Join us for a FREE two-part theatre workshop designed to strengthen your voice and sharpen your monologue skills.
🗣 Morning Session:
Work with Giles, a professional storyteller and voice coach, to develop vocal confidence, clarity, and power. Learn how to use your voice as a dynamic tool for performance, presence, and storytelling.
🎤 Afternoon Session:
Led by acclaimed actor and playwright Anne Odeke, this session dives into the world of monologues - from Shakespeare to modern texts. Explore how to interpret, perform, and connect emotionally with a range of powerful speeches.
This workshop is perfect for young performers looking to:
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Build vocal technique and stage presence
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Deepen their understanding of character and text
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Gain experience working with professional artists
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Meet new people and make friends
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Build confidence and learn new skills
We are an inclusive youth theatre and welcome all young people, regardless of background or ability. For ages 12-19 and up to 25 years for those with SEND.
Meet the facilitators...
Anne Odeke
Anne Odeke is an actor, emerging playwright and qualified drama teacher.
As an actor Anne trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and over the course of her career has performed for the likes of Shakespeare’s Globe, the RSC, and at theatres such as The Birmingham Rep, The Watermill, The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and many more. She has also just finished filming for the new upcoming BBC comedy series ‘Babies’.
​As a playwright, Anne has written for Storyhouse Theatre, The Almeida and BBC Radio 4.
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Her latest play, 'Princess Essex' (in which Anne also played the lead) was performed on the main stage of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The play went on to be nominated for ‘Best New Play’ at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025, and Anne was also nominated for ‘Best Performer in a Play’ alongside the likes of David Tennant and Tom Holland.
Giles Abbott
Giles Abbott became a professional storyteller in 2000 and a Voice Teacher in 2005 after sudden and severe, but not total, sight-loss in 1998 left him unable to read a book or see you face across a table. He says “I’ve come to see this as a gift as it has led directly to the life I now enjoy.”
Giles has won awards for his storytelling, touring nationally and internationally, teaches Voice in drama schools, universities and privately, and he has won gold medals for his Voice Over work. His book, “StoryMaker”, distils his years of storytelling and performance experience to teach parents, carers, teachers how to create captivating new stories for or with the young people in their care.
