Writing a Solo Show

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Ages 18+

Course Dates & Times

Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April 2026
10am–5pm

About Writing a Solo Show

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone aged 18 and over who wants to write a solo show to perform. 

• Writers who have always wanted to perform
• Performers who have always wanted to write
• Actors ready to take creative control

What can I expect?

Do I need anything for the course?

Just yourself, a pen, paper or a laptop, and your ideas.

Course Fee

£285

There are limited spaces remaining on this course. Please join our Waiting List and we will contact you if a place becomes available. 

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Eligibility

• We welcome participants from all ages 18 and over
• Participants must have sufficient English language skills in order to fully engage with the course 

About the Course Tutors

The course is taught by award-winning writers and performers Maddie Rice and Tom Machell.

Maddie Rice is known for her work on Fleabag (2016), Every Blank Ever (2018) and Handy (2019). 

As a writer she is currently developing television projects with Apple TV, NBC Universal, AMC, Mammoth Screen, HatTrick, Rocliffe and STV and her first pilot HANDY was aired on RTE in April 2019. 

Maddie is currently under commission to write a new play for SOHO Theatre and Drywrite as one of the SOHO SIX. 

Her debut play Pickle Jar won the 'Three Weeks Editors award' in Edinburgh, transferred to Soho Theatre and is now being developed for television with NBC Universal. 

As an actress Maddie most recently won critical acclaim starring in the smash-hit Fleabag UK and Australian tour. She writes and performs with comedy groups zazU and Lead Pencil. 

Tom Machell is an actor and award-winning writer-performer, nominated for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2026 (Best Comedy Performance) and Best Writer at the NE Culture Awards 2025 for his BBC Radio 4 sitcom Tom and Lauren Are Going OOT, co-starring Lauren Pattison and Julian Clarey.

As an actor, his recent screen credits include Daddy Issues (BBC), Vera and Emmerdale (ITV), Hullraisers (Channel 4), and regular sketch roles on The Emily Atack Show (ITV) and Every Blank Ever (Comedy Central). Theatre highlights include an Off-Broadway debut in the Carol Tambor Award-winning Life According to Saki, Offie-nominated Outlying Islands (King’s Head Theatre), Hand to God (English Theatre Frankfurt), and multiple runs of News Revue.

As a writer, Tom is a BAFTA Connect member and winner of Best Short Script at the UK Film Festival, Los Angeles Motion Picture Film Festival, and Changing Face International Film Festival for A Spoonful. He wrote and starred in the Channel 4 comedy short Junior Doctors Padz and is a core member of award-winning comedy troupe zazU, with four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre. His debut play Ticker was published by PlayDead Press and received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe.