Acta Community Theatre is proud to present the first session of the Elevate programme: Creative Facilitation - Planning, games, exercises, and group dynamics

Elevate is a skills-building programme for socially engaged theatre-makers and artists who are interested in working with a specific community of people. It is designed as a practical, explorative course that we hope builds a lasting creative community. We have a cohort of practitioners signed up for the term, but we also open up some sessions for all to book on to.

what will I do in this workshop?
• You'll learn a range of games and exercises
• You'll learn how to adapt games to the needs of the groups
• You will understand when to use a game and how it can benefit you
• Learn how to plan and structure a workshop
• Learn the benefits of this work

This workshop will benefit anybody who facilitates groups as part of their work - not just for creative practitioners.

 If the price is a barrier for you to attending the workshop, please email [email protected] to discuss how we can help you attend.

Access: The workshop will be in our theatre which is accessed via five steps. A lift is available for those who need it. We have an accessible toilet on site. We're keen to accommodate you and can work to help out with further access requests. For example, we can offer use of on-site wheelchairs and walkers, we can save a spot for you in our carpark, allocate a free ticket to your carer or companion, sighted guiding, any printouts can be provided in large print, and more.

We are very keen to accommodate you - please reach out to request adjustments (including any you have that are not listed above) by contacting [email protected]

This year we are offering a full term ticket – this will give you entry to every workshop in the series, at a 25% discount. The dates are as follows:

16th Sept 2026                   Creative Facilitation: planning, games, exercises, and group dynamics

14th Oct 2026                    Julie’s Story and other devising techniques

18th Nov 2026                   Creating material from individual voices & writing for a community

13th Jan 2027                     Engaging with heritage to create original theatre

10th Feb 2027                    Community theatre practice: Engaging with communities. Why and How?

17th March 2027               An introduction to social enterprise: running yourself as a business