Season Butler: Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop
Downfall: It's over. An empire falls, a tree is felled and spores disperse. Join Season Butler for this workshop about focus, tension, action and anticipation.
Storytelling has often been a process of gathering, accumulation and re-articulation, borrowing and building essences which we spin and slant in our changing contexts. In this session, participants will harvest our histories and share the stories that we've kept close, using those as the germ to create something new, adding your own version to the story's story.
In this workshop, participants will be guided through a series of exercises centred on an event that fundamentally changes how a character sees the world. We will think about the ways of showing the relationship between internal and external worlds, the political and the personal, technologies and the body – through the lens of a significant story beat.
What participants write in this session might for a draft ending or starting point that they can build a story around.
Running time: 5pm-6.30pm
A ticket to this event also gives you access to our Conservatory Takeover Imagining Worlds on Sun 9 Feb, a day of pop-up readings, live events and workshops, nestled among the plants in our living, breathing conservatory.
This event is part of Spring at the Barbican: Concrete Garden, a series of events inviting you to retreat from the noise of the city with a season of growth and transformation.
Presented by the Barbican Centre's Creative Collaborations Team.
Ticket prices
£8
Subject to availability.
Booking fees
£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
No fee when tickets are booked in person.
Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.
Garden Room, Conservatory
Location
The Barbican Conservatory is located on Level 3, if you’re coming from inside the main Barbican building.
From the Barbican highwalks, follow signs to the ‘Barbican Centre’. Walking from Barbican tube station, you’ll see a steps with ‘Art Gallery’ above them, these will lead you up to the Sculpture Court where you'll see a sign for the Conservatory.
Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.
We’ve plenty of places for you to relax and replenish, from coffee and cake to wood-fired pizzas and full pre-theatre menus
Access
The Conservatory is on the gallery floor (level 3), reached via the main lifts. Access Automatic glass doors (120cm wide) lead outside from the gallery floor and continue down a ramp (1:12). The Conservatory is on your right, entered through double doors (135cm wide). The Sculpture Court is on your left, up three steps or via a ramp.
Mobility
Limited access for wheelchair users and people with restricted mobility due to steps in some areas.
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs are welcome.
For more access information, please visit our Accessibility section.
