Workshop: Introduction to working as a writer-in-the-room in a devised process

Monday 23rd February

6:00pm

Led by writer Caterina Incisa, this workshop aims to provide an introduction to devised work for makers interested in learning more about creating collaborative work in the room, and specifically, the role of the writer in this style of working. In this two-hour workshop, Caterina will guide participants through various writing exercises which she used in her most recent devised process, working as a writer-in-the-room with Bric à Brac Theatre on an ACE-funded R&D on a new play called How to Train the Perfect Woman. This play delves into the parallel lives of two women raised within a deeply misogynistic cult where one escapes, and one remains. You can watch a 2-minute BTS trailer here, which outlines the devised process used.

 About the writer:

 Caterina is a writer based in Liverpool. Her solo play, 0 Days Without Crying, was awarded the 2019 Edinburgh TV Festival’s Stage to Screen Award and was optioned for TV by Big Deal Films. She has been shortlisted for the London Playwrights 2020 development scheme, longlisted for the Sphinx 30 Lab and is a member of Bafta Connect. She completed the 2024 Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Playwrights’ Programme as well as the Liverpool Royal Court Stage Write Playwrights’ Programme 2024. Her new play, Old Salt, a family drama about a Canadian lobster fishing family, will debut with a two-week run at the Liverpool Royal Court Studio in April 2026. Caterina has previously worked as a Script Editor on Hollyoaks and as an assistant storyliner on Coronation Street. She is excited by plays that explore difficult subjects through black humour as well as theatre that breaks with form and convention.