Workshops for Breaking Point: A Festival of Drama 

Details of our four workshops available over the two weekends can be found below.

Join us for sessions of creativity, exploring art and having fun! Start your festival weekends off by joining us on the Main Stage!

Please ensure you buy a ticket in advance to help our workshop leads plan accordingly.

Open to members and non-members alike so grab a friend and your tickets today.

Step into Choreo, Dance. Create Repeat! 

Date: Saturday 18th July

Place: Main Stage

Time: 12 - 1:30pm

Price: £4 for members, £5 for non-members

Discover how choreography is a key storytelling tool in theatre, helping to bring characters, emotions, and scenes to life through movement and musicality.

Explore how to create your own dance routines, develop confidence in your movement, and enjoy expressing yourself in a supportive and creative space.

No experience needed, wear clothes that are easy to move in and just bring your enthusiasm!

Join dance and choreography enthusiast Helen Wood on the main stage at Putney for 90 mins of pure dance joy - guaranteed to get your fingers clicking and your feet tapping to the beat!

Unarmed Stage Combat with Lucy Wordsworth

Date: Sunday 19th July

Place: Main Stage

Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm - Please note the earlier updated time.

Price: £8 for members, £10 for non-members

Important- Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis once the ticketing link is active. 

We are thrilled to have Lucy join us at Breaking Point Festival hosting this Unarmed Stage Combat workshop! 

An alumnus of East 15 Acting School with a First Class Honours degree in BA Acting & Stage Combat, Lucy has gone on to Fight Perform for major companies including Marvel Studios, HBO and Netflix.

When not being thrown about, set on fire or swinging a sword around, Lucy Fight Directs and Choreographs for TV, Film and Theatre; some recent theatre credits include Poltergeist Theatre's Offie-nominated production of "Alice In Wonderland", Ballet Cymru's "Romeo A Juliet", Grove Production's "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" and Mutiny Film's "The Boot Room".

A firm believer that these skills should be made accessible to those who wish to learn them, Lucy regularly teaches and leads Stage/Screen Combat workshops. Please ensure you wear comfortable clothing that you can move in and bring water to keep hydrated!

Intimacy Coordination Workshop

Date: Saturday 25th July

Place: Main Stage

Time: 12 - 1pm

Price: £4 for members, £5 for non-members

Intimacy Coordination has become an integral part of creating choreographed passionate scenes in a safer environment for both cast and crew. 

Qualified Intimacy Coordinator, Megan Good, is running this workshop to introduce some coordination exercises that can be brought straight to the rehearsal.

Open to all actors and directors who are interested in knowing how to build a safe environment whilst creating passionate scenes.

Mind & Body: Unlocking Text with Nathan Chatelier

Date: Sunday 26th July

Place: Main Stage

Time: 12 - 1:30pm

Price: £4 for members, £5 for non-members

How do we think our way into text and character? How do we move our way into them? This workshop gets you on your feet exploring practical ways to approach text and character that keep spontaneity, fun, specificity and emotional truth at the heart of the process - whether for audition, rehearsal or performance.

If you'd like, bring a speech or a scene (and a scene partner!) in a format you can annotate, as well as a pencil and eraser if you're bringing a paper copy. Assorted speeches and scenes will also be available on the day.

Open to all! There'll be time and space to practice the techniques during the session, and sharing your work with everyone else will be completely optional. Wear comfy clothes you can move around in.