This event is exclusively for Amplify members and GOBS Collective

A workshop focussing on storytelling and playing multiple characters as a solo performer, taking inspiration from forms including stand-up comedy and spoken word. Script and improvisation will be used to devise both solo and in groups.

An organiser of this event is clinically vulnerable to COVID and will be attending in a mask; lateral flow tests will be provided to all on arrival, taking these will enable the organiser to participate in the session. Masks will also be provided to wear if you’re comfortable doing so.

If you need a BSL Interpreter to be present for the workshop, please email boxoffice@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk to let us know.

Workshops are free to attend but places must be booked in advance. There is a small travel bursary available to artists who require it – if this is you please email hello@bridiesquires.com to arrange.

We encourage all attendees to walk, cycle, or use public transport where possible when attending this event.

Nic Harvey

Nic trained as a young actor at Nottingham’s BAFTA-winning Television Workshop from the age of seven, eventually moving into writing, directing and teaching before becoming director of the company 2015-21. During his time at the Workshop, Nic coached and directed alumni including Aisling Loftus, Anjli Mohindra, Joe Dempsie, Bella Ramsey, Jorden Myrie, Erin Kellyman, Tom Blyth and Harriet Cains.

Nic is now based in London, leading Grounder, an improvisation and script workshop for professional actors and 1-1 coaching for screen.

He established theatre company Sheep Soup in 2011, creating new musicals Mrs Green (Nottingham Playhouse/Edinburgh Fringe) and The Leftovers (Leicester Curve/national tour). Sheep Soup are associate artists at Curve, and currently developing a musical about hoarding alongside The Lowry, National Theatre Studio, Liverpool Everyman and the founding producer of Come From Away. Nic has directed over 70 theatre productions with young people in the Midlands, currently working with Nottingham Playhouse’s emerging actors program Homegrown.