RP: Evolve Workshops
Welcome to RP: Evolve Workshops
Our flagship development programme brings you inspiring days dedicated to writers eager to enhance their craft and bring their stories to life.
A blend of engaging workshops from experienced hosts, supported writing sprints and one to one private script consultations, our RP Evolve days are perfect to escape your distractions and lack of motivation and immerse yourself in a productive and inspiring day.
Our next event is in MANCHESTER! Saturday 28th June at Yotel Deansgate. From £50.00
Limited spaces, book below. Discounts available below.
Bank Holiday Offer
Enjoy over 30% off
Schedule of the day
We’ve crafted a balanced day, Ideal for you to focus on your development, escape all distractions, while also getting to know the other creatives in the room.
9:30 Welcome Coffee & Pastries, Introduction to the day
10:00 Workshop 1: Story Structure & Saying More With Less
11:00 Comfort Break
11:10 Workshop 2: Creating Compelling Characters
12:10 Intention Setting & 60m Writing Sprint
13:30 Break for Lunch (Lunch not provided)
14:30 Group Activity
15:00 80m Writing Sprint or Private Script Consultations
16:20 Comfort Break
16:30 Workshop 3: Film Festival Success and Promoting Your Short
17:30 Closing Q&A
18:00 Networking (Optional)
However, if you would prefer to work on your script/project throughout the whole day while listening in the sessions that is completely fine, we understand that all creatives, especially those who are neurodiverse, have their own ways of working, and we’re here to accommodate that!
For directors and producers joining us, the writing sprints can be used for project work, pitch deck creation or reading time.
What to bring?
We feel it would be best to bring a draft of something you have been currently working on (or have neglected recently!) along with another idea that you’d like to explore and develop, you’ll need something to write with for notes from the workshops and also for the writing sprints, whether this is a laptop or old school pen and paper. Along with any writing aids that support you best like your headphones, or visual boards or fidget toys.
How to get there?
Address: Yotel Manchester Deansgate, 2 John Dalton St, Manchester M2 6JP
Parking: Great Northern NCP is close to the hotel on Watson Street, M3 4EE. Please make sure you download the Park Pass app prior to your stay and choose the AUTO PAY option, for up to 25% off - the discount code is MANCSAVER which you insert as your Saver ID.
Trains: The venue is a 19 minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station, a 12 minute walk from Manchester Victoria station.
Hotels: There are lots of budget friendly hotels available in the city centre, Yotel unfortunately can not offer a discount on rooms due to pre booking requirements, we recommend using sites such as booking.com to find the best place for your budget and requirements.
Price and booking
Standard Booking: £80.00 for the day.
Script Consultancy Booking £140.00 for the day + bespoke feedback on your script and a face to face session with our development team. (£119.00 with earlybird discount)
Bookings are non refundable.
Is it for me?
Essentially it is for any writers who are interested in spending some time to evolve their script writing and gain some fresh perspective, whether it’s a refresher or a complete introduction to script writing. Plus, it’s an ideal way to meet other like minded creatives.
If you don’t have a script to work on, it could be the best place to make a start on something fresh, or if you’ve been stuck on an idea or draft for a while maybe this is where you’ll finally push ahead.
Our most recent cohort of RP: Evolve saw two scripts we developed land on the Slick Films Fund Long List, with 2 additional Alumni writers from our 2023 cohort also being shortlisted for their latest pieces of work for the fund.
Join us in Manchester for a day of workshops, writing and community.
This booking is non-refundable, further information is available at https://www.riannepictures.com/evolve-days
Once you have clicked ‘Book your space’ please click the ‘Go to cart’ button to complete your booking, don’t forget to use MANCHESTER15 for your discount.
Join us in Manchester for a day of workshops, writing and community. This booking includes a detailed script feedback report and a session with our development team on the workshop day going through your script and the actionable steps moving forward.
This booking is non-refundable, further information is available at https://www.riannepictures.com/evolve-days
A member of our team will contact you regarding your script for feedback.
Once you have clicked ‘Book your space’ please click the ‘Go to cart’ button to complete your booking, don’t forget to use MANCHESTER15 for your discount.
Your hosts for the day
Leading our workshop team across the day will be Caris Rianne and Pearl Andrews-Horrigan.
Caris founded Rianne Pictures in 2013 and is the festival director behind the BFI backed and BIFA accrediated Women X Film Festival. She has written and directed over 10 short films, along with her award winning feature Demi. She’s a development producer and has mentored over 30 filmmakers since 2021 through RP: Evolve and Creative UK, along with developing all of their scripts plus countless others. She’s a film programmer and judge for Keswick Film Festival and does programming and operations for Sunderland Shorts Film Festival when she’s not directing the BIFA accredited Women X Film Festival for which she was nominated for the Makers and Shakers award for ‘Shaker of the year’. Her original podcast Not Having It All was featured on BBC Sounds and named Film Podcast of the month by Film Stories. She is a frequent speaker at events including BFI Southbank and universities across the UK. She is currently producing 4 shorts that are in pre-production, post-production and festival circuits.
Pearl is currently a Storyliner on the BAFTA-award winning medical drama Casualty. Before this, she assisted the Commissioning Team at UKTV. At Rianne Pictures she is our Senior Development Executive, Pearl created and managed the company’s first ever script reading window, which provided 80 writers with free feedback on their short film scripts. She also oversees the annual Women X Film Festival Script Competition. Pearl’s longer works for theatre (plays, verse plays and musicals) have been supported by The Customs House, South Shields, TYPify Youth Arts Festival and The Brewhouse, Taunton, while her short plays have been performed at venues including The Arcola, The Pleasance and Hope Mills.
RP: Evolve - Lake District, Feb 2025
We kickstarted the year over in the Lake District, for a beautiful day of writers, directors and producers coming together to workshop their latest scripts.
There were different challenges, such as having too many characters, not knowing how to perfect their third acts or simply just being stuck with a high page count and not knowing how to get their story structure to a good place.
We broke the day up with our three workshops, two focused heads down writing sprints, some private script consultations where we helped steer the stories and even piece together pitch ideas for reaching out to funders and producers, and even managed a team walk around the beautiful lakes.
What we learnt…
That everyone writes differently, and offering different accomidations such as quiet zones, or solo tables and even people sitting on the floor helped them achieve their goals.
That one of our workshops needed more time due to how much we deep dived collectively into the world of festivals and marketing.
That a plate of yummy croissants and pastries is the best thing to walk into…
Some of our highlights from our writers lab workshops from Women X Film Festival 2024
