The Grand March, White Town, and Kohinoorgasm) are absurd re-imaginations of the South Asian psyche which have been shortlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award and long listed for the Theatre UnCut political playwriting award. She also freelances as a director and drama facilitator, working with organisations like Clean Break, Coney, and Attic Theatre Company.
Soho Theatre Walthamstow
186 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 4QH
We are a 5 minute walk from Walthamstow Central tube station, which is only 20 minutes from central London on the Victoria Line, and 15 minutes from Liverpool Street station on the Overground.
There are numerous buses that stop nearby and outside the venue.