Deep Dive Directing – The Theatre Directors Tool Bag (Intermediate)

Deep Dive - The Theatre Directors Tool Bag (intermediate)

Course details

Jay McWinen is the Facilitator for this intermediate workshop. Jay is a theatre practitioner, acting lecturer and musical theatre director

Jay shares his experience from working as a director, agent, academic lecturer and community engagement practitioner to inspire development of your current directing skills

Sunday 29th March 13.00 to 15.00 at the Studio Beyond
What to expect:
  • New management skills in the rehearsal room
  • Using ideas from leading professionals to enrich your directing practise
  • Learn new tips and pro tools
  • Increase your creativity as a director

please bring a note book and pen, be on time and wear comfortable clothes

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Deep Dive Directing – Adapting your Skills (beginners)

Deep Dive - Adapting your skills in order to direct a play (Beginners)

Course details

Kevin Foott is the Facilitator for this beginners workshop. You may have skills in other areas of theatre and this workshop helps you to adapt those skills and give you the confidence so you can direct a play.

Kevin came to directing through his love of acting and public speaking.

He has been involved in both the professional and community world of theatre for over two decades having worked at the Liverpool Merseyside Theatres Trust; Everyman and Playhouse theatres both front of house in many roles and workshopping with adults with learning difficulties and pensioners. In the community he has acted, including as Mr Peachum in the Threepenny Opera at the Edinburgh Fringe and directed; including sold out shows at the Unity and award-winning shows at the Leverhulme Festival.

Sunday 22nd March 12.00 to 16.00 at the Studio Below
What to expect:
  • a skills audit to see what tools you already have
  • Picking plays that play to your likes and strengths
  • How to make a healthy connection with the writer
  • Can a screen play become a stage play?
  • The peaks and pitfalls of putting a play on

Remember: Be on time, where comfortable clothes and bring a notebook and pen.

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Deep Dive Directing – What Moves you is Movement

Deep Dive - What Moves you is Movement

Course details

Miriam Mussa is the Facilitator for this practical 3 hour workshop that helps you to understand how blocking and movement are the key tools to storytelling.

Miriam brings extensive experience in directing, touring theatre and leading her community and engagement programmes. Her practice is rooted in clarity, care and making meaningful connection with audiences.
Sunday 22nd Feb at 13.00 to 16.00 at the Studio Beyond, 63 Wood Street, Liverpool. Only £15
 
What to expect:
  • Looking at how actors are moved and placed to tell a story without words
  • How using movement can help reduce the word count
  • For directors: deepening knowledge of direction through physical storytelling
  • For actors: what a director may expect of you in the physical sense. Make clearer and more intentional physical choices in rehearsal
  • Strengthen narrative clarity, presence and audience connection.
This workshop is suitable for actors, directors, artistic leads and writer/directors
 
Please bring a note book and wear comfortable clothes.
The workshop will take place at the Studio Beyond, 63 Wood Street, Liverpool
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Writer’s Monologue Masterclass 6 week course

Writer's Monologue Masterclass with Sharon Colpman

Course details

This 6-part course is delivered by Sharon Colpman, frequent contributor to the Writer’s Block Radio Hour and to the book the Story so Far.

Want to write a meaningful monologue worthy of radio? Not sure how to move your character forward within a play? Want to Write well rounded Characters? Then this course is for you.

Price £45 per person. (This can be paid in two instalments)

What you will learn

The six sessions will cover the following:

  • How to generate ideas from a blank piece of paper and using prompts
  • The definition of a monologue and the ways they are used
  • From examples, how to use monologues within a play and how to write an answering monologue
  • Deciding of character mood and how that might change using p-typing
  • Knowing your character completely
  • How writer’s reveal the inner character

What you will achieve:

  • 2 monologues that will be both recorded and performed in a showcase event.

Saturday 14th March  1-3pm for 6 weeks ending Saturday 18th April. work to be submitted no later than 24th April.

Location: The Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street, Liverpool.

 

The course is designed in such a way that writers are able to communicate, develop and utilise their skills in a workshop setting to eventually produce and present scripts for submissions to MiW for showcase

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Writers Showcase along with The Fox- as part of Liverpool Fringe Festival

Writers Showcadse- Liverpool Fringe Festival

Friday 3rd October 2025 as part of a short plays showcase - 6pm and 8pm along with The fox

John and Ally by Evita Akomode

Directed by Graham

Cast:

Ally = Emma Slattery
John = Rob Dellius
Jack = P J Murray

SYNOPSIS
ALLY’s trauma, from her dad JOHN leaving the family home in
her youth, is prevalent. Her bitterness and anger are
present in her personality. But when Ally bumps into John
outside a cafe, it triggers those feelings even more,
fuelling Ally’s desire to get closure. Will John get to do
the same?

The Appraisal  by Matthew Scully

Directed by Mark Holland

Cast:

Dean Steven Crimp

Christian Bird

Sarah Maher

SYNOPSIS

What happens when one friend grows up and the other stays the same. This job appraisal sees one friend as boss and the other as employee. How will they navigate all the bad things in the appraisal and the people insulted.

The Internal Furnace by Rachel Pennington

Directed by Kirsten E. Hawkins

Jeanie – Ann Sylvie
Nat – Becky Pennington
Michael/Doctor – Rob Dellius
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
A humorous yet heartrending episode in Jeanie’s life, exploring her loss of identity and wear and tear on her closest relationships when she navigates early menopause.
 
