Workshop: Fun With Form with Travis Alabanza

Travis Alabanza has made a play that was a cooking show, a monologue in a bathroom, and a drag cabaret that one reviewer called a play and the other reviewer called a circus. They don’t take form lightly, but they also do. This workshop will be aiming to encourage playwrights to think beyond what is a “play” and “what isn’t”, and use writing exercises and conversation to be imaginative about how our words can appear. From text messages to TikToks, to apology letters to plays – playwriting doesn’t have to be in a script.

Travis Alabanza is an award winning writer, performer and theatre maker. Their writing has appeared in the BBC, Guardian, Vice, Gal-Dem and previously had a fortnightly column in the metro. After being the youngest recipient of the artist in residency program at Tate Galleries, Alabanza debut show Burgerz toured internationally to sold out shows in Southbank Centre, Sao Paulo Brazil, HAU Berlin & won the Edinburgh Fringe Total Theatre award in 2019. Their writing has appeared in numerous anthologies including Black and Gay In the UK. In 2020 their recent theatre show Overflow debuted at the Bush Theatre to widespread acclaim and later streamed online in over 22 countries. Other works for theatre and live performance include Royal Court Living Newspaper, Paines Plough, Free Word Centre, Glasgow Transmission Gallery and more.  Their work surrounding gender, trans identity and race has been noted internationally, giving talks at universities including Oxford, Harvard, Bristol and more.

Important: Festival or day passes do not include access to this event. To attend the workshop, you must book a separate ticket using the link below.