Saturday 14th June:

Page to Stage with Geoff Saunders 4:30pm

Page to Stage: The Decisions

Facilitated by Geoff Saunders, PTC New Writing Co-ordinator, writer of THANKS FOR HAVING US and writer/director of THERE

This workshop will give each participant a taste of the early decision-making process when directing, or taking a part in, a play. Most of the workshop will be practical and experiential; you’ll get to act and/or direct a short piece and try out ideas in an experimental safe space where every contribution is valuable!

Saturday 21st June: 

Music and Sound Design Workshop with Nick Wells 2:30pm

Building on the success of last year’s Box Set Festival, we will highlight how the backstage and tech teams work together with the director and cast. The session will show you how to create your own audio effects, search for sounds, find appropriate music, or create new work to combine into a series of sound cues for a show. The workshop will share insights on how to engage with the script, use sound libraries, manage folders and file transfers, juggle different apps, and create a set of sound cues for the sound operator of the production.

We’ll finish by creating a short radio play based on sounds found in the session, so be prepared to participate!

Writer, musician and sound designer, Nick Wells created the underscore for The Lovely Bones (dir. Frances Bodiam), Borders by Henry Finlay (dir. Paul Dineen) and the sound design for Rattigan’s Flare Path (die Ian Higham) and Alligators (dir. Amanda Benzecry).

He's played in bands, written songs and arrangements and recently remastered the soundtrack albums of Allen Stroud’s Lave Revolutions and The Fractal Series. He's currently writing new tracks for release in 2025 and 2026. Nick is also the editor of Lights Up! the Putney Theatre Company podcast.

Sunday 22nd June:

 Intro to Song by Richard Campbell12:00pm 

Richard moved to the UK in 2022 with a strong amateur theatre background. Since arriving, he has become a published musical arranger and library music composer, and has MDd two productions (including a production of My Fair Lady with Putney Arts Theatre) with a third in progress, while serving as a multi-instrumentalist for numerous musicals, concerts and revues.