Activities at The Grange

From Page to Stage & Screen with Steve Attridge

Thu 30 - Sun 2 Jan 2022

A helter-skelter whistle-stop tour through writing performance poetry, comedy writing, monologues and one person shows. 

Whether you want to write for yourself to read or perform or for someone else, this will give you ideas and starting points and techniques to write arresting and entertaining material. 

What's included?

Steve's masterclass is held at The Grange, Isle of Wight. He will be co-hosting the holiday alongside Alexandra Massey. The holiday includes twin shared accommodation, all meals and courses. Single upgrades available. Chat through the website, call +44 (0)1983 86 55 66 or email holidays@skyros.com to discuss your requirements. Find out more about this holiday here.

About Steve Attridge

Steve Attridge has had over 100 TV scripts produced. Twice a BAFTA nominee, he has also won 3 RTS Awards (for Best Drama), Best Film Award 2 Writer’s Guild Awards and TV film awards.

He has 21 books published, including adult fiction, psychological thrillers, children’s, history, comedy. His novel, The Natural Law, went straight to number one in the Amazon Kindle Singles Bestsellers. He won an Eric Gregory Award for Poetry and a slam poetry award. Nine of his stage plays have been produced and he has performed 2 one man shows at the Edinburgh Festival. This year he had a dramatic reading of his play, MUGS, at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, and also a piece on the Boer War published by OUP.

He is currently writing a TV series and a historical novel. He has worked as a Writer and Lecturer all over the world, running Masterclasses, short courses and University Courses, including at Oxford, Warwick and Sheffield. He ran writing workshops at the New York Public library and often runs Guardian Masterclass events.

What people say about Steve and his course:

Really enjoyed this wonderful course. Learned a great deal.

I found this compressed course extremely useful. Practical and good theory base well combined. Lots of sensible and helpful/useful tips. Like the mix of humour and literary references. Steve is an excellent teacher.

Six hours [at The Grange] is a deceptive offering - whole worlds and possibilities can open up - as they have for me this weekend. From on the spot excercises, discussion and reams of instruction, I will return to my desk inspired and emboldened. Steve paces us through terrains of character, structure, dialogue and theme - a whole toolkit from which to move forwards...

Awesome - engaging, thought-provoking - loved it! Thank you so much...