PLAYWRITING MASTERCLASS

Playwriting Workshop: 10am Wednesday April 28 seven methods of killing kylie jenner: 11:30am Wednesday 28 April Cost: $42 per person (includes workshop and performance) Location: Darlinghurst Theatre Company For group and student booking discounts email: [email protected] THE PLAYWRIGHT THE WORKSHOP Jasmine Lee-Jones is an actor and writer based in North London. Her first full- Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Green Door Theatre Company invite length play seven methods of killing kylie jenner opened at The Royal Court young writers and theatre makers to attend writing masterclass, Strange in July 2019 and won the 2019 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Familiar: Using Social Theory for Theatre Practice, with esteemed Playwright, the 2019 Stage Debut Award for Best Writer, the 2019 Alfred Fagon playwright Jasmine Lee-Jones (seven methods of killing kylie jenner). Award, the 2020 Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, and won the European New Talent Drama Award 2020. Other writing credits Blending and utilising ideas from thinkers and creators as diverse as bell include Living Newspaper (Royal Court Theatre, 2020); My White Best Friend hooks, Cornel West, Anton Chekhov and Lorraine Hansberry, the (Bunker Theatre, 2019), Curious… (Guildhall/Brainchild), Dark Matter (Beyond workshop will examine and interrogate the choices we make as theatre- the Court), Say Her Name, Drinking Concrete[co-writer] (Open Court). Training makers through the lens of some of the greatest political and includes Royal Court Supergroup (2018-2019), Guildhall School of Music and dramaturgical thinkers of our time Drama (2016-2019), the BBC London Writers’ Group (2017), The Andrea Project Writing Group (2017), and Soho Young Writers’ Lab (2016). In theatre, she is currently under commission to the Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre, and THE CREATIVE TEAM Headlong Theatre. Screen work includes a short community-led film in development with the Young Vic, and adapting a major novel into a TV series Director: Shari Sebbens for Potboiler/BBC Assistant Director: Zindzi Okenyo Kara: Vivienne Awosoga THE PLAY seven methods of killing kylie jenner is a deep dive into the murky waters Cleo: Moreblessing Maturure of colourism and the commodification of Black women. Lighting Designer: Kate Baldwin Jasmine Lee-Jones' award-winning play makes its Australian premiere at Darlo.

Sound Designer: Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers Forbes Magazine claims Kylie Jenner’s a “self-made billionaire” and Cleo isn’t Production Designer: Keerthi Subramanyam having a bar of it. She’s got a lot to say and on the internet, actions don’t always speak louder than words…“Look it’s two tweets that helped me vent my frustrations. Voice and Dialect Coach: Angela Sullen It’s really not that deep…” As URL beef brings up IRL tensions, Cleo and Kara have Stage Manager: Ayah Tayeh more issues than getting #blocked will solve. If Black Twitter hasn’t snatched your edges yet, these two bawss-babes surely will. Audio Visual Designer: Wendy Yu