This new six-week online evening course is for anyone working in the arts that would like support with building and sustaining professional relationships.
ABOUT BUILDING YOUR NETWORK IN THE ARTS:
This new six-week online evening course is for anyone working in the arts that would like support with building and sustaining professional relationships.
You can expect to leave with a networking toolkit, which will include practical tips for finding and making connections and developing and upholding relationships, with both integrity and personality.
Whether you’re seeking fresh work opportunities, need help with selling yourself or are simply looking for your tribe, this course will fuel your journey of connection.
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
Anyone aged 18 and over working in the arts, both management and performers, who would like support with building professional relationships.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
On this course you will:
See how to turn a flourishing network into real career opportunities
KEY INFORMATION:
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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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Applications are now open for A Pleasance Scratch on 18th & 25th November!
The Pleasance is proud to support a large number of developing artists every year through our various Pleasance Futures initiatives, and our scratch nights are an opportunity for you to have the first glimpse at what these talented theatre makers are creating next.
We offer the free opportunity to perform on our Main House stage, free rehearsal space, free photography and mentoring through our theatre department.
We provide:
Each project should:
Deadline: Friday 25th September, 6PM
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
We’re looking for six short plays, and actors to perform in them.
LEG BREAKERS is a scratch night. It's an opportunity for writers to push themselves, to try new things, or just give it a go. It’s open to anyone, whether this is your first play, or your hundred and first.
This time we have a prompt that the scripts should be written to. It goes like this: A threshold has been reached. A decision must be made, or a step must be taken. This is the most important moment of their life or lives, but this doesn’t have to be clear.
If your script is selected, it’ll be performed at the event in front of a supportive audience. We provide dramaturgy, rehearsal time, and you’ll also receive audience feedback.
WRITER CALLOUT:
We’re looking for six original short plays up to 15 minutes. This is roughly 13-15 pages in size 14. The plays should be inspired by and written to our prompt. Fresh, scrappy pieces are encouraged - just hit us with your best shot.
PROMPT // Leg Breakers 002 - THRESHOLD
A threshold has been reached. A decision must be made, or a step must be taken. This is the most important moment of their life or lives, but this doesn't have to be known to them.
Bonus points if you include a joke that makes nobody in the audience laugh.
We're looking for bold, strange, heartfelt, funny, furious, and everything in between when exploring the prompt above. Most of all, we want it to sound like you. No stress, no worries, no judgement, just hit us with your best shot, and we’ll love it no matter what.
Please submit your script as a PDF, in a clear and legible font such as Arial or Garamond, size 14. Submissions must be in the English language, as we don't currently have the capacity to translate work. We encourage restraint in terms of cast size, to a maximum of 4 characters.
Each selected piece will be performed by our team of actors, with dramaturgical support, photography, and video footage provided, so you’ll get a real sense of how your work lands in the room. While our actors might not exactly fit the specific casting for your piece, we invite you to treat this as a chance to explore and play, rather than something restrictive. All writers will also be required to share marketing copy about their script as well as contribute to our website advertising the evening with content about their plays and their work so far.
Deadline: Friday 2 October 2026
Fee for selected writers: £250
Date of event: Friday 27 November 2026
We welcome writers at all stages — whether you’re brand new or have a few scripts under your belt. We believe new writing is vital to the survival of theatre, and to capture the strange time we’re living through.
If anything’s unclear or you’ve got questions, drop us a line at info@cloudburstltd.co.uk.
PERFORMER CALLOUT:
We are looking to assemble a team of Greater Manchester based talent who are passionate about bringing new writing to life. We're currently looking for four performers and are keen to hear from recent graduates, anyone who considers themselves to be emerging and those often underrepresented on our stages.
Leg Breakers is an encouraging and supportive environment for creatives to connect and develop new work.
Please submit your Bio, Website, Spotlight or Showreel Link for consideration.
Application Deadline: Friday 2 October 2026
Rehearsal Dates: 25, 26, 27 November 2026
Performance Date: 27 November 2026
Fee: £420.00 (3 days @ £140 per day)
If anything’s unclear or if you’ve got questions, drop us a line on info@cloudburstltd.co.uk.
This is a paid opportunity. Deadline is October 2nd 2026.
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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.
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Take your class on an immersive learning adventure.
In this 90 minute interactive workshop at our immersive theatre venue Punchdrunk Enrinchment Stores, pupils step through a door to another world…the magical home of The Storytelling Society.
Our KS2 Oracy Workshop: The Storytelling Society is a unique experience where immersive theatre meets a creative learning workshop. By taking a child out of their traditional school environment and using our immersive learning techniques, we know pupils make surprising leaps in their learning.
Your class will explore a richly tactile space, full of curious objects from the antique to the extraordinary. You will meet two characters who need help finding their voice. Throughout this highly interactive session, the children collaborate with these ‘in-role’ facilitators and will be prompted to use their speaking, listening and communication skills. They will leave feeling empowered and energised, with new skills and confidence to take back into the classroom.
At Punchdrunk Enrichment, we provide the perfect environment to bring out the inner storyteller in every learner, supercharging your pupils’ oracy skills. This workshop has been developed inclusively with provision for SEND children built in from the start.
Throughout the course of our KS2 Oracy Workshop: The Storytelling Society, pupils will:
KEY INFORMATION:
PRICE PER CLASS:
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Part of Punchdrunk's Community Workshops
Back by popular demand, join actor and theatre practitioner Kat McGarr for this playful introduction to the world of comedy and clowning.
Through games, improvisation and practical exercises drawn from Kat’s career – and influenced by her training with Philippe Gaulier and The Groundlings – you’ll explore some of the core techniques performers use to discover humour, connect with an audience, and embrace the freedom of being gloriously ridiculous.
KEY INFORMATION:
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Part of Punchdrunk's Community Workshops
This workshop invites participants to explore how our lived experiences can become a starting point for making theatre. Through playful, practical and reflective exercises, you’ll explore ways of transforming personal memories, feelings, stories and fragments of experience into creative material for performance.
With a particular focus on grief and loss, you’ll consider how these experiences might be explored through the body, voice, movement, writing and text, and in the compositions created together.
KEY INFORMATION:
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