Weekender Workshop – Film Directing with Emotional Impact
2026-03-24 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | The Studio Beyond, 63 Wood Street, L1 4AL
Want to direct a film or screen play? Not sure how to get what you want from your crew and actors? Then join this workshop. Chase Johnston Lynch, a seasoned Screen Writer, Film and Music Video director will be at hand to give you the breadth of his knowledge.
What will you do?

Practical sessions to understand why you are here as a director and what established directors can teach you.
Learn style and impact that matters to you and has your own stamp on it
Connecting with the actors and communicating emotion
Making non-dialogue scenes work
What is your genre?
camera placement
Location technicalities and the 4 wall exercise for blocking
Job roles in your team
Storyboarding for emotion, body language and establishing shots
Use what you have learnt to shoot a short scene from a script you have been assigned.

Tues 24th March 19-21.30 for 6 weeks with one week off for writing, ending Tues 5th May. work to be submitted no later than 11th May.
Location: The Studio Beyond, 63 Wood Street, Liverpool.
All deadlines must be met.

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Script School – Screen Writing
2026-03-24 19:30 - 22:30 | The Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street, Liverpool, L19EN
Want to write a screen play? Want a general overview of how to write something worth filming? Then join this workshop. Chase Johnston Lynch, a seasoned Screen Writer, Film and music Video director will be at hand to give you the breadth of his knowledge.
What is in each session?

Overview of screen writing and the script school project
Making your characters real
The importance of plot
The construction of a good screen play

A break to write your screen play

How to edit your work
Final critique and edit

What you will achieve:

A short screen play that will be passed on to our directors course of which some parts will be filmed

Tues 24th March 19-21.30 for 6 weeks with one week off for writing, ending Tues 5th May. work to be submitted no later than 11th May.
Location: The Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street, Liverpool.

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Deep Dive Directing – The Theatre Directors Tool Bag (Intermediate Directors)
2026-03-29 13:00 - 15:00 | The Studio Beyond, 63 Wood Street, L1 4AL
A 2 hour deep dive into the tools and techniques used by professional directors to develop and improve your practise. You should already have some experience of directing plays.

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One Night With Marilyn
2026-06-05 19:30 - 2026-06-07 22:30 | The Studio Beyond, 63 Wood Street, L1 4AL
Unknown to her many millions of fans in February 1961 Marilyn Monroe was sectioned by her psychiatrist Dr. Marianne Kris to the Payne Whitney Clinic, the psychiatric division of Cornell University New York. Marilyn was under the impression she was being sent for some rest and recuperation by her trusted doctor. Marilyn was exhausted after the stressful filming schedule of ‘The Misfits’, its lukewarm reception and her fresh separation from Arthur Miller. In addition Marilyn had set alarm bells ringing amongst her friends and psychiatrist by talking of ‘ending it all’……..

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