Storytelling and Identity – spoken word and theatre-based workshop with Tom Norris

Description

A creative workshop around storytelling, exploring activities such as the ‘Park Bench’ and ‘What if’ improvisation activities to get everyone thinking about their own stories. We’ll consider spoken word and identity and encourage you to explore your own identity to create spoken word pieces.

About Tom Norris

Tom Norris is an autistic third year Drama student at De Montfort University, who has a keen interest in acting and performance, in spoken word and in writing. Tom is currently training to be an actor and writing a play around his own experiences as an autistic gay man. Tom is a massive fan of Doctor Who, Star Wars, Star Trek and Lord of the Rings and a reader of fantasy, myths and legends.

This Storytelling and Identity workshop is presented as part of a National Lottery Heritage Funded project with the charity Disability Direct. Disability Direct is approaching its 30-year anniversary and is a user-led organisation with a primary function of disabled people identifying, creating, managing, and delivering services to their peers, to benefit disabled and older people in our communities. It works solely on the nationally accepted concept of the Social Model as a definition of disability and puts the disabled person at the heart of every decision.

This 12-month project includes upskilling and supporting the development of disabled people to engage in heritage, develop heritage skills, and gain interest in heritage and events of historical importance. We work with disabled people to identify the history of the charity and the impact it has had on people’s lives over the past 30 years.

Suitable for adults.