 
Any trigger warnings etc
 
Abandonment issues, symptoms of the menopause and some swearing.

 

Run time 30 mins (10 mins per play)

The Fox run time 30 min 

this is a double bill

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Aunty Carol’s disgusting Crumb- as part of the Weird and Wonderful Festival

Aunty Carol's Disgusting Crumb - Weird and wonderful Festival

Coming in Friday 6th March 6.30 and 8.3pm

Written by Pete Cole and Directed By Molly Farquhar and James Keiron

Synopsis: 

Aunty Carol is an obsessed cleaner. Tess – her sister, feels undermined. Tess tasks her husband, Al, and their kids  with stopping her from tidying when she is at work.

Al places a crumb on the carpet which Aunty Carol cannot clean up till her sister comes home.

Surreally, the crumb gets progressively bigger. Peculiarly, the cleaning utensils get smaller, time fluctuates strangely, sound oscillates abnormally. Mum comes home…but things are still very weird. Don’t mention the bunnies or the smell coming from the toilet. 

TW: This play explores themes of modern day parenting, child neglect, obsessive cleaning and drug use. 

Written By Pete Cole

Directed by Molly Farquhar and James Keiron 

Cast and Crew

Aunty Carol = Michelle Phillips

Al = JP Cubbin

Brad = James Keiron

Suzy = Lauren Blakeway

Daisy = Leah Wallace

Tom/Tess = TBA

Produced by: Sharon Colpman & Make it Write Productions.

Run time: 60 mins with an interval 

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Ripples on a Pond- as part of Liverpool Fringe Festival

Ripples on a Pond - Liverpool Fringe Festival

Saturday 4th October 7.30pm (doors 7pm)

Written by Ian Cragg and Directed By Kevin Foott

Synopsis:

Family dynamics are torn apart when one member is killed in a tragic accident. 

Grief is a powerful emotion that some people deal with better than others.

Guilt is equally as powerful; especially when it comes to the death of a young child.

Ripples on a pond explores all the facets of grief, not just guilt and whether an accidental death is anyone’s fault? 

Cast and Crew:

Written by: Ian Cragg

Director: Kevin Foott

Assistant Director: Catherine Leen

Margaret Devine: Rachel Pennington

James Devine: Darren Jones

Connor Devine: Jacob Goodwin

Miriam: Julie Broadbent

Father Byrne: Graham Padden 

Produced by: Sharon Colpman & Make it Write Productions.

Run time: 90 mins with an interval

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Write it, Shoot it, Show it – a film making weekend workshop

A film making weekend workshop

Do you want the full experience of making a film from writing it to the finished product? The Studio Beyond has three industry professionals to guide you through the process.

Course details

Choose to take part as a writer, crew or actor.

Ted Gray will facilitate the writing section, Blake Emery The filming and Kieth Hyland  the Acting.

Ideal for beginners to the world of film and screen

The finished film will be premiered at Liverpool Fringe and the film will be entered into other festivals.

 

This course will run over the two days of the weekend 23rd – 24th August .  It will be held at The Studio Beyond (63 wood Street Liverpool). Course times will vary depending on your course choice. Please bring your own lunch or some money to buy your lunch in the surrounding shops.

Cost: £20

 

To enter contact: Blake@studiobelow.co.uk

Shakesperience! Understanding the Bard and performing his plays

A workshop exploring the performers relationship with Shakespeares language for beginners and for professionals as part of the working actor's workshops.

Course details

This 6-part course is delivered by Molly Farquhar (beginners) and Flloyd Kennedy (professionals)

For the Professionals:

This immersive course into the world and words of Shakespeare will give you more confidence to audition. Exploring the fool, hero, huntress, mother, sage, trickster and many more.

Using Q scripts and the original Shakespeare Co’s ‘rules of the game.’ we’ll be playful with Shakespeare and see if the Bard is playful with us.

For Beginners:

An introduction into the world of Shakespeare and his text. By week six, performers will leave with a polished monologue that they can perform at audition

 

Price £50 per person. 

What you will learn

The six sessions will cover the following elements:

  • Owning the Text
  • Working with Lambic/Archetypes
  • Understanding the text
  • Working with Cue scripts
Dates:
12pm to 2pm, Sept 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th and Oct 12th and 19th

 

This will lead to a showcase performance at the Studio Beyond 

We'd love to hear from you

email: info@makeitwrite.org
The Studio Beyond,
63 Wood Street,
Liverpool.

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Deep Dive Creative Writing – Workshop 4 (Writing Unpredictably )

Deep Dive - Exploring the unexpected

Course details

Edward Gray writer of Passing Moustache and director of obscurest style plays will be your facilitator. Learning his craft in an era of protest and political theatre Ted’s work could never be called dull or predictable. 

 

Sunday 22nd June 12.00 to 14.00
What to expect:
  • The essence of storytelling
  • What defines a great story
  • How to break the rules
  • How to turn left instead of right
  • How to avoid the pitfalls of predictability
  • Going outside what you know without falling for stereotypes.
 
Please bring a note book and wear comfortable clothes.
The workshop will take place at the Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street Liverpool
 
 
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