Voice, story, music: workshops for people who stammer (Chatham)

We're looking for people who stammer to join free creative workshops in North Kent, Bristol, London and online.

Together with professional musicians, we'll collectively explore our voices through exercises drawn from theatre, music and storytelling - experimenting with the ways we can navigate, reroute and reimagine language as stammerers. The workshops will be recorded, and your voice will be woven into a new piece of music by composer and stammerer, Jamie Hamilton.

The workshops are part of A Mouth In Search Of A Voice, a new music and multimedia project by Hamilton and the contemporary classic music group Phaedra Ensemble. The work passes language and narrative through stammered voices - disrupting and reimagining them through dysfluency - and draws on ideas of coastlines, flow and unreliable narration.

The final work will be premiered by Phaedra Ensemble in October 2026 with live performances at the Historic Dockyard Chatham and Arnolfini Bristol, combining the workshop recordings with live music and video.

Open to anyone who stammers, 16+. No experience needed - just curiosity and a willingness to experiment with your voice.

The workshops last around four hours. You'll be working in a group alongside musicians, in a welcoming, stammering-friendly environment, with an experienced support team on hand.

A Mouth In Search Of A Voice is commissioned by Cement Fields and Phaedra Ensemble, supported by Arnolfini and STAMMA. It is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

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