Join us in Ipswich for an evening of creative conversations, practical workshops and socialising as Anna Pool leads us through the world of music theatre, and sound-led dramaturgy.

As playwrights, we know the power of story, dialogue and setting to drive our narratives, but how often do we think about music and sound as essential to the writer’s toolkit? Anna will guide you through creative exercises to get you thinking about the power that these elements can have in your plays, and how building music into your process can transform your writing from the start.

6.30pm – 7pm: Arrival

7pm – 7.30pm: Introduction to Music and Dramaturgy from Anna Pool

7.30pm – 8pm: Creative writing workshop

8pm – 8.10pm: Comfort break

8.10pm – 8.45pm: Practical workshop with Anna Pool

8.45pm – 9.15pm: Complimentary drinks and networking

Location

This session will take place at Eastern Angles, Ipswich, in their Community room. (Eastern Angles, Getacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2LQ ). The building is fully wheelchair accessible. If you have any other access needs, please contact [email protected]

About Anna

Anna Pool is a composer, performer and theatre director. She specialises in musical dramaturgy, empowering theatre makers of all kinds to tell epic sonic stories.

Composing work includes More Ghost Stories by Candlelight (High tide/Shakespeare’s Globe), Return of the Unknown (Marlowe Canterbury), Medieval Miracles (Eastern Angles) and new song cycle about female and queer truckers, Mother Trucker (Spitalfields Festival). Her songs have been heard from Radio 3 to Iggy Pop’s 6Music Confidential, from Celtic Connections Festival, to Secret Garden Party. Currently, she is writing a new opera for young people about maths genius, Ada Lovelace (English Touring Opera).

As a director, Anna has specialised in musicals and opera. Her work Acis and Galatea, the Runaway Royal (Opera North), Lady in the Dark (Opera Zuid- winner of Opera of the Year in the Netherlands), These Wondering Stones (Barbican) and SCRAWW (Hall for Cornwall). She is also the Associate Director of the musical adaptation of Markus Zusak’s worldwide bestseller, The Book Thief (DEM Productions/Leicester Curve)