The final part of the Stanislavski-based training system
This intensive workshop brings participants full circle — to the moment of standing alone on stage and speaking before an audience. Participants are required to bring a short, pre-learned speech. They will re-rehearse this piece, applying everything they have gained from the Stanislavski-based method while incorporating one final element.
The class is led by Chris New at Makers’ House Hastings on Sunday 23rd November 10am - 6pm.
Fresh from his year at the world famous clown school Philippe Gaulier, Luka Wellman joins us to offer an introduction into the modern art of clowning.
This one day introduction to clown will use a variety of exercises and games to help you discover your own clown persona. Based on the teachings of Philippe Gaulier and Jacques Lecoq, we will learn to find a sense of play on stage, build complicité with our fellow clowns and allow ourselves to embrace the ridiculous.
The class will run Saturday 29th November 10am - 5pm at Makers’ House Hastings
Part 2 of Luka’s introduction to clowning…
Fresh from his year at the world famous clown school Philippe Gaulier, Luka Wellman joins us to offer an introduction into the modern art of clowning. Based on the teachings of Philippe Gaulier and Jacques Lecoq, we will learn to find a sense of play on stage, build complicité with our fellow clowns and allow ourselves to embrace the ridiculous.
The class will run Sunday 30th November 10am - 5pm at Makers’ House Hastings
The second part of our hugely popular Stanislavski masterclasses.
In this course, participants take the next steps in the Stanislavski method, moving beyond the foundations to begin working with character.
The class will run Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd December 10am - 4pm at Makers’ House Hastings.
1st-2nd December, 10am-4pm
There is a Returning Practice Fee for repeating students - £25 - contact Liz to book
We aim to offer limited subsidised places, please email if you would like to attend but cost is prohibitive.
***EARLY BIRD OFFER - The first ten people to sign up for this course before Dec 1st will receive a 10% discount on their entry price.***
Stop Careering wildly, get back on track and prepare to make 2026 a launchpad lovestory year. Identify, define and reclaim who you are, how you want to work and what you intend to achieve artistically in this Life-changing pragmatic/dynamic mind-blowing two day course with the unstoppable Rikki Beadle-Blair.
Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE is a writer, director, composer, choreographer, designer, producer and performer working in film, theatre, television and radio. Having written and directed 50+ plays over the last 25 years along with several feature films, shorts and tv episodes and series, he has won several awards including the Sony Award, the Los Angeles Outfest Screenwriting and Outstanding Achievement awards, plus both a MBE for contributions to drama and an honorary doctor of letters from the University of Warwick. Rikki’s passion for encouraging wellness, creativity and business sense in others has made a committed and effective mentor to a great many writers, actors, Performers composers and directors around the world. Including Lynette Linton, Tom Wright, Somalia Seaton, Tom Ratcliffe, Joe Cole, Josie White and Alexis Gregory.
The workshop will take place at Makers’ House Hastings on Dec 10th & 11th, 10am-5pm
A four-day writing course with Welsh BAFTA-winner Owen Thomas - designed for aspiring writers at any level.
‘Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him.’
Christmas is a time for ghosts. From Charles Dickens to Susan Hill to M.R. James, many writers have tried to capture the darker side of this, ‘the most wonderful time of year…’ Tales of phantoms and lost souls have chilled the festive fireside for many generations.
My name is Owen Thomas. I have been obsessed with ghost stories from the first time I picked up Usborne’s ‘The World of the Unknown: Ghosts’ at Primary School. Now, as a Professional writer, they continue haunting my reading, my writing, and my imagination.
I have held many workshops on the construction and creation of ghost stories. ‘The Ghost Writers’ a recent six-week course at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, saw 17 writers create a range of unique, chilling ghost stories professionally read on Halloween.
In these four days we will explore the Christmas Ghost Story, identifying themes and styles that make the genre unique. We will explore various classic examples and identify common elements within to help us in the creation of our own festive ghost story.
At the end of the week each writer will have crafted their own perfect Christmas Ghost Story. These can be shared in the beautiful surrounds of Makers House, Hastings, before being ready to be shared around your own individual firesides on Christmas Eve night...
The aim of these four days is best left in the words of the ghost story master, M. R. James…
“If any of my stories succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall or sitting over a dying fire in the small hours, my purpose in writing them will have been attained.”
Tuesday 2nd - Friday 5th December, 10am - 5pm
An introduction to DIYWWW - Do It Yourself Well With Welly!
Dave “Welly” Wellman — star of Dave Wellman’s New Home DIY, Room 4 Improvement, Renovation Street, and Carol Vorderman’s Better Homes — is here to tackle your DIY dilemmas. With his trademark charm and encyclopaedic know-how, Dave will guide you through hands-on projects and demystify the world of “Do It Yourself.” Got a problem? He can solve it — no task too tricky, no challenge anything less than thoroughly entertaining!
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The day -
10:00 - Problem solving over coffee and buns in Makers’ House Hastings
11:00 - Tasks in the shed
12:30 - Lunch break. Bring your sarnies. We’ll provide the Sunday papers and a brew.
1:30pm - Back in the shed
3:30-4pm - Tea, biscuits and wrap up chat
6pm - Retire home or to The Tower pub for more builders’ chat
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The class fee includes the use of tools and materials for practice projects.
Sunday 7th December, 10am - 6pm
