Workshops for Making, Research & Reflection

These workshops are for anyone who wants to grow artistically. Your experience, background, or discipline don’t matter. What counts is your willingness to explore what you, as a creator, have to say and how that can show up in your play.

The focus isn’t on producing polished, finished theater. I work with makers on the edge: sketching, experimenting, feeling their way. Then I step back. These workshops aren’t rehearsal processes and don’t aim for a fixed act or performance. They’re about exploring you as a player: how you move, what choices you make, what you show, and why.

Artistic development is central. A workshop is successful when makers can express their own story and enjoy the process. Play and reflection go hand in hand. There’s always something to share with an audience. Play has direction and purpose, but form and outcome emerge from the research, not the other way around.

This approach asks a lot from participants: intrinsic motivation, willingness to experiment, openness to feedback, and the ability to think critically with others. Each player is responsible for the conditions they need to work and for making conscious choices in their play.

In short, these workshops aren’t about practicing theater. They’re about discovering what kind of player you are, in relation to yourself, the group, and, ultimately, the audience.

I love working with existing (amateur) theater groups, as well as choirs, singers, musicians, amateurs, and professionals. Exciting questions like where’s the humor, how do we work with connection, which skills do we want to explore, or how do we shape the performance, are my favourite chalanges.

My focus is on exploring players and their creative process. I provide space for experimentation, reflection, and play, without prescribing the outcome. When useful, I use Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process, a safe, structured way to turn feedback and critical insight into actionable guidance while keeping the maker’s autonomy intact. Where needed, I can also direct, always in service of the process.

I work in the moment of discovery: where things wobble, stall, or are yet to emerge. I challenge players, mirror them, and invite new perspectives on their play. Resistance and underlying tensions are part of the process, they can spark something fresh.

A successful invitation happens when players discover their material and voice, can let go, show commitment, and stay open to a new view on their work. It’s not about the final product, but about the journey, daring to explore, and enjoying the process.