Find the story
Explore ideas, characters and the choices that make an audience care.
For young writers in Year 7 and above
Stories are meant to be heard.
A practical weekly class where young people develop original ideas, write scripts and bring a shared story to life as an audio drama.
Saturday classes · Two hours · £100 per monthThe idea
A place to find your voice.
StoryTellers teaches the skills behind compelling stories: memorable characters, meaningful conflict, clear structure and dialogue that does more than explain.
Every student develops an idea of their own. Together, the group also works like a writers’ room, shaping one shared story from first pitch to finished script.
Write · Create · Record · Share
From the first spark to a story you can hear.
Make it work
Learn to build scenes, write dialogue, share ideas and improve a draft.
Hear it happen
Collaborate on a class script, then prepare, perform and record it as an audio drama.
The classes
Serious about storytelling. Open to every kind of story.
Each two-hour session combines an accessible lesson with writing time, practical exercises and group discussion. Students can explore the genres and ideas that excite them while learning skills used in professional screenwriting.
The shared class project is intended to become a recorded audio drama. Any public sharing would require appropriate parent or guardian permissions.
WhoYear 7 and above
WhenSaturdays · 2 hours
Fee£100 per student / month
LocationBournemouth area
Proposed venue: Talbot Heath, subject to agreement. Start date and enrolment details will be announced when arrangements are confirmed.
Meet your tutors
Learn from working storytellers.
Suha Al Khalifa and Richard Bellamy are a screenwriting and producing partnership whose television credits include Rashash and Devil’s Promise.
They bring professional experience of developing characters, shaping scripts and working collaboratively for television. StoryTellers is their chance to share that process with the next generation of writers.
Young writers. Real stories.
Bring an idea. Leave with a story worth sharing.
StoryTellers is preparing its first classes. Full venue, timetable and enrolment information will be available once arrangements are confirmed.