CJ TURNER-MCMULLAN & XAVI DE SANTOS

EMBODIED THEATRE

MOVEMENT & TEXT EXPLORATIONS

THE WORKSHOP

This Embodied Theatre workshop will be co-led by

CJ Turner-McMullan and Xavi De Santos.

The workshop explores physical theatre through movement warm-ups, devising tasks, guided improvisation, and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Participants will engage in on-your-feet story-finding, working with images, text, characters, and music to support both individual expression and collective play. Acting and movement techniques grounded in breath and physicality are woven throughout, encouraging creativity, presence, and dynamic performance.

THE FACILITATORS

CJ TURNER-MCMULLAN

CJ Turner-McMullan is a multi-hyphenate theatre-maker and Creative Director of Southwest-based production company Apricity Theatre. They hold a PhD in Shakespeare adaptation and gender studies and an MA in Performing Shakespeare from Bath Spa University, where they are now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Their credits include Shakespeare adaptations Fall of Kings, Between the Armies and The Breach, horror-comedies There's Nothing There and The White Heart Inn with Black Dog Productions and Dumb Blonde Theatre, and Tiffany Rhodes' Let's Unpack That. They are currently directing Call Me Mother Nature, a queer environmental musical comedy by Ri Baroche, and developing new musical Who gives a f*** about Aunt Cathy in collaboration with composer Stan Elliott.

XAVI DE SANTOS

Xavi is a freelance performance practitioner and the founder of Bath's and Trowbridge Creative Playground. His interdisciplinary practice brings together dance, theatre, and improvisation, with a strong focus on the theatrical potential of the moving body.

Over the last decade, alongside facilitating for Bath Spa University as an associate lecturer for the Dance and Acting degrees, for dance schools and community groups in Bath and Bristol, Xavi has also been devising and performing with Dust Ensemble, as well as for the company he co-founded, AllouAqui Dance Theatre.

Xavi’s professional training began in his hometown of Porto, Portugal, where he studied physical theatre at Balleteatro. Xavi then moved to the UK to complete a BA in Contemporary Dance at Bath Spa University. Most recently, he completed a research Master’s in Performance Practice at Middlesex University in London, with a particular focus on improvisation and devising strategies.

Last year, I founded and have been running Bath’s Creative Playground, a community-rooted space where people can reconnect with their creative selves. After several months of bringing creatives together, I expanded the initiative and created Trowbridge Creative Playground as part of my ongoing commitment to making creativity accessible and strengthening the artistic community.

MORE DETAILS & HOW TO BOOK

Saturday, 9th May, 2-4pm

Old Town Hall, Trowbridge

Market St, Trowbridge BA14 8EQ

Our 2-hour workshop, co-led by two facilitators, has a cost of £10.

Parking available near the venue.

Make sure to bring water and to wear comfortable sportswear.

Please make sure to have your e-ticket saved.

Sessions are non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for future dates.

FIRST TIME HERE?

If this is your first time at coming to a session a Trowbridge Creative Playground, please fill out the registration form below before you book your session.