Into the compactor: A workshop with playwright Alana Valentine

How does a writer crush a huge amount of information and emotion and humour and surprise into a compact two-hour nugget of entertainment? How do they choose what to put in and what to leave out? Drawing on the process of creating many of her produced works for the stage, Alana Valentine leads this workshop on the discipline and logic of storytelling. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by choice and confused by a surfeit of material, this workshop will explain ways of regaining clarity.