The Origins of Storytelling (Movement Workshop)
Sat 3 September 2022, 10am – 12pm
This workshop will give you a chance to explore your favourite story, adventure, fairy tale, or hero’s journey through movement and play. Inspired by OMOS’s origins in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this workshop will enable you to explore what stories have to tell us about our own journeys of self-exploration. Prepare to listen to stories, share ideas, and be asked to move to your heart’s content. Bring your imagination, curiosity, and interest in movement to this workshop. Led by Briana Pegado. Free but booking required.
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Lipsyncing 101
Sat 3 September 2022, 12.15pm – 2.15pm
It’s time to be fabulous, fierce and fascinating! Join celebrated drag artist Rhys’s Pieces for this free workshop and learn how to tell stories through lip sync and movement.
The art of lip-syncing can involve subverting the expected and sharing stories in exciting ways. For his workshop you will be asked to bring with you a song that for you connects to a personal story, family story or local or wider history. You’ll learn tips and tricks about lip syncing (miming to songs) and movement, and hear more about Rhys’s practice and his performance in OMOS. Rhys is the lead artist on OMOS – an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy – and the artists in exhibition responded to heritage and stories to create their work. By the end of the session you’ll know more about how you can use these creative skills to tell a story with your chosen song. Free but booking required.
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Sing Sistah Sing Workshop on the History of Gospel and Jazz Music
Sat 3 September 2022, 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Join internationally-renowned mezzo soprano Andrea Baker for workshop featuring excerpts of Andrea’s award-winning show Sing Sistah Sing, a joyful, soulful celebration of the African American female voice. The workshop will explore storytelling through song and spoken word, with a link to Scottish history. There will be a Q&A following the performance and an opportunity for audience members to share their stories and explore the idea of telling their own original story through music and spoken word. Andrea Baker is one of the artists featured in OMOS – an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy of a new moving image work that pays homage to untold Scottish Black History, and celebrates Black excellence and performance in Scotland. Free but booking required.
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The Origins of Storytelling (Creating Writing Workshop)
Sat 24 September 2022, 2pm – 4pm
This workshop will give you a chance to explore your favourite story, adventure, fairy tale, or hero’s journey through creative writing and play. Inspired by OMOS’s origins in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this workshop will enable you to explore what stories have to tell us about our own journeys of self-exploration. Prepare to listen to stories, share ideas, and be asked to move to your heart’s content. Bring your imagination, curiosity, and interest in creative writing to this workshop. Led by Briana Pegado. Free but booking required.
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