Artistic Director: Niranjan Kamatkar

This drama workshop will use techniques such as: improvisation, forum theatre, characters and story telling with the last session being a showing of stories using these techniques. Participants are encouraged to bring their own stories. Trained as an actor at The Oxford School of Drama, Michelle worked as a drama practitioner for several years. She has presented workshop projects at Half Moon Young People’s Theatre, YLAF Festival & Shakespeare Schools Festival and performed in various theatre and film productions.

Come Out And Find Your Voice ! From torch songs to tirades, from disco drags to lesbian euro-divas, alternative sexualities have always expressed and celebrated themselves through song. This series is a fun and thought provoking introduction to singing technique and finding your voice. No experience necessary, just a sense of adventure! Loz has worked throughout Europe as a teacher and vocal coach, most recently as Head of Music at GITIS Scandinavia Drama School in Denmark. He is also a composer and musical director working in theatre, and his music has been performed all the way from Nashville, USA to Okinawa, Japan.

The workshop series focuses on using ideas from personal experience or creating fictional ideas to write a script for a short play. The participants will explore formatting a script, gathering and planning ideas, and ‘try out’ the drafts with group feedback. You can bring your own writing pads. Claire teaches script writing and drama in further and adult education. She has been a writer for The Pink Paper and written and directed pieces for theatre. She has performed in her own show at The Edinburgh Festival and recently opened the Wise Thoughts Variety night at The Drill Hall.

These sessions will explore identities: our diversity, similarities, who we are and aspire to be in our bodies, minds and souls. We will transfer this self discovery, creatively, making images to represent ourselves using varied mediums such as photography, drawing and painting to convey our inner and outer selves. Sachi is a visual artist, workshop leader and queer Trans activist who has been working in arts and education over the years. Concerned with creative learning, diversity, self expression and exploring identity, Sachi has worked with many different individuals and groups from various backgrounds on dynamic projects.