PHOTO CREDIT: GRANT ARCHER

MINI MAKERS’ LAB | MANCHESTER | 29TH NOVEMBER 2025

A ONE DAY THEATRE MAKING WORKSHOP FACILITATED BY ADAM DAVIES

WHAT IS THE MINI MAKERS’ LAB?

The Makers’ Lab is a new workshop by the Northern Theatre Laboratory that acts as an ephemeral version of their successful annual Autumn Series held in Manchester. It will bring laboratory theatre making practices fresh from Animikii’s current projects to the work at the NTL; practices that are rooted in collaboration and experimentation, invention and re-invention, trial and error, push and pull.

The Lab gives makers, performers and anyone curious enough to challenge themselves a collaborative space to go beyond interpretation, and discover invention in their theatre making and performing. Led by Adam Davies each participant will be given the tools to dig for sources of inspiration, ask rich questions of the material, and, alongside their peers, co-develop and feedback their discoveries into the active research and enquiry.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

You will respond physically, textually and vocally to a personally chosen starting stimulus, or be given. Over the day you will be introduced to (and encouraged to expand on) exercises and methods to begin creating embodied, inventive and rich pieces of theatre performance.

The workshop is designed to give you time and space to research and craft your own pathway through the work, creating your own conclusion. You will be encouraged to give your fullest attention to your creative work and to breathe new life into your practice.

If you are a maker or a performer searching for new ways to approach your work this series is for you!

WHERE?

Manchester City Centre

10AM-5PM

PHOTO CREDIT: GRANT ARCHER

COST

£45 - FULL COST

FIRST COME FIRST SERVED

(12 PLACES AVAILABLE)

Structured Payments Plans Available: If you would benefit from spreading your payment over a longer period of time please email us at info@animikiitheatre.com