A new programme of workshops by Associate Artist Living Pictures exploring how psychology, therapeutic strategies and theatre practices can inform your craft and enhance your wellbeing.  

Life Acting explores both artistic practice and personal growth, considering how strategies from both perspectives can be integrated to enhance awareness, expression and self-development. This autumn we examine acting techniques, directing and therapeutic processes and a new writing lab.

Our series of ‘core weekends’ will span 8 weeks, with a completion sharing week in December. Running alongside these will be the Heuristic Quest for Theatre Makers led by Elen Bowman.

The Intensive Workshop series begins in October with System of Selves: An IFS Approach for Storytellers with Mariel Pastor and Lou Platt, and in November will continue with the Body's Wisdom led by Tasha Colbert.

Intensive Weekends

Systems of Selves: An IFS Approach for Storytellers
with Mariel Pastor (& Lou Platt)
Sat 4 – Sun 5 October 2025

Body’s Wisdom
with Tasha Colbert
Sat 15 – Sun 16 November 2025

Core weekends

Thursday Book Club / IFS Workbook
by Jay Earley (Online)
Thu 16 October – Thu 11 December 2025

Saturday Studios
with Robbie Bowman
Sat 18 October – Sat 13 December 2025

Living Pictures Facilitators in Development
with Cassidy McCartan, Adam Karagianis and Nel Machin
Sun 19 October – Sun 14 December 2025

The Sharing Week
Mon 15 – Fri 19 December 2025

Heuristic Quest

Heuristic Quest for Theatre Makers
with Elen Bowman (Online)
Monday 6 October – Mon 19 January 2026

This workshop series is organised by Living Pictures, as part of the Associate Artists Programme.