Who could benefit from this course?
Theatre makers and facilitators keen to facilitate spaces and/or create shows involving non-professional actors of various ages and backgrounds, including marginalised communities.
How does it work?
We will explore various games and tools to help you meet your group, find out about its diverse voices and skills, build trust, and bond the group - using its diversity as an asset.
We will take a first look into specific questions related to participatory theatre and creating work based on participants’ life stories such as work ethos, trauma, and safe space.
This workshop isn't a lesson but an introduction to the facilitation approach where we will create this workshop bouncing on your needs, questions and inputs. An opportunity to practice key skills in applied theatre: flexibility, adaptability, eye & ears opening to hold the space rather than control it and give the floor back to the group to support empowerment and welcome co-creation.
What do you gain?
- You will learn performative games accessible to all ages, abilities, and languages that will help you teach acting skills quickly and generate devising material.
- You will explore body games & exercises that help release stress, anxiety, and trauma.
- You will have the opportunity to share questions and explore your practice / project with the insight of peer practitioners and Sophie Besse, Artistic Director of PSYCHEdelight Theatre Company of Sanctuary.
Dates, Times & Cost
Saturday & Sunday, 11 & 12 January
11:00am - 5:00pm
in Studio 1 at The Cockpit
£120 early bird (book by 30 December at 12pm)
regular price £135
Check out the other workshops in our Theatre Maker programme, and save 10% when you book 2 or more.
SOPHIE BESSE BERTRAND
Sophie is the Artistic Director of PSYCHEdelight Theatre Company of Sanctuary. She is trained in both drama and therapy and developed an expertise in physical theatre, ensemble work and clowning. She has trained in Lecoq, LISPA, John Wright, Lucy Hopkins, Complicite, Told By an Idiot, and others. She specialises in participatory theatre directing and devising. Sophie creates shows with mixed casts involving communities who experienced a traumatic life journey. She is a diversity advocate and expert at holding a space with different ages, languages, and abilities in the room. She worked with young offenders and women in prison for 7 years and is the founder of PSYCHEdelight's Together Workshops welcoming local people and refugee communities. Most recent credits as a theatre director: “Borderline, the satire of the Calais Jungle,” “Welcome To The UK,” “Mohand & Peter,” and “Hang Out To Dry”.
Testimonials (after a week retreat around facilitation)
“A truly healing experience for those of us in messy, gruelling, demanding professions". Laura. Therapist & facilitator.
"Thank you for taking me out of my head, back into my body and creative soul" Jenny. Applied theatre practitioner
“Games are so much more than games. I hope you bring togetherness to many more places in need.” Amar, Syrian workshop participant. Mardin - Turkey.
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