Draw inspiration from a live operatic performance in this unique workshop. Create a drawing of an opera singer in performance and be inspired by sound and movement in the glorious setting of the Medieval and Renaissance galleries. After the workshop, join us in the Creative Studio at 15:30 for a special talk where you can discover more about the process of costume design. Event designed by London College of Fashion MA Fashion Curation and Cultural Programming students.

This event is part of the V&A Performance Festival

Performances will be at 11:30 and 13:30 and workshop at 15:30 in the Creative Studio, level 3

Medieval & Renaissance, Room 50b

£5 (This cost is to cover specialist materials and is subsidised at 80% of the cost of the materials).

An educational and practical workshop, for makers and designers. Outlining some of the different sustainable and accessible approaches to practical making within the creative industries.

​This afternoon sessions will introduce sustainable approaches to working with solid materials, looking at
alternative methods to casting (including a demonstration of casting with mycelium) and hard finishes.

​Led by Louis Smith, a sculptor and maker who is most at home working on something so big you cannot tell what it is until you are standing far away from it. With experience creating large sculptures and handcrafted objects for companies in and around South Wales ranging from, tiny puppets to enormous hats, he is interested in discovering sustainable materials and approaches and working to integrate them into professional making practices.

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£5 (This cost is to cover specialist materials and is subsidised at 80% of the cost of the materials).

An educational and practical workshop, for makers and designers. Outlining some of the different sustainable and accessible approaches to practical making within the creative industries.

This morning session will explore sustainable approaches to working with flexible materials looking
into alternative methods to mould making and flexible finishes.

​Led by Louis Smith, a sculptor and maker who is most at home working on something so big you cannot tell what it is until you are standing far away from it. With experience creating large sculptures and handcrafted objects for companies in and around South Wales ranging from, tiny puppets to enormous hats, he is interested in discovering sustainable materials and approaches and working to integrate them into professional making practices.

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A workshop for all creatives that explores the seven guiding principles of Ecostage.  Led by two of Ecostage’s co-founders - Mona Kastell and Ruth Stringer – participants will be introduced to Ecostage’s holistic philosophy around sustainability and how it can be practically applied to a creative project. Encompassing foundations of sustainable arts practice including Deep Democracy, Co-Creation and Wellbeing, Ecostage is a great tool for exploring how and where you can embed sustainability in your arts practice.

About Ecostage: Ecostage is a grassroots initiative and website that provides a framework, tools and resources for embedding ecological thinking at all stages of our creative processes, across all scales of production.  It is led by a creative team of eco-designers based in England, Scotland and Wales: Andrea Carr, Paul Burgess, Mona Kastell and Ruth Stringer. Ecostage is for everyone in the performing arts sector and beyond; wherever you are on your sustainability journey.

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A panel talk and discussion with David Evans (National Theatre Wales, ABTT, SiPA) around the Theatre Green Book and its implementation on productions, aiming to guide participants in how to use the tool in their projects.  Also featuring a presentation about the implementation of sustainability on GALWAD (Collective Cymru) – the project’s sustainable aims and outcomes, its successes, and its challenges.

These presentations will incite a group discussion around Green Arts in Wales – our wider connection to society and the responsibilities this entails. We will also explore what we need as a sector to implement sustainable practice, and the challenges that impede us.

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Three one-hour workshops in scale, set & costume design for children and local schools

The workshops will look at scale and you will have a go at creating designs for both set and costume.

Interested parties need to book and attend the whole day.

Email curator Kerry Bradley to book

Three one-hour workshops in scale, set & costume design for children and local schools.

The workshops will look at scale and you will have a go at creating designs for both set and costume.

Interested parties need to book and attend the whole day.

Email curator Kerry Bradley to book

Join the Hello Stranger South West team for a fun workshop creating light up puppets, props and maybe even costumes using reycled materials. The items created will then be used during a parade around Queen Square and King Street later in the evening.

Materials will be provided, but if you do have anything you would like to upcycle in to an exciting puppet or prop, perhaps a sad old umbrella, then please feel free to bring it along! All items created can either be taken home or returned so that items can be recycled properly.

For further information on the Parade and how you can get involved please see the separate event page.

This event is completely free however capacity is limited so please register your attendance in advance.

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Join the Hello Stranger South West team for a fun workshop creating light up puppets, props and maybe even costumes using reycled materials. The items created will then be used during a parade around Queen Square and King Street later in the evening.

Materials will be provided, but if you do have anything you would like to upcycle in to an exciting puppet or prop, perhaps a sad old umbrella, then please feel free to bring it along! All items created can either be taken home or returned so that items can be recycled properly.

This event is completely free however capacity is limited so please register your attendance in advance.

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We are inviting North London based designers, practitioners and students to a day of creating and discussing design. The workshop will be an informal drop-in session, and will culminate in the creation of 3D sculptures and interactive elements for the exhibition installation. Materials are provided but feel free to bring your own tool kit and any scrap and salvaged materials. 

To RSVP email hellostrangernorthlondon@gmail.com

Sign up deadline: 12pm 3rd March 

We will be hosting this workshop at The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts. The workshop is lead by Louie Whitemore and Sascha Gilmour.

Please feel free to bring along your own portfolio; work you would like to have in a portfolio, or just pop in for a chat and to ask questions! This event is open to students and designers at all stages of their career!

This is an invite only event - please ensure you book your place.

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Come along to our shed, where we will be around from 1:30 - 4pm to receive panels, make panels and talk all things design. We encourage you to bring materials or objects you would like to make your panel from.

This event is open to students and designers at all stages of their career - it is also ticketed. Please ensure you book your place.

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