Calling all form benders, genre mashers, anti-disciplinarians, and process heads: this one's for you.
Like you, we're obsessed with thinking about the way things are made.
So this season, we've gathered the UK's most exciting established and up-and-coming theatre companies to lift the lid on their approaches to devising.
In an industry that so often treats makers as too risky or unwieldy to resource, we're creating a workshop series that puts collaborative process at its centre, making visible the many possible tools and approaches, while also diving headfirst into the unknown.
For artists, the more you run your own rooms, the harder it becomes to find chances to peek into other people's processes. We want to give you the space to expand your horizons and be a novice again, all while championing companies at the forefront of a bold new wave of theatre making.
This autumn, we're welcoming YESYESNONO, Dirty Hare, Ensemble Not Found, and ThisEgg to the building to show us how it's done.
Booking is now open for our November workshop with Ensemble Not Found. Sign up to our Artist Newsletter to be the first to hear about future workshop opportunities and artist events.
Workhops are free to attend and take place at New Diorama Theatre, Theatre Deli, and partner venues.
The Living Image: A Practice for Collective Composition
Monday 24th November, 3:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Theatre Deli (EC3A 4AF)
How can a group create without a director?
How can performers compose, in real time, across text, movement, image, and rhythm, without defaulting to character or choreography?
The Living Image is a performance and devising practice that turns the stage (or any space) into a living composition.
Blending elements of theatre, dance, and visual composition, this practice invites participants to move fluidly between modes of presence and perception. It offers tools for collaborative creation, equally suited to training, devising, or site-specific exploration — and adapts to any environment that already carries its own narrative or history.
The workshop begins with a movement session, including warm-up exercises and a series of creative explorations between body, movement, and objects. Participants will then move into an improvisation phase, using image, text, sound, and space as prompts to generate collective composition. Rather than being guided by a single director, the process unfolds through group-directed devising — an experimental approach where the ensemble, as a whole, shapes the direction and outcome of the work.
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Reserve your space by booking at the link below. Spaces are first-come, first-served and capacity is limited.
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If you have any questions, get in touch with us at [email protected].