Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
“Scenes can be all kinds of things. They can be gripping or exciting or funny, but usually the ones that work the best are the ones where something happens. The characters experience some big change in some kind of way.”
Welcome to the Royal Court Young Playwrights Award. In this video, Beth Flintoff will get you thinking about what makes a great scene, and get you started writing your own scenes.
There will be some writing and planning exercises, thinking about what your characters want and what obstacles they face, and how you can use ‘The Messenger’ and ‘Start the Clock’.
By the end of this video, you should have a scene or two, written in several different ways.
The Young Playwrights Award will open for entries in 2026 for anyone aged 13-18 in the UK. Find out more here: royalcourttheatre.com
The Royal Court Theatre is the writers’ theatre. It is the leading force in world theatre for energetically cultivating writers – undiscovered, emerging and established. The Royal Court is located in London, UK.
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“Scenes can be all kinds of things. They can be gripping or exciting or funny, but usually the ones that work the best are the ones where something happens. The characters experience some big change in some kind of way.”
Welcome to the Royal Court Young Playwrights Award. In this video, Beth Flintoff will get you thinking about what makes a great scene, and get you started writing your own scenes.
There will be some writing and planning exercises, thinking about what your characters want and what obstacles they face, and how you can use ‘The Messenger’ and ‘Start the Clock’.
By the end of this video, you should have a scene or two, written in several different ways.
The Young Playwrights Award will open for entries in 2026 for anyone aged 13-18 in the UK. Find out more here: royalcourttheatre.com
The Royal Court Theatre is the writers’ theatre. It is the leading force in world theatre for energetically cultivating writers – undiscovered, emerging and established. The Royal Court is located in London, UK.
Follow us on Twitter: bit.ly/RCTtwitter
Follow us on Instagram: bit.ly/RCTinsta
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: bit.ly/RCTsubscribe
