free workshops for
emerging makers
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Past workshops
Spring-Summer 2023
Make: Your Way
A series of free workshops where established theatre practitioners share their skills and wisdom with emerging makers.
The Co-Lab
A collaborative space for makers of all disciplines, aimed at breaking down hierarchies and shaking up the status quo.
Season 1 ran from 26/05/2023 until 21/07/23
LYNDSEY TURNER
24/3/23
A workshop sharing Lyndsey’s strategies for making the most of limited resources, setting up safe rehearsal spaces, and approaching the art of making theatre like a real project manager.
CLAIRE PARRY
The Fool’s Toolbox, 2/6/23
An introduction to the physical theatre, clowning and music filled approach of Claire’s interdisciplinary and socio-political work, exploring tools to find play, joy and silliness that refuse to adhere to one genre.
IAN RICKSON
Making Your Creative Space, 29/6/23
A conversation for makers of all disciplines about designing your own creative toolbox and shaping the space you want to work in.
BETH HINTON-LEVER
Disarming Ableism, 30/6/23
A crash-course on integrating accessible artistry into your existing performance practice, and enhancing your creativity by considering all the possibilities of your collaborators and audiences.
LUCIE DAWKINS
The Shakespeare Shake-Up, 14/7/23
A hands-on workshop sharing tools to help actors and directors take ownership of Shakespeare’s texts as living, breathing plays which belong to them.
LOUIS CYFER
Drag Devising Toolkit, 28/7/23
Non-binary actor and drag king LJ Parkinson looked at devising for cabaret, creating memorable characters, and queering expectations.