Making a Murder Mystery
A course for writers, directors and performers to start with a blank page and end with a murder mystery whilst learning the building blocks of structuring and developing work for performance. Channelling our inner Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes, we will work together to unpack the murder mystery genre and examine how to build a whodunit that really keeps an audience on its toes.
The course will feature writing sessions, devising sessions and staging workshops. By the end of the week, we will have devised our own murder mystery in the room as well as having the time and space to explore our own individual ideas.
During the week you will:
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Explore the murder mystery genre and why it is so timeless
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Interrogate the form and structures of whodunits and how they work
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Expand our knowledge of devising strategies to devise a short murder mystery play
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Investigate playwriting techniques and how to put them into practice
This is a practical course for writers who like to act and actors that like to write, as you will be doing both throughout the week. Have you always fancied yourself as an Agatha Christie? Come along and delve into the mystery. Hopefully there won't be too many red herrings along the way!
Jasmin is a British-Iranian playwright and screenwriter from West Yorkshire. Her first full length play Allah In the Walls was developed on the Catalyst Programme at the North Wall Arts Centre and went on to be shortlisted for the 2022 Bruntwood Prize. It will go on tour across 2026 and 2027. She has written plays for the National Theatre's Public Acts and the Bush Theatre's Young Company, as well as participating in the BBC’s Northern Voices Scheme, Sheffield Theatre’s Bank Cohort, and the Warner Writers Exchange Scheme. Jasmin is currently the Kay Mellor Fellow and on attachment with Rollem Productions and Leeds Playhouse for whom she is developing both a new TV series and a new play.