International in outlook and ‘platform-agnostic’ in form, Big Stories on the Small Screen focuses on developing episodic screen narratives of between three and thirteen hours, suitable for delivery via television and/or digital media platforms. Our workshops are predicated on a strong ‘make-to-sell’ commercial ethic, with an emphasis on audience.

Our workshop structures are based on best international practice. The structures promote creative collaboration; professional participants acquire essential skills in collaborative storytelling alongside skills in story analysis and script development.

Big Stories on the Small Screen has completed its current round of workshops. Applications for our next event will open on September 9th 2019, our next event will take place on November 30th 2019.

To take part in Big Stories, you must be an Irish-resident Screenwriter, Director or Creative Producer.

• Screenwriters must have a writing credit on at least one produced script, which has been theatrically staged or screened on television or in cinema. Novelist with one or more published works are also eligible.
• Directors must have experience in scripted drama, with a directing credit on at least one scripted work of minimum thirty minutes’ duration, which has screened on television or theatrically.
• Creative Producers must have experience in scripted drama, with a producing credit on at least one scripted work of minimum thirty minutes’ duration, which has screened on television or theatrically.