For creatives who have work to be getting on with but like being around other people doing the same, Company is booked out for AMPLIFY members from 10am-5pm. We’ll provide tea and coffee. Come along for a check in first thing, and we’ll have an end of day accountability check in for those that want it. Or just drop in when it suits you – even if just to say hello.
In cosy corner, we have the Play Library up and running, so if you have any plays you’d like to re-home and gift to the theatre community, please bring them along – and of course feel free to take a play or two home with you to bring back another time.
Upcoming sessions:
Thu 30 Oct – Co-Working
Fri 28 Nov – Co-Working and Drop-In Access Surgeries with Ben Wilson
November’s co-working session will have a focus on Accessibility.
If you’re interested in making your work more accessible, or wondering how you can integrate access into your process, our Associate Artist Ben Wilson will be available throughout the day for drop-in Access Surgeries, providing advice and guidance. Ben is an actor, theatre maker and audio description consultant who has provided access consultancy to organisations such as The RSC, The Young Vic, Nottingham Playhouse and Complicite.
If you’d like to book a session in advance, or send any material over ahead of attending, please send an email to ben.wilson.01@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk.
About Ben
Benjamin Wilson is a blind actor, director and audio description consultant. He was formerly the Ramps On The Moon Agent For Change at Sheffield Theatres and Trainee Artistic Director at Extant. He co-founded both theatre company Brick Wall Ensemble and creative audio description company Hear The Picture. As an actor and creative some of his recent credits include Much Ado About Nothing and Guys and Dolls for Sheffield Theatres; Lord of the Flies, Macbeth, Oliver Twist and Road for Leeds Playhouse; Of Mice and Men, Three Billy Goats Gruff and Chicken Licken (Derby Theatre); Midsummer night’s Dream, (Royal Shakespeare Company); Anthony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare’s Globe); Unseen (Extant) and both Henry 5 and Meic On The Mic for Brick Wall Ensemble.
Through his work as an audio description consultant, Ben has been described as one of British theatre’s leading voices on visually impaired access to theatre. As an actor, he was awarded a commendation at the 2023 edition of The Sunday Times and national Theatre’s prestigious Ian Charleson Award.
Mon 12 Jan – Co-Working and Drop-In Dramaturgy with Laura Turner
January’s co-working session will have a focus on Dramaturgy and Scripwriting.
Bring your current project and join us for a focused, collaborative co-working session – with Associate Literary Artist Laura Turner (playwright, screenwriter, dramaturg) on hand for drop-in dramaturgy and writing advice throughout the session. Whether you’re working on a theatre piece, a screenplay, audio work or early draft, Laura has experience across small and large scale theatre, TV, feature film and radio. She is happy to help with structural feedback, character development, dramaturgical questions – or just be a sounding board.