How do you stay safe when writing from personal experience? How do you stop it all from becoming a bit self-indulgent? Where should you even start?! You should expect honest conversation, questions explored and exercises on generating material to begin writing the perfect part.

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Charlie Josephine is a writer, director and actor.

Their latest play, COWBOIS, has been announced as part of the RSC’s summer season for 2023. A “rollicking queer cowboy show”, the play will open in October at the Swan Theatre. Recent work includes FLIES (Boundless Theatre), BIRDS AND BEES (Theatre Centre), ONE OF THEM ONES (Pentabus).

Charlie is currently under commission for new plays with the RSC and NT Connections and is writing a play as the Headlong Writer-In-Residence. They are also developing a new feature biopic with Salon Pictures.