About the event
A guided tour of the New Theatre Royal followed by an exciting creative writing workshop.
Enjoy a backstage tour at the historic New Theatre Royal. Our iconic theatre has a history guaranteed to fire up your creative writing juices. After your tour, once you’re full of inspiration, join local authors and performers Christine Lawrence and Jackie Green for a fantastic writing workshop.
Following their successful workshop tours at Portsmouth Cathedral and Wymering Manor this pair of experienced writers have secured this exciting venue for another creative writing experience you won’t want to miss.
Artistic anecdotes, theatrical mysteries and ghostly goings-on are all great prompts to create your very own five star story.
Suitable for complete beginners and those with some writing experience.
Christine Lawrence is a regular creative writing tutor, who is passionate about writing for well-being. Her first three novels: Caught in the Web, Payback and Don’t Step on the Cracks are all psychological thrillers which address issues of mental health, addictions and homelessness. Her latest novel was launched in 2023, Emily, a love story set in the Portsmouth Borough Asylum during World War 1.
Jackie Green moved to Portsmouth ten years ago to finish her novel ‘Quota’ which was published in 2014. She is a member of several writing groups and PAC, is a spoken word performer and has won several local and national short story competitions. She recently ran a creative writing residential at Chichester University and organised Victory Radio’s ‘Pick of the Pops’ 600 word short story competition.
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