WORKSHOPS GAMES & PARTICIPATION
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Interactive Experience
YOGA
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Alongside my performance-making, I create workshop spaces built around games, participation, physical exploration and shared discovery. These sessions are informed by the books, practices and training I have gathered over time, including influences such as Augusto Boal, but they are not limited to a single method or tradition.
This is the part of my practice that makes space for curiosity, laughter, risk, attention and connection. In a world shaped by pressure, politics, personal struggle and constant urgency, these workshops offer a chance to reconnect with the playful, instinctive and imaginative parts of ourselves that can easily get lost.
Rich Kinsiona -
"Workshops are built on the belief that participants start on the same level, whatever their professional background may be. They begin on mutual terms: a group of people entering a shared activity with openness, generosity and attention.
This is the space to test ideas, play games, move, respond, reflect and create together. The aim is not perfection, but encounter with yourself, with others, and with the possibilities that emerge when a group commits to a shared exercise."
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SPACE
GAMES AND ENSEMBLE EXERCISES
Workshop session
A practical session using games, movement and ensemble tasks.
STORY TELLING
TASKS
Post-show participation
A facilitated session linked to themes in a performance.
TRUST AND AWARENESS EXERCISES
Building bonds that extend far beyond the space. Mutual respect and understanding for your fellow particIpants
RHYTHM, IMPULSE AND RESPONSE WORK
Artist development lab
A space to test impulses, presence, responsiveness and group dynamics.
REFLECTION THROUGH DISCUSSION
AND PLAY
Community play session
A welcoming space built around creative group activity, reflection and connection.
Who it is for
These workshops can be adapted for:
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students and emerging artists
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community groups
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cast ensembles
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artist development contexts
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post-show activity
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people who simply want to reconnect with creativity through group play
Influences
Augusto Boal is an important influence in how I think about participation, collective awareness and theatre as a tool for dialogue. However, I also reflect a wider interest in acting games, ensemble practice, psychophysical exploration, improvisation, laboratory processes and group-based creative play.
Why this matters to my practice
These workshops hold an essential balance in my wider practice. Alongside the intensity, politics and research within my performance work, they protect a space for joy, experimentation and shared humanity.
They are places where people can meet without rigid hierarchy, take part in collective activity, and rediscover the imaginative, responsive and playful sides of themselves.