"Studio" is an exciting new series of zoom meetings in which you are invited to learn new skills and develop old ones. We encourage beginners and those with experience to join us in exploring new ways to express your ideas. AI is grateful to Arts Council England for their support of the Studio Series.
4 Sessions: 25 May | 1 June | 8 June | 15 June
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Stories – our lives are made up of them, each one of us has our own unique story. We’ve inherited stories and we pass them on, we create new ones from the material of our lives and from our imaginations. This four-week writing workshop will explore ways of sharing our experiences, thoughts, and imaginings, allowing us to open up each participant’s creativity, whether you are new to writing or more experienced. We will explore instant writing exercises, monologues, dialogue, shaping narratives so that we can communicate our stories to others in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere.
Jelena Budimir
Jelena is a director, writer, teacher, and actor who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Work over the years has included fringe, rep and West End theatre alongside TV and Film work.
She was Associate Director, at Chickenshed Theatre Company for many years, where she developed the Studio Theatre and nurtured excellent in-house writing talent through the emerging writers programme Write Here, Write Now.
She first worked with the Armenian Institute when she directed Beast on the Moon by Richard Kalinoski at the Finborough Theatre and ran a writing workshop in connection with the play. She most recently wrote and directed Property, a new comedy about the London housing crisis.
Prices:
£12 PER SESSION | £40 FOR 4 SESSION COURSE
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBER £8 PER SESSION | £30 FOR 4 SESSION COURSE
Concessions:
£5 PER SESSION | £15 FOR 4 SESSION COURSE
We will welcome new participants at the second session if you missed the first one. Email tato@armenianinstitute.org.uk if you have any questions about the sessions.