HACKNEY SHED FEST 2021 INFO

UNTOLD STORIES: DEVISING WORKSHOPS FOR ALL AGES (7-25 YRS)

Co-delivered by Hackney Shed and Hackney Empire

Calling young actors and creatives aged 7-25 years old! Do you want to create an exciting new performance?

Join us for our Untold Stories workshops to devise a new play inspired by Hackney stories past, present and future.

Collaborating with young creatives and professional directors and designers, you will work together to create the Untold Stories play that will be performed at Hackney Shed Fest on 20th August. You must commit to attend all sessions below to join this

WHEN: 7th, 8th August from 10:00-5:00pm, 14th and 15th August from 11:00am-4:00pm and 20th August 3:00-5:00pm Dress Rehearsal
20th August 7:00pm – Performance

WHERE: Sutton House 7th and 8th August (Sutton House 2 and 4, Homerton High St, E9 6JQ)

Hackney Empire 14th, 15th August (291 Mare St, E8 1EJ)

The Old Church 20th August (Stoke Newington Church St, N16 9ES)

PLAYWRITING WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 13 - 19 YRS

Delivered by Royal Court Theatre

Are you a budding playwright? Maybe you just enjoy creative writing or telling stories? Come along to our 2-day playwriting workshop. Work with a professional playwright from The Royal Court to create new writing. These scripts will be used later for the starting point of a stage combat workshop. These workshops are open to all, no matter how much writing you have done.

WHEN: 9th, 11th August from 11:00am-1:00pm

WHERE: Sutton House (Sutton House 2 and 4, Homerton High St, E9 6JQ)

STAGE COMBAT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 13-19 YRS

Delivered by Fight Director and Actor Austin Spangler

Stage combat is an incredibly exciting skill to learn. Austin Spangler was the Action Director at the Royal Opera House for several years and works as a stunt artist and fight director on shows all over the world. He is coming for one afternoon only to teach you some fighting moves! We will use scripts created by other young people earlier in the week as the basis of our scene work.

WHEN: 18th August 2:00-5:00pm
WHERE: Hackney Empire (291 Mare St, E8 1EJ)

CIRCUS WOKSHOP FOR VARIOUS AGE GROUPS

Delivered by The National Centre for Circus Arts

Ever want to learn to juggle? Or walk across a tightrope? Come along to one of our Circus Workshops. These workshops will take place in the National Centre for Circus Arts and be delivered by professional circus artists. Young people will have the opportunity to try multiple disciplines from juggling and tightwire, to acrobatic inspired games. Workshops are for any level or ability.

WHEN: 11th August 2:00-5:00pm (for 16-25 years old)

13th August 10:00-1:00pm (for 7-11 years old)

13th August 2:00-5:00pm (for 11-16 years old)

WHERE: National Centre for Circus Arts (Coronet St, N1 6HD)

DANCE WOKSHOP FOR VARIOUS AGE GROUPS

Delivered by Pioneer Dance

Build confidence and stay active through dance
Sign up for one of our dance workshops with Pioneer Dance! Learn a fun Street Dance piece and explore Freestyle movement. Taught by professional dance tutor, Chantal

WHEN: 12th August 11:00-1:00pm (for 7-11 years old) 12th August 2:00-4:00pm (for 16-25 years old)

At Sutton House (Sutton House 2 and 4, Homerton High St, E9 6JQ)

WHEN: 19th August 2:00-4:00pm (for 11-19 years old) 

At Hackney Empire (291 Mare St, E8 1EJ)

THE ADVENTURES OF ABE & ALBA, A CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

Delivered by Punchdrunk Enrichment for children aged 7-11 yrs

Want to go on an immersive adventure? Come and explore how your stories can spring into life. Play story building games, explore fascinating books for inspiration, discover the hidden corners and strange staircases of a beautiful old building to get your imagination working. You will write, illustrate or narrate a story of your own.

Go on an unforgettable adventure....


WHEN: 16th August 11:00am-3:30pm (for 7-11 years old)

WHERE: Sutton House (Sutton House 2 and 4, Homerton High St, E9 6JQ)

SAMBA DRUMMING WORKSHOP FOR VARIOUS AGE GROUPS

Delivered by Taru Arts

Who loves a carnival? Come along to one of our Samba drumming workshops with Taru Arts. Young people will get the chance to learn different Samba patterns and create a piece that we can parade around the Museum of the Home on our Shed Fest day on 20th August.

WHEN: 17th August 11:00am-1:00pm (for 7-11 years old) 17th August 2:00-4:00pm (for 11-16 years old) 19th August 11:00am-1:00pm (for 16-25 years old)

WHERE: Hackney Empire (291 Mare St, E8 1EJ)

PUPPETRY WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16-25 YRS

Delivered by Little Angel Theatre

We are looking for puppeteers! Little Angel Theatre are creating a large walkabout puppet for our Festival day on 20th August and we need some young people to help us finish it off and learn to move it through the park. Work with a professional puppet maker and puppeteer to bring our big puppet to life!

WHEN: 18th August 11:00am-1:00pm
WHERE: Hackney Empire (291 Mare St, E8 1EJ)

DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR ALL AGES 7-25 YRS

Delivered by Designer Steph Johns

Are you interested in creating costume, set and props? Come along to our 2 day design workshops and help to create the design for Untold Stories, our devising project. These workshops will respond to the ideas that have come out of the first two days of the devising project. The costume, props and set that young people create will then be used by the young actors in their performance the following week. Come and get creative and see how we can use ordinary everyday materials to create truly extraordinary things!

WHEN: 9th, 10th August 2:00-5:00pm

WHERE: Sutton House (Sutton House 2 and 4, Homerton High St, E9 6JQ)

SHED FEST

FRIDAY 20TH AUGUST AT 6:00PM

Hosted by Hackney Shed at The Old Church (Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES)

ALL AGES AND FAMILIES WELCOME

Please come for 6pm to enjoy some workshops with all the family! See some of the things that have been happening over the last couple of weeks. At 7pm we will watch our performance of Untold Stories, created by young people over the last two weeks. After the performance we will have food and birthday cake! Looking forward to seeing you all there!

YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND THE FESTIVAL

PARTNERS & FUNDERS INCLUDE

West Hackney Parochial Charity
Hackney Parochial Charity
The Boshier Hinton Foundation
Ford Britain Trust

 
 

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