This new online six-week course will teach you the fundamentals of working with the Resolume Avenue/Arena software to trigger, blend and manipulate video for live events or content creation
ABOUT RESOLUME FOR LIVE EVENTS:
This new online six-week course will teach you the fundamentals of working with the Resolume Avenue/Arena software to trigger, blend and manipulate video for live events or content creation. Unlike more traditional video editing workflows, this takes place in real-time with lots of options for physical control. It’s immediate, intuitive and lots of fun.
This industry standard VJ software is a popular choice for concert and club visuals but also finds its way into corporate event work, motion graphics production, projection mapping and live streaming. It enables you to work with video in a musical way and is also beloved by videographers, music producers, graphic designers, DJs, video technicians and audio-visual artists.
COURSE DETAILS:
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone aged 18 and over with an interest in creating a live video performance system – but especially useful for those wanting to create an audiovisual show, accompany a band or DJ or who wants to further their professional video skillset.
No previous experience of VJ software or video production tools is necessary, but a basic understanding of video and what you want to achieve is useful.
What can I expect?
You can expect to learn about the following topics:
Do I need anything for the course?
KEY INFORMATION:
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This new six-week evening course offers an introduction to screen acting. Over the course of six sessions, you will work closely with the course tutor to explore a variety of on-screen acting techniques that will help you to deliver an authentic and truthful performance. Under the guidance of Arinder Sadhra (Guildhall Acting Alumni), you will take part in a variety of practical exercises, including acting on camera.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Anyone aged 18 and over:
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
DO I NEED ANYTHING FOR THE COURSE?
KEY INFORMATION:
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Through a combination of theory-based learning and practical workshops, you’ll learn how to take your idea from initial concept through to an early work-in-progress.
Introduction to Theatre Making is a new evening course designed to develop your skills as a theatre-maker. Through a combination of theory-based learning and practical workshops, you’ll learn how to take your idea from initial concept through to an early work-in-progress. This course will equip you with the tools to create original work, with yourself at the centre. Designed as a space for learning, experimentation, and development, this course is a space to play and create without any pressure or judgement.
COURSE DETAILS:
Who? This course is designed for theatre and live performance makers at any experience level, though participants are encouraged to bring an initial idea to develop throughout the course.
What can I expect?
Do I need anything for the course?
KEY INFORMATION:
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Want to be an ACTOR? Want to go to Drama School? YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE
What is OPEN DOOR?
Open Door is a multi-award-winning organisation with over 246 offers from top drama schools - Guildhall, LAMDA, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and RADA. We give you the extra support you need to take the next step in your career.
Our alumni now work with Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, BBC, The National Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, and The RSC.
Successful applicants will receive:
Eligibility:
We will need to check the financial records of the selected participants, so please do not apply if you do not meet all the criteria above. This is a project designed for people who could not otherwise afford to audition for drama school.
Audition Dates:
First Rounds :
Recalls :
Deadline: Applications close on Monday 7th September 2026
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Are you an emerging actor based in the Liverpool City Region? Are you passionate about acting and performance, keen to develop your skills, and excited by the opportunity to work collaboratively as part of an ensemble? If so, Actors LAB could be for you!
We’re bringing together six local actors with writer Billie Collins and director Ameera Conrad to explore ideas for a brand-new piece of writing for young people aged 13–25, around the theme of Connection.
As part of Actors LAB, you’ll have the chance to:
Whether you’re at the beginning of your professional acting journey or looking for an opportunity to deepen your practice, Actors LAB is a space to experiment, collaborate and develop your skills alongside other emerging local performers.
Essential information:
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
The upskilling workshops are part of our brand-new Artist Development Programme, designed to support emerging disabled artists in developing their professional artistic career and practice. Led by leading disability arts organisations, you will have the opportunity to develop skills to grow your artistic practice.
What can I expect from an upskilling workshop?
When and where are the workshops?
Programme:
Monday 7th September 2026, 3-5pm - ‘Creative Leadership: Making Space to Lead’ with Corali
Dancers from Corali will talk about how to enable learning disabled performers take a lead role in creative processes. By exploring Corali’s own methods of making original dance works, they will showcase how learning disabled creatives can grow in confidence and develop as leaders.
Monday 14th September 2026, 3-5pm - Top Tips for Self-Producing with Alison King (Chief Executive, Turtle Key Arts)
Want to understand what a producer does? Learn about the logistics behind setting up your project, budget tips, funding, how to work with a team and a producer, as well as tips on how to self produce at the beginning of your career journey.
