We live by the mantra, ‘show me, don’t tell me’ and our hands-on workshops give schools and colleges the chance to reinvigorate their students after the torpor of lockdown, with practical sessions led by our animateur in residence Matthew Sharp. The workshops embrace our ‘Body and Soul’ philosophy and participants will be taught how the use of the whole body is central to any performance. Using warm-ups, games, songs and instrumental playing, the workshops cover the fundamental concepts of performance technique- breathing, sensing, connecting and initiating.

Students love our workshops – a recent survey we carried out after workshops in four schools shows that 94% of them had had a positive experience. One particular student who experienced one of our workshops with Matthew Sharp, got in touch to say:

“Hi Matt 🙂 I’m not sure if you’ll see this but I just wanted to say I had an AMAZING workshop experience with you today at my school, __________, and I’m soooo thankful for it. I normally feel extremely anxious when performing, etc. In music despite me absolutely loving it (the two things clash A LOT). I struggle a lot with general anxiety disorder and social anxiety but I found your workshop really inspiring and interesting and enthusiastic and it really helped me to relax and just get into the moment without becoming overly stressed. I’m sure I’m speaking for everyone in my class when I say it was a fantastic time and you were such a massive help in boosting my confidence and teaching me how to improve my musical skill and songwriting. Once again, thank you so much and keep doing what you’re doing because its really helps people around my age to step out of their comfort zone  :)”