Building A Creative Toolkit
Our ‘Building a Creative Toolkit’ sessions are back and better than ever!
The Rep are offering a series of skills-building sessions for freelance facilitators working across the West Midlands. These fun, collaborative meet ups are led by practitioners from The Rep and professional facilitators working across the West Midlands. They provide a playful space to develop skills and approaches to facilitating groups creatively, and enable freelance facilitators to connect with each other, build networks and broaden their understanding of facilitation.
There will be a focus on theatre-making techniques, and the opportunity for facilitators from a range of different artistic backgrounds and specialisms to take part, learn and develop new ideas to take away and use in their own work. Participants are all encouraged to share games, activities, insights and pedagogy from their own practice, discuss approaches to working in community settings, and will be able to learn from each other in a supportive and friendly environment.
Sessions are for freelancers at any stage in their career. Places are limited, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
For any further information, please email: talent.development@birmingham-rep.co.uk
Price
£5 per session.
Enter code WAIVEFEE to waive the £3.50 transaction fee.
Ages
18+
Running Time
2 hours
16 April - Early Years Foundation Stage with Charlie
Join Charlie (she/her) for an engaging workshop designed to enhance your facilitation skills in EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) spaces. This session will explore the practical aspects of setting up and leading an EYFS environment, along with strategies for troubleshooting and adapting content for younger participants. Whether you’re looking to broaden your toolkit or integrate new techniques into your reflective practice, this workshop is for you, no matter where you are in your facilitator journey.
With 16 years of experience as a theatre facilitator, Charlie has worked across a wide range of settings both in the UK and internationally, engaging with participants of all ages. She has collaborated with over 200 schools, nurseries, and youth theatres and is particularly passionate about working in EYFS and SEN settings. She currently facilitates Young Rep’s EYFS programme.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, reflect, and expand your creative toolkit!
12 May - Kick start your writing skills! with Sarah
Join Sarah for a fun workshop designed to kick start your writing skills. Whether you are creating devised pieces with community groups or working on you own as a playwright this workshop will explore a number of creative strategies that you can use to get you started writing, develop your writing or help you move forward when you get blocked.
Sarah has more than 30 years of experience working with young people creating devised projects including site specific work at The Black Country Museum, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and The Commandry Centre in Worcester. She is currently working with women’s groups in north Worcestershire on a project to develop skills and increase confidence.
17 Jun – Creativity From Nothing with Rob
Creativity is for everyone, how does a facilitator prove it to people who think they aren’t creative?
This session will explore how a facilitator can unleash the creativity within participants, encourage “creativity from nothing” and create a fun, supportive environment.
Robert George Lane is an experienced actor, musician and facilitator. He is a founding member of comedy improvisation groups Improv Wolves and Noteworthy: The Made-Up Musical and is the host of The Robert Lane Creative Careers Podcast which features chats with creatives about their careers and how they make their work.
Robert facilitates workshops on topics including improvisation and songwriting and provides regular music and drama sessions for Midland Mencap. As a 2024 Birmingham Rep Foundry Artist he delivered a 12 week co-creation project with a community group, culminating with a performance at Birmingham Rep.
21 Jul – Getting communities to move with Dan
A workshop which will explore ways to allow your communities to move and express. Using different tools and devices ranging from dance and physical movement, this workshop will explore and investigate how to get any community groups moving. Whether you’re a community facilitator or a seasoned director, this workshop will help explore how you can apply movement principles to your practice and encourage boosting the energy of your community group through communal and individual movement.
Bursary Fee Waiver Form
We want all of our workshops at The Rep to be open and accessible to all people who want to take part. We actively seek to remove any barriers, including financial, that might prevent you feeling like you can access our work.
If you wish to apply for a fee waiver bursary, please complete the below form no later than 2 weeks before the date of the activity you wish to attend. We will respond via email regarding the results of your application within 3 working days.
If you have any questions, please email talent.development@birmingham-rep.co.uk