Good Beginnings

From : January 11, 2026

To : January 11, 2026

Start time : 9:30 AM

End time : 1:00 PM

Theatre Group : National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

Faculty : Max Elton Director, Dramaturg and Writer; Associate Director (Literary), Soho Theatre and Pooja Sivaraman Creative Associate, Soho Theatre

Venue : National Centre for the Performing Arts
NCPA, Vinay K Shah Marg, Nariman Point
Mumbai - 400021, Maharashtra, India

This workshop is for anyone who is an aspiring or experienced writer, who would like to revisit their craft. Conducted by Max Elton and Pooja Sivaraman, this workshop will be held in English and participants must be over the age of 18. Some of the reading material will include harsh language and references to sexual activity.
Max Elton

Director, Dramaturg and Writer; Associate Director (Literary), Soho Theatre

Max Elton's directing credits include Not Now by David Ireland (Finborough Theatre/Lyric Belfast), listed as #6 in The Observer's Plays of 2022 and earning him a nomination for Broadway World's Director of the Year; Yes So I Said Yesand The Melting Pot (Finborough Theatre); The End of Hope (Orange Tree/Soho Theatre ) Off West End Awards nomination for Best New Play) and Big Brother Blitzkrieg (King)s Head Theatre), which he also wrote. In 2023, Max was selected for the National Theatre Directors) Course. He is also the Artistic Director of Bitter Pill, a new writing company that champions audacious playwrights who use humour at the heart of their work.

Pooja Sivaraman: Creative Associate, Soho Theatre
Pooja Sivaraman is a Mumbai-born, London-based playwright and theatre-maker. She is currently a Creative Associate at Soho Theatre, where she works on the development of Soho Theatre India)a project fostering artistic exchange between London and Mumbai. She has been part of the Royal Court Introductory Writers) Group (2021), the Soho Theatre Writers Lab (2022) and the Royal Court Long Form Writers) Group (2023). Her plays have been shortlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award and longlisted for the Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting Award. Sivaraman is also an alumna of the CLORE Emerging Leaders programme and works as a freelance theatre-maker and drama facilitator, collaborating with organisations such as Clean Break, Coney, and Attic Theatre Company.

Tickets: Rs. 300/- (Individual for Public) Rs. 400/- (Combined for workshop and staged reading)

Theatre Workshop Fees : 300

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