Whether you are new to writing or are looking for something to light your creative spark, join author and playwright Tutku Barbaros on our introduction to creative writing course designed to ignite your creativity and enhance your storytelling abilities.

Over the course of 7 weeks, you'll integrate practises from theatre, prose, poetry and journaling, equipping you with a diverse set of tools to develop your unique writing voice and practice. We will cover a full range of writing forms and techniques, including characterisation, building structure and setting, and developing your narrative voice. Join us and unlock your creative potential!

Tutku is a writer across forms of Turkish Cypriot heritage from south-east London. Her debut book All the Women She Knows, a collection of 11 short stories centred on the lives of 8 women on the precipice of change was published in 2024. She is an alumna of the Royal Court Writers’ Programme as well as Sphinx Theatre’s year-long writer’s development programme, Sphinx 30. Her play Layla and Youssef was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize and the Paines Plough Women’s Prize For Playwriting.

The seven-week course costs £120 per person.

Held every Monday evening: 3 March, 10 March, 17 March, 24 March, 31 March, 7 April & 14 April.