Making a Show: A Week-Long Workshop with Bryony Kimmings

Dates: Monday 2 - Friday 6 November 2026
Time: 10am - 5pm daily
Venue: Lowry
Cost: £100
Application deadline: 10am, Thursday 10 September 2026

Join acclaimed artist Bryony Kimmings for a week-long workshop exploring how to create a show inspired by your own life and experiences in a safe and supported way.

Through a series of practical, step-by-step exercises, you will explore how to find your authentic voice, turn questions about the world into creative quests, and develop the form, concept and audience intentions for your work. By the end of the week, you will have created a clear plan for the next stage of developing your show.

The workshop is open to creators and artists working across different disciplines, including circus performers, dancers, comedians, theatre-makers, writers and actors. You do not need to have an existing show or idea to apply.

Cost and bursaries
The workshop is heavily subsidised to help reduce financial barriers to taking part. The fee for the full week is £100.

Two fully funded bursary places are available for artists who would otherwise be unable to attend.

Key dates:
Thursday 10 September, 10am: Applications close
Thursday 1 October: Successful applicants notified
Monday 2 - Friday 6 November: Workshop Week at Lowry

About Bryony Kimmings
Bryony Kimmings is a playwright, performer, documentary maker and screen writer from the UK. She is inspired by female stories, social taboos and dismantling power structures. Kimmings' work is brutally honest, very funny and often a bit geeky and activist. Bryony's stage work includes her plays (as writer and performer): Sex Idiot, 7 Day Drunk, Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model, Fake it til' you make it, I'm a Phoenix, Bitch and her current show Bog Witch. Her First TV Drama, the adaptation of Liz Jensen's The Rapture is on currently on BBC One.

Visit: bryonykimmings.com
Instagram @bryonykimmings