Speaking Place: Story-making and Drama workshop with Duncan Fellows

A story-making and drama workshop giving voice to small and precious things. 

Using an item that has real significance to the participant, we will unpack its importance and build the true story around the item. 

We will workshop bringing that story to life, first as the written word, then in performance. The workshop will teach participants how to confidently and creatively give an item a story and then convey its meaning using dramatic devices. 

We will select 3 or 4 of the participants' stories and, in small groups, work together to playbuild the written word into performances and staged readings to share live as part of the Sunday Showcase program. 

We will also read and record all participants' stories to create an archive of the work and a memento for all participants to take with them from the workshop.

Ticket includes Saturday workshop and materials, and welcome coffee on arrival and lunch, admission to the Speaking Place Festival on Sunday 25th October, where participants will showcase their newfound skills for the community.

$80 per person

Optional extra: Speaking Place dinner on the evening of Saturday 24th October, $60 per person

Speaking Place workshops are for participants aged over16 years. Participants aged under 18 years will require a guardian's acknowledgement on waiver form.

About Speaking Place:

On the inspiring grounds of Piccolo Family Farm, a series of arts workshops and seminars are facilitated by skilled professional makers and artists across various unique creative disciplines. The workshops will centre around the concept of Place, and how makers and creatives evoke and communicate Place through their craft. Throughout the day, facilitators and participants have the opportunity to gather with the other participants, fostering creative networking and the exchange of ideas and thoughtful conversation.

Speaking Place was founded to provide access to world-class artistic skills for regional audiences. It also has a strong focus on ongoing impact, encouraging further creative collaboration and artistic exploration beyond the Speaking Place weekend.

‘Place’ is a generous topic of exploration. It gives artists and audiences an infinite world of discussion and discovery of how their craft ‘speaks place’ and opens them up to a journey of creative understanding and collaboration.

The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative that supports sustainable cultural development in regional, remote and very remote Australia.

The project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, provided through Regional Arts Australia and Regional Arts NSW.