A Creative Workshop for Tenants in Manchester

Are you a tenant, frustrated with the housing crisis in the UK?

This is a creative writing workshop with a difference.

Join writers Nathaniel McBride and Debbie Beeks to be creative, share your voice and channel your frustration.

Nathaniel is writing a play about the housing crisis in Manchester and Rochdale. It’s a piece of Documentary Theatre about the landlords, the developers, the politicians, the business deals, the housing campaigners and the problems that have created the situation we are in. The play will be created from the documents that define our housing and our homes.

What will happen in the workshop?

· Bring an example of a document that relates to your housing; a letter, a brochure, a contract, something else…

· Meet Nathaniel and find out how he takes documents like these and rearranges them to tell stories that reveal the stories behind the housing providers…

· In an informal and fun way, try some activities and exercises to turn your documents into the start of a new story.

· Create your own creative piece about the housing crisis.

· Hear more about the script that Nathaniel is creating about housing campaigns in Manchester and Rochdale.

· Find out more about how you can join in more creative workshops and see the final script come to life in 2025.

· Have fun, chat, food and drinks will be provided.

Sign up to one of the following taster sessions:

Monday 18th November, 5.30 – 8.30pm

Or

Tuesday 19th November, 12noon – 3pm

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Host or Publisher Debbie Beeks, Writer / researcher / drama practitioner