Monday 21st September 2026, 3-5pm - ‘Pathways to Developing Disabled Leadership in the Arts’ with Extant
Artistic Director, Dr. Maria Oshodi of Extant, the UK’s longest performing arts company of visually impaired artists, will lead a session on pathways to developing disabled leadership in the arts. Referencing the different methods which Extant has established over the last 30 years, this session will explore the challenges and successes of practical and tested ideas, such as peer academy theatre training, in-house Artistic Director training and organisational dramaturgy; all through an interactive and lively approach.
Monday 28th September 2026, 3-5pm - TBC
Monday 5th October 2026, 3-5pm - 'Presenting Me' with Access All Areas
Access All Areas’ Artistic Director, Nick Llewellyn, and Associate Director, Emma Selwyn, discuss the ideas behind some of Access All Areas’ shows. They explore autobiographical performance-making through videos and practical demonstrations. Workshop participants will reflect on how they can draw on their own experiences, and use these experiences to think through how to develop potential new contemporary shows.
For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Are you a musician, singer, rapper or spoken word artist aged 15-25? Want to experiment, collaborate and create something completely new?
Nu Noize: Next Sound Collective is a free three-month creative music project bringing together talented young artists from across Liverpool to collaborate with professional musicians and develop an original new sound.
You’ll explore what happens when different musical styles, cultures and influences come together — from hip hop and R&B to Chinese traditional music and beyond.
What will you do?
You'll be supported by:
Kofi Owusu – Go Play Studios
Zi Lan Liao – Musician & CEO, Pagoda Arts
Paisleigh Bi – R&B artist & songwriter
Whether you're an established young artist or simply excited about making music and trying something different, we want to hear from you.
How to apply:
Send to Leonisha@20storieshigh.org.uk:
Don't worry about recording quality — we simply want to hear what you do.
Essential information:
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Fearless. Collaborative. Powered by young voices. Generator is ThickSkin’s ambitious company for young professional theatre makers, designed to launch the next generation of fearless talent.
The Generator Company will create a brand-new piece of theatre — devised from the ground up, in collaboration with our Artistic Director. Developed and performed at our studio in the heart of Wigan, this show will spotlight raw talent, local stories, and ThickSkin’s trademark visual and physical style.
Sign up to our open auditions for this paid opportunity to perform in ThickSkin’s Generator Company.
Places are allocated on first come first served basis until full.
ThickSkin is looking for ten talented young performers aged 18-25 to join our Generator Company next Spring. Over two intensive weeks in Wigan, you’ll create and perform a brand-new theatre piece, while fully immersing yourself in our innovative creative process.
KEY INFO:
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Write Night is a series of monthly sessions for anyone interested in writing for the stage.
Sessions are on the first Wednesday evening of every month, run by Soho Theatre’s own iconic Bombay-born, London-based Creative Associate Pooja Sivaraman (Clean Break, Theatre503, Coney) and award winning Walthamstow playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya (Bristol Old Vic, Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, BBC)
Whether you’re a total beginner or a more experienced writer, Write Night is open to everyone!
Each session will be organised around a theme and you can book them as standalone sessions, or you can book the whole lot! Totally up to you.
SESSIONS:
Wed 2 Sep 7pm-9pm: Adaptation
A workshop all about adapting existing materials into a new play, from novels to films to documentary and verbatim.
Wed 7 Oct 7pm-9pm: Performing Activism
A workshop looking at how theatre troupes around the world use the stage as a medium of protest. What are the tools to keep in hand when you’re writing about something that makes you angry?
Wed 4 Nov 7pm-9pm: Rap, Rhyme and Musical theatre
A workshop all about how to write lyrics and rhyme for musicals and gig theatre
Wed 2 Dec 7pm-9pm: Writing is Rewriting
A workshop on the redrafting process and how to crack pivotal scenes
There will be teaching, writing exercises and discussion (not to mention tea and biscuits). If any or all of the above sessions sound interesting to you, we’d love for you to pop by and try it out.
If you have any questions at all, email us at engagement@sohotheatre.com – we’re happy to help.
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If you’re thinking about trying stand-up for the first time, our Comedy Lab: Stand Up is for you.
Our 10-week Stand-Up Comedy Lab will help you find your comedic voice and hone your writing and performance skills. You will be working with course leader and iconic comedian Sikisa, as well as other guest artists, to create your own 5-minute set which you will perform in front of a live and supportive audience at the end of term.
The Comedy Lab: Stand Up group meet weekly on Saturdays, with a public sharing at the end which will take place on a Monday evening at our Dean Street venue.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
We ask that participants commit to attending all 10 weeks. Please note the above is a rough outline and subject to change.
FEES:
£150 (partial and full bursaries are available to those on Universal Credit and other welfare benefits. However, if cost is a barrier to participating, contact us at engagement@sohotheatre.com and we can discuss payment options)
DEADLINE: Monday 7th September 2026 at noon
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
