Now and then I run a workshop called “How do I even start writing a musical?!”

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I also love to teach masterclasses and workshops in educational settings. I’ve guest lectured at Monash University, NIDA, and also as an artist in residence at Princeton University. I’ve delivered also workshops at ATYP and the Sydney Opera House. If you’d like to chat about me delivering something at your University, High school, or Arts Organisation - Contact info@smartartists.com.au

Here’s some info about the last workshops I offered:

 Want to write a musical? No idea where or how to start?

No problemo bestie. I've been there & I gotchu 😎

In this two hour workshop, I'll share all the tricks, tools, and traps that I've collected over years of writing & re-writing (and re-re-re-writing) FANGIRLS, so that you can unearth your weirdest ideas and make them sing. This workshop is not *just* suited for people who want to write a full-length musical, but for anyone who wants to write a story that has songs in it. 🦦

You'll learn:

👉 How to generate STACKS of premises for shows, & how to shape them into juicy plots. YUM!

👉 Tools I use to generate ideas for plot, characters, songs, scenes, and even lyrics.

👉 How to write a song when you can't play a musical instrument (lol, story of my life) and, how to structure it too!

👉 How to get clear on your POV and your voice as a writer.

👉 Tricks and traps for getting to the end of a first draft, how to get un-stuck when you hit a wall!

👉 Tips and tools for re-writing and re-drafting.

😎 This workshop requires ZERO musical 'talent' & ZERO writing experience. All are welcome! 😎

FAQs:

🤔 Do I need to bring anything? only something to write with! I recommend paper and pen.

🤔 Do I need to come with an idea for a show? absolutely NOT! we are going to dream up STACKS of ideas for shows.

🤔 Will there be a Q&A at the end? 100% there will!

🤔 Do I have to be a specific age to attend? no bestie! All ages welcome! ⚠️ Though if you’re attending the Naarm/Melbourne workshop, then you'll need a parent or guardian to come with if you're under 18. ⚠️ (It’s this odd Victorian liquor control requirement because The Butterfly Club has a bar? anyway, your guardian can chill in the workshop or in the bar which will be closed.)

🤔 What do I wear? whatever you like! You'll be sat down the whole time and doing LOTS of writing, but there won't be any performing or rolling around on the floor.

🤔 Will there be masks or social distancing at the in-person workshops? People will be sat next to each other in the auditorium, but we'll only take up about half the seats - so if you'd like to take some space you're welcome to sit up the back :) Masks optional.

🤔 What's the deal with the $5 tickets? If you identify as Trans, Disabled or First Nations then these tix are for youuuuuu.

My Bio:

Yve Blake is a playwright, screenwriter, and songwriter, born and raised on Gadigal land.

She's best known for writing the Book, Music and Lyrics for the musical FANGIRLS, which has been awarded the 2019 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Mainstage Musical, 2019 Matilda Award for Best Musical or Cabaret, 2020 AWGIE award for Music Theatre, 2021 Green Room award for New Australian Writing for Musical Theatre, and also scored an ARIA nomination for Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album. After premiering at Belvoir and Queensland Theatre in 2019, FANGIRLS returned in 2021 for a national tour, and in returned by demand in 2022 at the Sydney Opera House. In 2024, FANGIRLS will premiere in the UK at the Lyric Hammersmith, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.

Yve is an alumni of the Royal Court Writers’ Programme, and was the inaugural recipient of the ATYP Rebel Wilson Theatre-maker scholarship. She is also a 2024 Women in Music Australia Soho House Fellow, and has been a visiting artist at Princeton University. She's also developed and presented her own work in London at Soho Theatre, Southbank Centre, Old Vic New Voices, the National Theatre Studio and The Barbican. Her 2019 TEDxSydney talk about Fangirls has been promoted to an official TED talk on TED.com, where it has been viewed more than 1.4 million times.

She is currently developing a screen adaptation of FANGIRLS with Fremantle, a movie musical for Mark Gordon Pictures, a new spooky musical with Paige Rattray, and various other projects.