We have a series of pre-designed workshops and tours available, as well as bespoke partnership packages, to inspire and engage your students and teachers.
Our range of workshops are designed to bring creativity into the classroom, connect learning outcomes to exciting opportunities at Everyman & Playhouse, and provide young people with the chance to experience and connect with the creative industry.
Workshops available
Responding to themes, quotations or events agreed with your teachers, your students will work together to devise their own piece of theatre.
Cost: £275 + VAT
Suitability: KS3/KS4/KS5
Duration: Morning or afternoon
Capacity: Min 8 – Max 30
Location: In school
When: Term times
To find out more and book, email learning@everymanplayhouse.com
Note: The above can be booked as a standalone session or series of sessions.
Join us at the Everyman theatre to explore how the arts are moving towards a sustainable future. Explore real world issues and respond to the complexities and solutions around them.
Students will have a tour of our building followed by a creative workshop to design their own sustainable set. They will use their decision making and maths skills as they take on creative roles.
Cost: £275 + VAT
Suitability: Primary through to HE
Duration: up to 2.5 hours
Capacity: Min 8 – Max 30
Location: Everyman
When: Term times
To find out more and book, email learning@everymanplayhouse.com
We will use drama techniques to build confidence, resilience and social interaction skills to support students making make the transition from primary to secondary school.
Cost: £275 + VAT
Suitability: Years 6 and 7
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: Min 8 – Max 30
Location: In school
When: Term times
To find out more and book, email learning@everymanplayhouse.com
Visit one of our theatres before or after your show visit to get a behind-the-scenes tour and closer look at the set to see how the world of the play is created on stage.
Please note that we are a working theatre and each tour is a unique experience which will vary according to what is available on the day. Plans may be altered at short notice so we cannot guarantee in advance which areas you will visit.
Cost: £5 per person
Minimum 8 people, maximum 25. For larger groups, please email us.
To find out more and book, please email learning@everymanplayhouse.com
Students explore poetry as a tool to share and express their own voices.
The workshop commemorates and recognises that Frederick Douglass, the prominent abolitionist, spoke at Hope Hall (now the site of the Everyman Theatre) on 19 Jan 1860, and gives students the opportunity to share what is important to them today.
The purpose of the workshop is to:
• educate students about Frederick Douglass
• learn why and how we commemorate people from our history
• creatively explore our local history and politics
• continue learning in the classroom
• support active citizenship
Cost: £275 + VAT
Suitability: Years 9+ but can be adapted to other year groups
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: Min 8 – Max 30
Location: Everyman or in your School
When: Term Times
To find out more and book, email learning@everymanplayhouse.com
Students explore ways in which they can approach a devised piece of theatre, using the city of Liverpool as a stimulus.
The workshop will draw on the practices of companies such as Frantic Assembly and Rash Dash and guide students through the early stages of devising. Using photographs, poetry, landmarks, newspaper articles and music from the city of Liverpool, the students will produce the beginnings of a devised piece that they can build on and develop.
Aims of the workshop:
- Gain an understanding of what devised theatre is;
- To equip students with techniques and exercises that can be used to devise a piece of theatre;
- To introduce students to the rich cultural and artistic landscape of our city;
- Provide teachers with a springboard for further development;
- Develop civic pride and knowledge.
Age range: can be adapted for any age from Year 7 to University.
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: 20 min – 40 max
Location: Everyman Theatre
When: during term time
To find out more or to book, please email learning@everymanplayhouse.com
Using drama techniques, we will work with your students to develop oracy skills with a focus in the session on some of the following areas, according to your priorities:
- Confidence in speaking and expressing ideas
- Listening skills
- Discussion and debate techniques and etiquette
Cost: £275 + VAT
Suitability: Years 6 -13
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: Min 8 – Max 30
Location: In school
When: Term times
To find out more and book, email learning@everymanplayhouse.com