World Building Workshop + R&D with The Black Phantastic

Overview

This Session is about ultilizing a new, world building structure from reknowned Theatremaker Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu. You will exploring the following:

• Understanding World Building Basics (Theory & Practice)
• Applying them to texts
• Forming your own worlds

Benefits

• Actors will better understand how to analyse stories, stimuli and texts to make bold and reasoned (seasoned) suggestions based on the World at play
• Writers will be able to use a new system in order to create clear and interesting worlds for their stories and scripts
• Directors & Theatremakers will be able to use this a foundation point in devising Worlds for exisiting texts and new ideas - especially with stories where the world is vastly different from their own.

Some of the research and ticket revenue from this workshop will feed the development of a new Afro-futurist play written and directed by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.

The last part of the workshop will become a LAB, where you can bring any ideas you have been brewing and apply the World Building structure to this. But don't worry if you haven't got an idea yet, you will by the end of the workshop!

About The Black Phantastic

The Black Phantastic is a new theatre company created to develop Black Speculative work (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Afro-futurism, Spiritual-Realism etc.) for the Stage. Led by AD Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu and E.P. Kamari Romeo, The Black Phantastic's ethos is that interacting with these uncanny forms of Black work on stage opens the imagination of all audiences, inviting critical thought, innovation and edutainment!

About Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu

Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is an award-winning Theatremaker with over 10 years experience in creating theatre works for the British Stage. He has worked with spaces such as The Young Vic, National Theatre, Bush Theatre and am associate artists of The Gate Theatre and Brixton House.

In 2019, Tristan won the JMK Award for the revival of Little Baby Jesus by Arinze Kene. In 2022, he won the award for Best Director (alongside Ryan Calais-Cameron) at the Black British Theatre Awards and was nominated for an OIivier for Best Production & Best Supporting Cast for the West End hit " For Black Boys by Ryan Calais Cameron." His casts have won The Stage Debut Awards twice (2019 and 2022) and was nominated for Most Promising Playwright at the Offies in 2018. He directed the UK Premiere and Tour of Malorie Blackman's Pig Heart Boy (2025) and is set to direct an exciting show at The Shakespeare's Globe in 2026.

Tristan has taught storytelling at institutions such as Guildhall School of Music & Drama, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , Creative Hounslow and The Hetrick Martin Institute in New York.