Ever wondered about creating your own theatre show?

Join actor, writer and facilitator Jackie Edwards as she leads a one hour session for creatives interested in learning more about different approaches to theatre making. The session will outline the main roles and approaches to making theatre including finding your idea, thinking about your audience and what you need to make it happen. Suitable for all abilities, from beginner theatre makers to those further along in their theatre practice.

ABOUT JACKIE EDWARDS (SHE/HER)

Jackie Edwards is a North East based actor, writer and facilitator. She started acting at Live Youth Theatre, for whom she is now a regular facilitator. Her acting credits include: The Dumping Ground, Inside Out (BBC), Cheer Up Slug, numerous 10 Minutes To productions (Live Theatre) and From The Ashes (Curious Monkey).

She has also performed with Alphabetti, New Writing North, Circus Central and Tyneside Cinema.

She is also a writer and performer with the comedy troupe Your Aunt Fanny: Minge Unhinged (debut tour, 2019), Bonnie & Fanny’s Xmas Spectacular (Live Theatre, 2019 & 2021), Your Aunt Fanny’s Cum Back (Cumberland Arms, 2021). The group have produced a podcast (Match Made In Seven), and are now producing a large scale fundraiser, as well as their next full length show Muff Said for their Edinburgh Fringe debut in summer 2022.

Jackie is passionate about North East stories, and has produced and performed in a film of a folktale she wrote herself, Some Said: The North Sea Beast, and she is working towards producing her second.

VENUE: STUDIO 2, EXETER PHOENIX

Photo Credit: Davey Poremba