Thursdays: 20 & 27 June, & 4 July
7.15pm (doors)
7.30pm (starts)
£5
Workshops & Learning
The Ditch
Provocation, participation and the chance to develop your practice with Talawa and our guest artist facilitators.
Thursday 20 June, 7.15pm
Do you write a diary? Poems? Stories? What about a scene? If you have ever dreamt of being a playwright, come along and two leading Black British playwrights will give you some tools for generating story and structure.
Thursday 27 June, 7.15pm
Have you ever thought of directing? Start your directing journey here. Discover the basics of directing in Talawa's Firsts' masterclass, led by established and emerging directors.
Thursday 4 July, 7.15pm
Are you a maker looking for opportunities to add different processes and exercises to develop your making practice? Develop your toolkit, play and have have fun making with Esme and Ewa.
Talawa Theatre Company proudly presents Talawa Firsts, its annual festival celebrating new Black theatre.
Innovative, electrifying and unapologetic- Talawa Firsts is the stage for fresh Black creative voices. Hear these voices and be a part of Talawa’s artistic community as Talawa takes over The Ditch, celebrating the UK’s exciting new Black writers and theatre makers.
Talawa Firsts is a Talawa Theatre Company and Shoreditch Town Hall co-production.
020 7739 6176
info@shoreditchtownhall.com
Shoreditch Town Hall,
380 Old Street,
London EC1V 9LT
