Lorraine Smith Arts 
Performance Maker

The YCTMHT project includes supporting engagement activities alongside the main theatre performance to support audience development.

 

We offer a variety of activities and workshops for adults & young adults that can be tailored to suit your needs. Lorraine Smith works in higher education and is an experienced facilitator working with a range of ages and abilities. 

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Email lorraine_smith@hotmail.co.uk to request further information / book a workshop.

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PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES:

 

9th May 2023, My Music Idol Workshop, Curious Arts Youth Group, Newcastle theatre Royal.

2nd March 2023, Exploring Costume Performance workshop, Tees Valley New Creatives Network, ARC.

2nd March 2023, Exploring Costume Performance workshop, SIRF youth group, ARC.

22nd February 2023, Memory collaging workshop, Staying Out group, ARC.

26th January 2023, Costumed Life Drawing session, Tees Valley New Creatives Network (ARC - live online).​

23rd February 2022, Costumed Life Drawing session, Base Camp Boro, Middlesbrough.

11th February 2022, Exploring Costume Performance workshop & talk, pro-artist, Dance City.

24th November 2021, Costumed Life Drawing session, Pineapple Black Gallery.

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PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS:

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"Challenging, stressful, fun, different. I loved it."

"Great poses and lovely to see costume design being involved."

"Tremendous. Loved the shapes & colours. The structure was unusual to draw."

"Big selection of costumes and very different outcomes."

"Something new and exciting. Kept me open to moving and thinking differently."

"The opportunities that can be shown through different characters through different costumes."

"The request to try something you wouldn’t usually try gave a great sense of not knowing and curiosity and new moves."

 

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ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES:

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COSTUMED LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOP

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This workshop fuses innovative costume design from new work You Can Take Me Home Toni and the moving body to inspire your drawing creations! Combining elements of costume, performance and movement, you will explore the human figure as it is both revealed and concealed by the wearable art.

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MEMORY COLLAGING WORKSHOP

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Explore your past memories by collaging with old photos and other paper based memorabilia. Inspired by the 80s zine collaging technique, you will create 2D and 3D paper art to reconnect with your past in fun, liberating, and experimental way.

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EXPLORING COSTUMED PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

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This workshop will introduce you to the inspiring world of costume performance. Performance maker Lorraine Smith will guide you through exercises and creative tasks to experience how costume can impact both performer and maker. This will include exploring the somatic nature of costume and how design choices can change how you feel, move and interact with others, and encourage a breaking of habitual movement, exploration of identity and the creation of engaging characters. 

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MY MUSIC IDOL WORKSHOP

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Participants will be guided to use their favourite pop/music icon to explore their memories and identity(ies) through discussion and creative tasks. Participants will be supported to express themselves creatively using relevant art forms dependent on group type (i.e., creative writing/lyrics, collaging, album cover making, movement, performance, etc.), to deepen their understanding of how our icons can empower us to embrace who we are and make positive changes to our lives.

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Email lorraine_smith@hotmail.co.uk to request further information / book a workshop.

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