Available Events

Here comes our next Speakeasy session.Share your work, meet other writers, discover new talent.
26 September 2023 6.30-8.30pm
Online 
Tickets: Free - booking essential

Falmouth Poetry Group presents 'Myth & Montage Workshop with Fiona Benson.' Join us for a playful session making poems and collages about mythical creatures in the modern world.
Monday 9 October 2-5pm
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Tickets: £20 for workshop only. £25 for workshop & reading (6-8pm).

 

Join us for a poetry reading from Fiona Benson, followed by the opportunity to share your work or listen to local talent.
Monday 9 October 6-8pm
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Tickets: £7

Join us for a Manga drawing workshop with illustrator Keith Sparrow. Keith will be teaching a draw-by-draw workshop and sharing his vast knowledge on Manga art! Suitable for 10-16 year olds.
10 October 4-5.30pm
The Writers’ Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Pay what you can: £0/£2/£4
 
 

Polly Hall, the award-winning author of The Taxidermist’s Lover, invites you to exorcise your inner demons via pen & paper in this fun horror writing workshop.
10-1pm 26 October 2023
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Rd, TR15 2QE
Tickets: £15 - booking essential 

Join us for a Manga drawing workshop with illustrator Keith Sparrow. Keith will be teaching a draw-by-draw workshop and sharing his vast knowledge on Manga art! Suitable for 10-16 year olds.
7 November 4-5.30pm
The Writers’ Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Pay what you can: £0/£2/£4

This ‘Storytelling with Drag’ workshop is for 16 - 24 year olds who want to have some fun and learn more about drag! We will be focusing on drag personas - the characters we make as drag artists and how we use the stage to tell a story through music/ lip-syncing/ comedy, often in under 5 minutes! 
Saturday 11 November 10-1pm
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Tickets: FREE

Smalltown Boy by Brenda Callis, is a play about grief, community, and growing up queer in Cornwall. We also want it to be an explosive drag experience. 
Saturday 11 November 2-4pm for 14-24s
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Tickets: Free
 

Start your Sunday morning with some writing! This workshop is for young people aged 16 - 24, who are interested in playwriting in any capacity; they may have written plays before, they may have never written but been interested, or may have written with other forms but want to start plays. If you like writing, come along! 
Sunday 12 November 10-1pm
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, Tr15 2QE
Tickets: Free

This in-person session will be opened by special guests Mor Poets in conversation with Olivia Lowry. The second half of the evening gives you a chance to share, or listen to others peoples writing
6.30-8.30pm 27 June 2023
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, TR15 2QE
Free – booking essential.

 

The workshop will explore character, dialogue, avoiding the dreaded exposition  and much more  to set you on the right tracks for writing for the stage.
29 November 2023 10-1pm
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-4 Clinton Road, Redruth, R15 2QE
Tickets: £15

Monthly creative writing classes for 11-16 year olds brimming with ideas and stories. This session will be guest lead by spoken word artist and rapper Meg Chapman AKA MCMC Spoken.
Saturday 9 December 10-1pm
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-5 Clinton Rd, Redurth, TR15 2QE
Tickets: £5/£8

Monthly creative writing classes for 11-16 year olds brimming with ideas and stories. Each session will have a different theme and be led by Cornish writers Olivia Lowry and Casey Bottono.
13 January 2023
10am-12pm
Online £5/£8 - booking essential

A writing masterclass on writing for children for 11-16 year olds with children's book writer Justyn Edwards, author of the Great Fox series.
Saturday 27 January 2023
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-5 Clinton Rd, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Tickets: £5/£8

Monthly creative writing classes for 11-16 year olds brimming with ideas and stories. Each session will have a different theme and be led by Cornish writers Olivia Lowry and Casey Bottono.
9 March 2023
10am-12pm
Online £5/£8 - booking essential

A writing masterclass for 11-16 year olds with a guest writer - TBC
Saturday 30 March 2024
The Writers' Block, The Ladder, 2-5 Clinton Rd, Redruth, TR15 2QE
Tickets: £5/£8