The Writer’’s Toolkit: Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters

Paul Kalburgi is a British playwright, screenwriter and television producer. He was awarded Master of Arts (Writing for Screen & Stage) in 2015 by Regent’s University, London.

Select playwriting credits include Broadway or Bust (Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas), In the Tall Grass (Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Dallas; winner of ’Outstanding New Play’ DFW Theater Critics Forum), Maxine (Stockwell Playhouse, London and Times Square Art Center, New York), Almost The Birthday Party (Etcetera Theatre, London; published by Lazy Bee Scripts), MCN TV (Brockley Jack Theatre, London), Tickled Pink! (Battersea Barge, London), Jack & The Beanstalk (touring, UK and Ireland), and The Countess (Blue Elephant Theatre, London).

Select screenwriting credits include Shortland Street (TVNZ, New Zealand), The Price of Fame (REELZ Channel, USA) and Healing (Revelation TV, UK; winner of ’Best Song’ (music and lyrics) Concrete Dream Film Festival, Los Angeles). For television, Paul has produced programmes for a host of networks in the UK and USA since 2007, working across genres including celebrity ob-doc, docudrama, lifestyle, factual entertainment and news.

Alongside his writing projects, Paul continues to facilitate writing courses and workshops in the USA, UK and New Zealand. Paul is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America.