The Participation Studio
What matters to you can become something that moves us.
Explore a brief. Shape a first conversation. Find a place for it in the calendar. Leave with a starting plan your group can use.
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01 / Choose your starting point
No personal information needed. Your choices stay in this browser. This planner uses the festival’s creative framework.
A1 / Pressure and Performance
The Weight of Winning
How can achievement remain life-giving rather than identity-consuming?
Choose your group and medium. We’ll connect this question to a practical first conversation and creative experiment.
Try it in your calendar
A familiar group.
A useful hour.
Choose a setting and see a sample session. This is a planning aid to agree with your coordinator.
A club / 60 minutes
Agree the boundaries
Right to pass, respect and the adult support route.
Explore one question
Use a general or fictional scenario.
Distil a shared theme
Remove names and identifying details.
Make a first response
Sketch, write, improvise or plan the work.
Close with a next step
Agree what happens next and where to find support.
Repeat at least every three weeks; weekly where feasible. In the 45-minute option, continue making in the next agreed arts slot. Approved training and rehearsals have separate requirements.
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