Vamos Theatre’s Elevate Taster Workshop

Vamos Theatre is the UK's leading full mask theatre company, taking its funny and fearless brand of wordless theatre across the length and breadth of the country and beyond since 2006. Our trademark style marries full mask with strong visual design and an original soundtrack. We make accessible, humorous, human, and fearless work which is based on real life stories, and our productions are rooted strongly in social research.We tour a full scale mask production throughout the UK annually, as well as performing at national and international festivals and events. We share our skills in schools, with NHS staff, in care homes, with teachers, actors, carers, social workers, the d/Deaf community, business leaders and more. Our full mask characters entertain at festivals and celebrations, bringing fun and cheek to events nationwide, and our Youth Theatres learn the skills that will take them, and full mask theatre, into the future.“One of the most innovative, exciting full mask companies currently touring.”Ian Barge, The Stage"The magic of Rachael Savage's production is that it creates such a vivid world without voice and words."The Guardian

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Full  mask training  taster workshop for early career artists delivered in BSL and English

Bristol Old Vic

For information in BSL about Elevate <a href="https://www.vamostheatre.co.uk/learning/join-in/elevate-programme#bsl" title="https://www.vamostheatre.co.uk/learning/join-in/elevate-programme#bsl" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">follow this link.</a> Are you an Early Career Artist interested in non-verbal, physical story telling? Have you tried full mask performance before? Fancy the chance to be part of Vamos Theatre’s Elevate 2026 FREE four-day training residency in mask and physical theatre? Then come and join the UK’s leading full mask company, Vamos Theatre, for a taster session.Vamos Theatre’s Elevate programme trains and inspires the next generation of artists from diverse communities across the UK (18 years +). The programme is open to all, but we are especially interested in meeting artists from ethnic minority backgrounds, deaf artists or those whose finances might be a barrier to accessing training opportunities.The first stage, open to all, is a free full mask taster session where you can immerse yourself in Vamos Theatre’s approach to mask theatre, creating physical character and devising non-verbal theatre that connects and moves audiences.From these nationwide taster workshops, Vamos Theatre selects a group of artists to attend a free residency in October 2026, where you’ll receive intensive training and space to create a public performance. All Elevate graduates will become part of our Alumni and be offered opportunities for further online and in-person training in the future.The taster workshop at Bristol Old Vic will be delivered by deaf artist Ciaran O’Breen in BSL and translated into English. The Autumn residency (19th-22nd Oct) will be delivered in BSL and English and fully translated for deaf and hearing artists.Reviews:"Looking back, for anybody starting out, I can’t recommend Elevate enough - it’s a place where early-career artists aren’t just taught, but truly nurtured. Vamos Theatre welcomes anyone, no matter their background, giving every participant the chance to grow creatively and professionally. " Jude Powell, Bridgerton actor, deaf performer and Elevate Early Career Artist 2025"Incredible, invigorating, life changing, unforgettable " Scarlett Rolls, Vamos Emerging Artists Programme 2024Vamos Theatre's Elevate programme 2026 is supported by The Garrick Club Charitable Trust and Arts Council England<a href="http://www.vamostheatre.co.uk/" title="http://www.vamostheatre.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.vamostheatre.co.uk</a>Over 18s only

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