In this workshop, participants will explore different methods of putting life stories on stage: stories of the self and stories of others. The workshop draws on the organisers’ experience of mixing journalistic investigation and working directly with eyewitnesses who perform their own stories (La Conquesta del Pol Sud) and of presenting and rethinking autobiographical theatre (Little Earthquake).

Through a series of practical, hands-on exercises, and an open rehearsal of selected scenes, the workshop will introduce techniques and concepts that can be used by participants in the development of their own work and in a variety of different dramatic styles and forms.