I offer workshops for artists and non-artists, educational, organisational, health and community groups that explore story, embodiment, and collective reflection.
These sessions draw on my background as a dramatherapist and theatre-maker, and are informed by psychophysical, mythic, story and ritual-based practices.
Influenced by therapeutic approaches, these workshops can be deeply supportive and restorative, offering space for grounding, reflection, and meaningful creative encounter within artistic, educational, and community contexts.
Approach
My workshops are rooted in embodied practice and attentive facilitation. I draw on the arts, psychophysical theatre, storytelling, myth and folklore, autobiographical exploration, and ritual to support connection, creativity, and care within the process.
I am also a qualified Yoga teacher and meditation guide.
If you are a theatre, gallery, school, college, university, community group, or something else entirely and are interested in developing a workshop or creative project, I’d love to hear from you.
Workshops
The workshops
These workshops are open to artists and non-artists, performers and non-performers, and all people who are curious about creative, embodied, and reflective ways of working.
such as :
people working with personal, autobiographical, or meaningful material
artists, facilitators, and community practitioners
individuals and groups exploring identity, story, or transition
LGBTQ+ people and allies
anyone interested in story, myth, ritual, and embodied practice
Workshops can be adapted for:
community groups
arts and cultural organisations
Health organisations
educational settings
festivals and one-off events
Participant feedback
“A really powerful and well-held workshop. Shane creates an environment where everyone feels able to take part, regardless of experience, and the work felt meaningful and energising.”
“Shane’s workshop was engaging, inclusive, and creatively inspiring. I left feeling more confident in my voice and excited about storytelling again.”
Selected past workshops
Workshop & Festival Credits Include
Dramatherapy — Various settings / NHS (2025–present)
Flourish — Timber Festival (2024)
Host / Performer — Derby Festé (2016, 2022)
Lear’s Memory Box — National / 1623 Theatre Company (2016)
Departure Lounge — Derby Theatre (2015)
Full workshop list available on request.
These workshops are facilitated with sensitivity, consent, and choice at their core. They are designed for artistic, educational, and reflective contexts, rather than clinical settings. Any therapeutic benefit arises through creative and embodied engagement, rather than through formal therapy.
I also offer group dramatherapy separately from this work, within appropriate therapeutic frameworks.