Devising Unlocked

"Clear and concise ways to devise with great facilitators – really engaging"
Eliza Kyriakides
Colchester Teacher Training Consortium

"TalkShow’s devising session was full of ideas that I can use with students. It was very practical, fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable"
Leo Cox
Head of Performing Arts, Ormiston Sudbury Academy

"TalkShow structure the devising process so it is not so daunting. The strategies allow students to hone in on broad ideas and be more creative"
Amelia Lennox
Drama Teacher, Notley High School

Devising Unlocked is TalkShow’s unique training programme for artists, teachers, or young people.

Whether you’re an experienced practitioner or brand new to devising, Devising Unlocked offers concrete strategies to generate material based on a stimulus and structure a performance from it.

You'll create highly visual material with inventive use of space all guided by TalkShow artists with over 15 years of experience with artists, young people and teachers in the UK and internationally.

The Sessions

Devising Unlocked can work as a one-off workshop, or as a training series. We can work with:

  • Secondary drama students
  • Secondary drama teachers
  • Artists
  • Youth theatre or other young people’s groups (aged 12+)

Previous clients include:

  • Artis Foundation
  • Ormiston Academy Sudbury
  • Rose Bruford college
  • Derby Theatre
  • Oxford School of Drama
  • Unicorn Theatre
  • Sevenoaks School
  • The Hunt Academy for Young Actors

For more information please email: contact@talkshow.org.uk.

Session Leaders

Sessions are led by Clare Dunn & Stu Barter (TalkShow co-artistic directors).

Clare and Stu’s 18-year education practice includes extensive directing and devising work at secondary and undergraduate level, as well as international creative teacher CPD. They have worked with Glyndebourne Youth Opera, Reading University, V&A Museum, Rose Bruford College, Oxford School of Drama, Derby Theatre, Artis Foundation (UK and South Korea), New Wimbledon Theatre, V&A Museum, The Lowry Young Company, Central School of Speech and Drama, Sevenoaks School and Kent Academies Network.

Outside of TalkShow’s 10-year history they have collaborated with artists such as Gecko, Dante or Die, Fast Familiar, Tall Stories, Dead Centre, Victoria Melody, Quiconque, Compagnie Le Passe-Muraille (France), One Tenth Human and New Writing South.