RP: Evolve Workshops
Welcome to RP: Evolve Workshops
Our flagship development programme brings you inspiring days dedicated to writers eager to enhance their craft and bring their stories to life.
A blend of engaging workshops from experienced hosts, supported writing sprints and one to one private script consultations, our RP Evolve days are perfect to escape your distractions and lack of motivation and immerse yourself in a productive and inspiring day.
Our fourth in person Evolve workshop is planned for a weekend away in February 2026, SO we have our bitesized online 4 week cohort to kick off in November!
A 4-week creative reset for writers & filmmakers
Usual price £300, online version £50.
Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been writing for years, the biggest challenge isn’t talent… it’s momentum. RP: Evolve is designed to give you what most writers are missing: focus, accountability, community, and a clear path to progress.
This November, join a like-minded group of storytellers for a month-long creative boost that will help you:
Finallyyyyy finish something you’ve started
Build confidence in YOUR ideas and your craft
Make consistent progress with the support of others and our industry team
Leave with new skills and a stronger script to get out there
The Agenda
Over 4 weeks, you’ll follow a step-by-step journey combining pre-recorded sessions, bespoke worksheets, twice-weekly WhatsApp prompts, and two live workshops with writing sprints:
Week 1 – Kickstart & Creative Reset
Set your goals, dive into what blocks you have, and meet your cohort.
Week 2 – Story Building Blocks
In the first of our workshops, we will deepen your theme, strengthen structure, and map your project’s path. With group writing time to stick to your accountability plan.
Week 3 – From Page to Screen
Bring your story to life through forming its creative identity to build your confidence communicating to collaborators and funders.
Week 4 – Sharpen & Showcase
In our second workshop, we focus on characters and dialogue, are they pushing your story forward? or holding it back?. With writing time to hit your final pages goal.
💡 What You’ll Leave With
A stronger, sharper piece of writing (or the plan to finish what you started)
A toolkit of exercises & techniques you can use again and again
A supportive network of fellow writers who get it
Gift yourself the time that your writing deserves this November.
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Your workshop hosts
Leading our workshop team across the weekend will be Caris Rianne and Pearl Andrews-Horrigan.
Caris founded Rianne Pictures in 2013 and is the festival director behind the BFI backed and BIFA accrediated Women X Film Festival. She has written and directed over 10 short films, along with her award winning feature Demi. She’s a development producer and has mentored over 50 filmmakers since 2021 through RP: Evolve, Film Hub North and Creative UK, developing all of their scripts plus many others.
She’s an experienced film programmer and judge for Keswick Film Festival and does programming and operations for Sunderland Shorts Film Festival, when she’s not directing the BIFA accredited Women X Film Festival for which she was nominated for the Makers and Shakers award for ‘Shaker of the year’ and Contribution to the Arts at Darlington Stronger Community Awards. Her original podcast Not Having It All was featured on BBC Sounds and named Film Podcast of the month by Film Stories. She is currently producing 4 shorts in 2025/2026.
Pearl is currently a Storyliner on the BAFTA-award winning medical drama Casualty. Before this, she assisted the Commissioning Team at UKTV. At Rianne Pictures she is our Senior Development Executive, Pearl created and managed the company’s first ever script reading window, which provided 80 writers with free feedback on their short film scripts.
She runs Script Club Cardiff, and also oversees the annual Women X Film Festival Script Competition. Pearl’s longer works for theatre (plays, verse plays and musicals) have been supported by The Customs House, South Shields, TYPify Youth Arts Festival and The Brewhouse, Taunton, while her short plays have been performed at venues including The Arcola, The Pleasance and Hope Mills.
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RP: Evolve - Writers Residency, Women X Film Festival, Sep 2025
We hosted a weekend long residency with the writers who were finalists in the Women X Film Festival Script Competition, inviting them to not only celebrate their recognition but also deepen their connection to their scripts and expand their skillsets, while meeting other writers too!
We expanded our workshops to introduce looking at theme, a common error we found in many scripts during the competition process, as well as introduce new activities to strengthen characters and the way they communicate in scripts.
The writers were also invited to share what barriers they wanted to break down in their stories, and in smaller feedback groups we discussed these and identified ways of moving forward collaboratively.
Pitching was a big edition to the residency, after a masterclass from Caris with the eye of what producers and festivals look for, the writers then developed their elevator pitches and presented during a quick fire pitching round in front of industry members and their peers!
What we learnt…
That the personal connection to your script whether it’s through your own experiences, or your passion on why you want to make it, is important when seeking support and producer interest.
That putting 27 writers together for a weekend results in lots of new exciting connections and planned collaborations. (!!!)
It’s okay to have multiple projects going on in your head, put making sure each one has it’s own voice and identity is important for completing a story.
…..and we learnt we want to do more residencies!
RP: Evolve - Manchester, June 2025
During the summer we hopped over to Manchester, for a more city vibe approach to Evolve. Hosting even more writers, directors and producers to work on their latest scripts - which included features and TV pilots this time!
We adapted our three workshops from before, adding some more activities and real life examples that could help break through barriers, as well as short bursts of 121 consultancy on sticking points and undefined characters.
Plus with dedicated time for a Q&A it meant the filmmakers were able to dive deeper on certain subjects.
What we learnt…
The biggest common theme in this workshop was THEME! Staying true to the vision of the story, but ensuring the characters and plot didn’t get lost in an unclear theme and structure.
There was also lots of discussion on festivals, some experiences shared and tips on what some of the best ones (for women) were in the UK!
Plus the bar accidentally gave us some extra G&Ts so the day ended well…
RP: Evolve - Lake District, Feb 2025
We kickstarted the year over in the Lake District, for a beautiful day of writers, directors and producers coming together to workshop their latest scripts.
There were different challenges, such as having too many characters, not knowing how to perfect their third acts or simply just being stuck with a high page count and not knowing how to get their story structure to a good place.
We broke the day up with our three workshops, two focused heads down writing sprints, some private script consultations where we helped steer the stories and even piece together pitch ideas for reaching out to funders and producers, and even managed a team walk around the beautiful lakes.
What we learnt…
That everyone writes differently, and offering different accomidations such as quiet zones, or solo tables and even people sitting on the floor helped them achieve their goals.
That one of our workshops needed more time due to how much we deep dived collectively into the world of festivals and marketing.
That a plate of yummy croissants and pastries is the best thing to walk into…
Some of our highlights from our writers lab workshops from Women X Film Festival 2024
