: emerging theatre-makers
Aged 18-30?
Live in or around Hackney?
Interested in performing, devising & storytelling?
Join theatre-maker and facilitator Maria Laumark for a FREE theatre-making workshop programme.
Over the course of six 2-hour sessions plus one 4-hour session, you’ll explore different theatre practices and learn new skills and techniques to add to your theatre-making toolbox.
Applications close at noon on Thursday 27 April.
May-June 2023
Thursdays, 18:30-20:30
11, 18, 25 May
1, 8, 15 June
plus Saturday 10 June, 10:00 – 14:00
meet your facilitator
Maria Laumark is a Danish Theatre-maker & Facilitator with a passion for devising, physical theatre and international collaborations. She is the Artistic Director of the award-winning Katla Theatre Company which recently produced Mary & Mietek, which was written by Maria. It is based on real love letters from WW2 and its parallel to Brexit with the struggles of love across borders.
Maria is trained in devising and physical theatre, and therefore always has a collaborative and movement focus when writing and creating new work. Passionate about inclusive practices, Maria is proud to be the Creative Associate at Zoo Co, which recently did Perfect Show for Rachel at the Barbican (co-winner of the Offies Access award).
Maria has also worked with companies such as Royal Court Theatre, Cut the Cord, The Old Vic, Omnibus, and travelled to Denmark, Ecuador, Poland and Croatia last year for international projects.
This workshop programme is part of a series titled Make theatre with … and each programme is designed in conversation with an industry professional with the aim to offer different perspectives and approaches to making theatre – no programme is ever the same!
the programme
telling the untold: making theatre with voices from the past
What stories inspire us, and whose perspective are they told through?
Over the course of six practical workshops, you’ll explore different approaches to making theatre based on events and voices from the past in ways that feel daring and playful, with collaboration at the centre of the creative process.
You’ll have the chance to explore how to dramatise them in new, exciting ways while still staying true to the story. Through an approach rooted in devising, and mixing writing techniques with physical theatre, you’ll explore how to use text and movement to give these narratives new life.
The programme will conclude with a public sharing on Thursday 15 June (the seventh session), which will be open to an invited audience of friends and family plus company associates.
who is this programme for?
This programme is for you if one or more of these is true:
- you’ve had some theatre training (practical experience)
- you’re passionate about making theatre
- you’ve done some drama when you were younger
- you have exciting ideas you’d like to share with others
- you’re interested in pursuing a career in theatre
- you love the idea of working in a group
Please note that priority will be given to young people (18-30) living in Hackney, but we have some spaces allocated for young people outside the borough. So if you live in one of the neighbouring boroughs, you can still apply.
We’re keen to hear from applicants from the global majority and/or people who identify as first or second generation im/migrants.
Details
location
Centre 151, Haggerston
151 Whiston Road
E2 8GU
dates
Thu 11, Thu 18, Thu 25 May, 18:30 – 20:30
Thu 1, Thu 8, Thu 15 June, 18:30 – 20:30
plus
Sat 10 June, 10:00 – 14:00
cost
FREE
To apply, please read our info pack, which includes an online sign-up form.
Applications close at noon on Thursday 27 April.
If there’s anything that you’re unsure of, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
- on email: team@foreignaffairs.org.uk or,
- text/call/WhatsApp: 07478 093 697.
You’ll connect with Camila or Trine.
“... this programme is a wonderful opportunity for people to collaborate creatively and to learn and be exposed to the wider world of theatre-making.”
participantworkshop programme 2021
“Yes! I want to get back into theatre-making. Now knowing that theatre can be created in ANY space.”
participantworkshop programme 2019