Creative’Pool Workshops 2025
Tuesday 21st January — Thursday 1st May
Unity Theatre has always been a place for creatives to come and grow their skills in a comfortable, affordable and supportive setting. In 2025 Unity are upholding their commitment to supporting creatives through an entirely new range of workshops. Covering a vast range of topics, there is something for everyone, so feel free to come and get involved in the 2025 workshop series.
What’s Coming Up?
Bric à Brac Theatre Workshop
Tue 21 Jan

Join Bric à Brac Theatre (Associate Company of Told by an Idiot) for a workshop looking at how to use devising techniques to navigate big topics. Bric à Brac are a Lecoq-trained, female-led theatre company who combine physical storytelling and multimedia to focus on stories they feel need to be told.
From Page to Stage with Helen Jeffery
Tue 28 Jan

Expressive Ensemble with Tmesis Theatre
Mon 10 Feb

This workshop will focus on developing a playful, expressive performer, creating physical sequences, physical devising methods and working as an embodied ensemble to explore ideas, character or story. Tmesis are a renowned physical theatre company based in Liverpool, led by our AD Eli Randle.
Commedia dell’Arte with Ann Farrar
Sat 15 Feb

Come and play with the wonderful masks of Commedia! As a physical comedy performer and teacher for over thirty years, I am always amazed and inspired to see how these masks can unlock a performer’s comic skills and timing. Through movement and improvisation we will explore the physicality and voices of key Commedia characters, creating short fun duets, later in the day.
Theatre and Performance Skills for Families
Tue 18 Feb

Join us in this fun and practical workshop for children and families.
We will be using a range of activities and games designed to draw out elements of the play’s language, characters and themes. Come to Unity and take part in an interactive workshop for the whole family.
Circus Skills with Splats Entertainment & Teatro Pomodoro
Wed 19 Feb

In this workshop, young people can learn various circus skills, including juggling scarves, balancing peacock feathers, spinning plates, juggling bean bags, diabolos, flower-sticks, and riding pedal-go. This fun experience encourages a dedication to practice, building confidence.
Accessing Vulnerability with Joseph Winder
Thu 25 Feb

Finding comfort in the uncomfortable. This workshop focuses on bringing actors together in an intimate way, exploring ways to build trust in their fellow actors in a short amount of time. It challenges the participants to be fully present and push themselves through uncomfortable situations but in a safe environment.
Stage Aesthetic for Performers with Carmen Arquelladas
Tue 4 March

This workshop focusses on the importance of the aesthetic on the stage, what goes into creating and completing “a Look ” for the stage. Costumes, Props, Make Up, Set, Lights, Special Effects and more.
Focusing on the design aspect from the eyes of the performer and theatre makers and how to make your show visually striking.
This Kind of… Workshop: Poetry and Storytelling with Reece Williams
Tue 11 March

Are you ready to dive deep into your own narrative? Join us for ‘This Kind of…Workshop’, an immersive poetry and storytelling workshop that invites you to explore the richness of your autobiographical experiences. Guided by the powerful themes of identity, resilience, and community, this workshop offers a safe and inspiring space to craft your own stories and poems.
Honest Play: Devising with Ugly Bucket
Tue 18 March

Learn from the multi-award-winning Ugly Bucket on how to devise with heart and humour. Together, we’ll explore how to draw from honest testimony and sources, harnessing clown techniques to create impactful scenes that blend humour, vulnerability, and pulsating physicality. Encouraging play, risk, and an intuitive, emotion-driven approach to devising, this workshop aims to leave participants inspired and confident to craft work that connects on a deeper level.
It’s A Living Thing! with Marc Parrett of theOBJECTproject
Sat 22 March

This workshop is a welcoming, playful and creative introduction to puppetry in its multiple forms. Even if you’re familiar with puppetry, this is a chance to delve deeper into the life and thoughts of the puppet and explore its relationship with both the audience and its puppeteers!
Working The Crowd with Daniel Bye
Tue 25 March

This workshop explores tools and techniques for engaging directly with the present audience. We’ll be particularly focused on storytelling but these approaches can be used by anyone.
Make A Rubbish Myth Workshop
Sat 5 April

This exciting workshop, led by Lee Hithersay from Rubbish Shakespeare Company and Dear Old Uncle Bob Bob of The Silly History Boys, invites your children to become myth-makers! Combining clowning, physicality, and storytelling, participants will learn the essential building blocks of myths and legends, from heroic deeds to mischievous villains. Through playful activities, children will discover how to bring their own fantastical stories and creation myths to life. In a world of rehashed franchises and sequels, this wraparound experience aims to foster a love of new and original stories, and empower children’s creativity and artistic potential.