I'm proposing "The Ensemble Space" as a focussed time to explore the processes and practises that help us create compelling theatre with other people.

Across eight workshops we'll explore improvisation, ensemble and devising. We'll develop the skills and instincts that help.

There isn't a finished show we're working towards. There isn't an audition.

We're here to experiment, make things, try things that don't work, discover things that do, and get better at the practice of making theatre. Together.

I'll share the approaches I love as a performer and theatre-maker.

IMPROVISATION - We'll work with spontaneity, listening, offers, presence, play and the ability to respond to what is actually happening - rather than what you expected to happen.

ENSEMBLE - We'll build ensemble in our group through groupwork principles, physical and spatial awareness, story, and the particular kind of listening that allows an ensemble to create together.

STORY - We'll see how narrative deepens connection, and explore how many different forms it can take.

DEVISING - We'll generate material, follow ideas, make creative choices, shape and transform the unexpected into something worth sharing.

Together we'll learn by doing it. Together.

MAKING - Every session will be practical. We'll be on our feet, working with each other, experimenting and creating. We won't have an end in mind, but every avenue will be mined.

"The Ensemble Space" is for actors, performers and theatre-makers who want to develop their creative practice through collaboration and action.

You might:

• have recently graduated from drama school

• be making independent theatre

• work primarily as an actor but want more experience devising

• be a director, writer or performance-maker wanting to strengthen your ensemble practice

• have been away from theatre for a while and want to get back in the room

• simply love making theatre and want to get even better at it

You don't need to be anything other than curious, generous, willing to experiment and interested in making theatre with other people.

Want to be part of the first 'Ensemble Space' workshops?

I'm putting together the first cohort and looking for around 12 actors, performers and theatre-makers who'd like to spend eight weeks exploring improvisation, ensemble and devising.

If this sounds like something you'd like to be part of, express your interest below.

No audition. No commitment. Submitting an expression of interest doesn't commit you to anything. 

$200 for 20 hours of theatre-making.

Once I've got a sense of numbers and availability, I'll contact everyone with proposed dates, location and next steps.

I'm keen to keep learning, through the act of sharing some of what I've learnt.

Here's what I know

• 8 workshops of 2.5 hours each

• 12 participants

• $200 for the full eight-week program

• No audition

Here's what we'll work out together

I'm deliberately not locking in the venue or timetable yet. I'd like to hear from people who are interested first, then find a time and location that works for the group.

• Proposed Location: Melbourne's north, in a venue close to public transport.

• Dates & time: To be confirmed. 

  • (This could be a weeknight, a weekday morning, a weekend. It could be weekly sessions, or a week-long intensive. )

  • This could start as soon as November 2026, or early in 2027 

You don't need to know exactly what you're looking for.

Maybe you've been acting for years but haven't had much opportunity to devise.

Maybe you've just left drama school and want to keep making things.

Maybe you've been away from theatre and miss being in a room with other performers.

Or maybe you just want to spend eight sessions playing, experimenting and learning with a group of other people who are up for it.

Come into "The Ensemble Space". Let's see what we can find.