New term - new course, and moreMy playwriting course begins work with a new group of writers on Monday September 30th, while on Friday October 4th, fourteen of last year’s group return to ...
2nd year course to startThe John Retallack Playwriting Course, Oxford, announces a new 2nd year course, by popular demand, starting October 2019. I’m delighted to report that those w...
It's Performance Workshop Time AgainPerformance Workshops Saturday May 25th at 2pm & Saturday June 1st at 2pm Entrance is FREE VINCENT’S CLUB, 1a King Edward Street, (off Oxford High Street), O...
Adventures of the 2017-18 Oxford Playwriting AlumniI’ve recently been in touch with some of the writers from the 2017-18 group; It’s exciting to hear what some of them are up to with plays that they started o...
Regional Theatre Isn't DeadA visit to Bristol I've been to Bristol a couple of times in the last week and I marvel at what is on offer to theatre-goers in that city. On one evening las...
Hannah and Hanna tour ends - a new writing course beginsIt was great to see Hannah and Hanna in Dreamland playing to packed houses at The Tramshed in London and for the final performances to the home crowd at the ...
Hannah & Hanna in Dreamland is in rehearsalHannah and Hanna in Dreamland is set in Margate, Calais and Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo. Part 1 is set in 1999, Part 2 in 2015. We are rehearsing at...
Change of Course DatesJuly 2018 John's latest play, Hannah and Hanna in Dreamland (a sequel to his highly successful production Hannah and Hanna) will be starting rehearsals aft...
John's an Award Winning PlaywrightJanuary 2018 John has won an Olwen Wymark Award, the Writers' Guild Of Great Britain's award for the encouragement of new writing. Nominated by WGGB memb...