Page to Stage Workshop

If you’d like to learn how to take poetry and writing off the page and onto the stage with skill and confidence, Page to Stage is the place for you.

This mini-series of performance training workshops covers some key skills you’ll need to perform writing for an audience. We’ll be focusing mainly on poetry, but if you have something else in mind, please contact us to check in.

It will be a welcoming and inclusive space, particularly suited those who are starting their journeys or have a little experience and want to step it up.

You’re welcome to attend just one or the whole set to have more time and space to hone your craft.

Sessions will be led by Lorna Burchell, professional storyteller and performance poet.

Session time: Two hours

Participant numbers: Limited to 10

Price: Free, but booking is essential here

Session 1: Getting texts off pages and onto stages

This workshop will help you take the step from the written word to the spoken. Bring your own poem or work with one provided and learn a variety of performing skills and techniques.

By the end of the session, you’ll have performed in front of a small and supportive group and received live encouragement, feedback and coaching.

We’ll cover:

Using your voice effectively, pace and pausing; mood/mode; engaging with an audience; stance and body language and anything else that will help you perform with increased confidence.

You’ll need: your own text if you have one (one will be provided if you don’t!)