2026 WORKSHOPS
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Join Central Coast Independent Theatre Artist, Danielle Brame Whiting, at the Peninsula Theatre in Woy Woy, for some fun holiday acting workshops this year. These workshops are designed to provide theatre experiences that aren't always covered in weekly classes, in fun and engaging ways. Bringing twenty years experience working with young people as a teaching artist in acting, directing, dramaturgy and writing, Danielle creates brave spaces to encourage young people to maintain a sense of play, cultivate community and explore their own creative voice. |
Danielle and Paul Ractliffe Scholarship 2025 Winner, Summer.
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AUTUMN WORKSHOPS - Monday, 13th April 2026
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WORKSHOP ONE
"Who Dunnit?"
Ages 8 - 11 years 9am - 11am A drama games workshop for mystery solving sleuths. Play the games to solve each clue and by workshops end you will have enough clues to solve the mystery question. This is a fun workshop which pushes young actors to hone their skills in critical and creative thinking, and working as part of a team. Each game we play is an acting game and will therefore also allow participants to also work on their stage craft. This workshop is appropriate for beginners and up. |
WORKSHOP TWO
"Project Chimera" - Dare to Create
Ages 12 - 17 years 11:30am - 3:30pm Story Ideation - The Creative Process of Producing, Developing and Investigating Original Ideas to Build a Story. In this workshop, actors are asked to join like-minded creative youth to share, develop and test their own creative ideas in a supportive environment. Participants will be asked to bring along one idea that they would love to develop into a performance. This does not have to be a whole idea, but can simply be a seed of an idea, such as a theme. For example, perhaps you've always wanted to see a play developed about sea slugs. Over the course of four hours, as a group, we will share these ideas and make space to play with them to uncover their potential. |
WINTER WORKSHOPS - Monday, 13th July 2026
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WORKSHOP ONE
"Being Frankenstein"
Ages 8 - 11 years 9am - 11am Become like Dr Frankenstein and create your own creature character in this fun two hour workshop. Participants will explore how to use voice, body and costume to create an imaginative mythical character and bestow it with an interesting backstory. Parents will be invited to attend in the final section of the class to meet these creative creatures. |
WORKSHOP TWO
"Adapt!"
Ages 12 - 17 years 11:30am - 3:30pm Actors will be working together to take a short story and adapt it for the stage. Over the course of the workshop we will create a ten minute one act play using a short story as inspiration. Through the process participants will develop skills in adaption for theatre and collaborating . We will finish our workshop off by inviting parents in for the final ten minutes to watch us bring this new adaption to life. |
PAST WORKSHOPS 2026
SUMMER WORKSHOPS
Join Central Coast Independent Theatre Artist, Danielle Brame Whiting, at the Laycock St Theatre this January for a fun three hour Acting Workshop. Bringing twenty years experience working with young people as a teaching artist in acting, directing, dramaturgy and writing, Danielle creates brave spaces to encourage young people to maintain a sense of play, cultivate community and explore their own creative voice.
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WORKSHOP ONE
Bringing a Storybook to Life Ages 9 - 11 years 9am - 12pm In this workshop we will work together to develop our theatrical storytelling skills through games and activities, and take a classic storybook from the page to the stage. Young actors will share a lot of laughs as we play our way through skill building games and then apply it all to transforming a beloved storybook into an interest new performance text to share with our families. |
WORKSHOP TWO
Directing for Actors Ages 12 - 16 years 12:30pm - 3:30pm The best way to truly learn and remember a skill is to teach it to someone else. In this workshop our actors will have the opportunity to put this into practice by looking at the craft of acting through the eyes of a director. As a director we must explore and understand the big picture of a performance text, not just an individual role. When an actor learns to approach rehearsing as a director might, it leads to greater collaboration and elevated performances. In this workshop actors will have the opportunity to work on short scenes, both as an actor and a director, to learn and develop these advanced skills, and have a lot of fun and laughs as we do. |