Youth-led devising
Every youth play we’ve ever made was devised entirely by the young people who were in it.
Our approach aims to get students excited by the stimuli they’re devising from, and to encourage them to form personal connections to the themes, texts, items and artwork they’re responding to.
Our workshops focus on developing devising skills. We can bring a range of stimuli, or work from those you’re already planning to use. Our workshops are a great skill-developer in KS3, or can kick-start the devising process towards assessment in KS4.
We take students through the stages of Generating, Selecting, Developing and Staging.
Generating: disinhibiting your brain to let the creative out; discovering what a prompt means to you; responding using every tool available (voice, body, mind)
Selecting: Compromise and communication in a group; finding common themes & drive
Developing: Building from the first idea; improvisation skills for devising; finding your style & constructively interrogating your process
Staging: The final steps to presenting work onstage; deepening character & story; strong choices in rehearsal; resilience to rehearse
Workshops will usually be a minimum of 2 hours but we will work flexibly around your needs.
pricing
We try our hardest to make sure we keep our costs as low as possible, and communicate them transparently. Below are our current rates:
full day workshop
£300
half day workshop
£180
(Rates based on delivery in Leeds postcodes. A small travel cost may be added for other areas)
longer projects
It is possible to book two half-day workshops on the same day for our standard full day rate.
Wherever possible we offer discounts when a booking is made for a full half term, term - or longer!