STAGE D’ÉCRITURE AVEC FABRICE MELQUIOT

A workshop exploring the art of writing monologues, blending poetry and theatre, introspection and argumentation, using the cut-up technique.

Fabrice Melquiot is running a writing workshop dedicated to monologue writing, open to around ten participants, whether beginners or experienced writers. The workshop will explore the specificities of monologue writing, striking a balance between poetry and theatre, introspection and argumentation. Seated around a large table, we will write, read and discuss for six hours a day, drawing on the works of Sarah Kane, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Stephen King and others, in a spirit of curiosity, sensitivity and rigour. To nurture everyone’s creative endeavours, we will explore the ‘cut-up’ technique, a writing tool inherited from the Dada movement. The cut-up encourages the free-for-all fragmentation of text; it does not shy away from random creation or distortions of thought. We extract, we observe, we arrange, we listen, we discover and we delve deeper. It is a game accessible to everyone, an exercise in freedom that encourages letting go. During this workshop, we will write like thieves, like lab technicians, like children, with scissors in hand.