Join acclaimed theatre-maker Helena Seneca of The Wardrobe Ensemble for an in-depth, practice-led workshop exploring how devised ensemble work evolves into a scripted production.
Drawing on the company’s distinctive collaborative process, this two-hour Artist Forum session will unpack the journey from improvisation and collective creation to a refined written script.
Ideal for performers, writers, and makers interested in collaborative creation, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to learn from one of the UK’s leading devised theatre companies and to reflect on your own process of turning live, collective energy into a script that can travel and endure.
The Wardrobe Ensemble is a Bristol-based theatre company known for creating original, devised work through a highly collaborative ensemble process.
Rather than starting with a finished script, the company builds their shows from scratch in the rehearsal room. Performers, writers, and creatives work together to generate material through improvisation, music, movement, and discussion, shaping it over time into a structured piece of theatre. Their work is often visually inventive, emotionally rich, and driven by a strong sense of collective storytelling.
They’re particularly recognised for blending humour and heart with thoughtful explorations of human relationships, memory, and social themes. Music frequently plays a central role in their productions, with live performance often integrated into the storytelling.
Alongside making and touring shows across the UK and internationally, The Wardrobe Ensemble also engages in workshops, artist development, and education work, sharing their devising process with emerging theatre-makers.
In short, they specialise in making imaginative, ensemble-driven theatre that grows from collaboration rather than a single author.
Dates & Times
- 12:00pm
