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SUMMARY:Mercury Creatives Connect in Southend
DESCRIPTION:Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! \nJoin us for a free Mercury Creatives networking event for a chance to connect with other local creatives. \nThis event is scheduled alongside a Mercury Creatives Masterclass at Metal Southend and designed as an opportunity for those attending the masterclass to network afterwards\, but it is also open to any local creatives who would like to come along and connect with others in the creative industry. \nThe bar will be open to purchase drinks\, and we would love to see you there (no ticket necessary). \nThese sessions run from 8pm – 9pm and the age guidance is 18+ \nDon’t miss our Masterclass\n\n– Wednesday 9 September – Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: Being a Musical Theatre Performer with Craig Mather\n– Wednesday 7 October – Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: So you want to be a Director? with Dan Sherer\n– Wednesday 18 November – Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: How to Write a Play with Anne Odeke\n– Wednesday 13 January – Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: Demystifying the Casting Process with Wayne Linge
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mercury-creatives-connect-in-southend/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: So You Want to be a Director? with Dan Sherer
DESCRIPTION:Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! Check out one of their upcoming events below. \nMercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: So You Want to be a Director? with Dan Sherer – Book here! \nIn this workshop\, you will cover what a theatre director does and all the things that it might entail\, both inside and outside the rehearsal room. Such as working with actors and creative teams and how you might start off your journey into the professional industry. \nMeet the Facilitator\nDan Sherer was previously an Associate for New Work and Talent Development at the Mercury Theatre and is now a teacher at RADA and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\, teaching acting and directing. He is one of the Creative Directors of And The Rest\, a multi-disciplinary production company making work across theatre\, film\, and dance: andtherest.org \nBursary Offer\nA limited number of free bursary places are available for this event.\nTo request one of these places\, please email mercury.creatives@mercurytheatre.co.uk. \nDon’t miss our Connect session\nJoin us from 8pm at our Mercury Creatives Connect in Southend event for an exciting networking opportunity. \n 
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mercury-creatives-southend-masterclass-so-you-want-to-be-a-director-with-dan-sherer/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Forest Management by S. Reeson: Poetry sharing & launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday 14th October\, 7-9pm at Chalkwell Hall for an evening with local artist and poet S. Reeson\, who will be launching a new poetry pamphlet\, Forest Management.\n\n\n\nFree Event: tickets bookable via Eventbrite here \n  \n\nS. Reeson’s powerful poetry is set amongst the trees\, exploring themes of trauma and healing\, fear and revelation\, navigating tensions between control and wilderness against the backdrop of our own personal and emotional landscapes. \nExpect an evening of sharings\, readings and signings with special guests amongst the welcoming environment of Metal’s home in Southend\, Chalkwell Hall. \n  \nAbout artist and poet S. Reeson \nS. Reeson is a published poet\, exhibited photographer and passionate mental health advocate. For the last decade they’ve combined these three skills in increasingly satisfying and occasionally unexpected ways on a page\, in person and across the Internet. S’s practice explores themes of mental health\, anxiety\, personal identity\, social injustice\, and environmentalism through a multi-disciplinary artistic lens. \nIn June 2026\, S completed a Writers in Residency with Metal Southend as part of Essex Writers House and facilitated workshops with Southbank Centre’s A Poet in Every Port Mobile Poetry Library Porject and has recently exhibited in Leigh Art Trail. \nForest Management is S’s second published pamphlet following their debut poetry chapbook: Flammable Solid. \nMore about S. Reeson here
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/forest-management-by-s-reeson-poetry-sharing-launch/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: How to Write a Play with Anne Odeke
DESCRIPTION:Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! Check out one of their upcoming events below. \nMercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: How to Write a Play with Anne Odeke – Book here! \nSo you want to be a playwright? How do you become a playwright? What is a day in the life of a playwright like? What makes for a great play? How do you even write one? Do you need a writing agent? How do you get one? \nJoin Anne Odeke for an evening where all these questions shall be answered\, as well as any others you might have. Anne will bring the biscuits; you just bring yourself! \nMeet the Facilitator\nAnne Odeke is an actor and playwright from Essex. \nAs actor\, Anne trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and\, over the course of her career\, has performed for the likes of Shakespeare’s Globe\, the RSC\, and theatres such as The Birmingham Rep\, The Watermill\, The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and many more. She is also a presenter on Cbeebies on Playtime Towers. \nAs a playwright\, Anne has written for the likes of Storyhouse Theatre\, Hightide\, The Almeida\, The Mercury Theatre Colchester and BBC Radio 4. \nHer play\, Princess Essex (in which Anne also played the lead) was performed on the main stage of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and went on to be nominated for Best New Play at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025 and Best Performer in a Play. Anne is the latest recipient of Best Playwright from the The Black British Theatre Awards 2025. \nBursary Offer\nA limited number of free bursary places are available for this event.\nTo request one of these places\, please email mercury.creatives@mercurytheatre.co.uk. \nDon’t miss our Connect session\nJoin us from 8pm at our Mercury Creatives Connect in Southend event for an exciting networking opportunity.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mercury-creatives-southend-masterclass-how-to-write-a-play-with-anne-odeke/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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SUMMARY:Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: Demystifying the Casting Process with Wayne Linge
DESCRIPTION:Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! Check out one of their upcoming events in partnership with us below. \nMercury Creatives Masterclass: Demystifying The Casting Process For Actors & Aspiring Actors: A Practical Workshop\, Discussion and Q & A with Casting Director Wayne Linge – Book here! \nThis workshop is open to all. Whether you are an established performer\, are in the early stages or your career or have no professional experience but are curious to find out more about a career in the creative industries\, you are very welcome! \nFor the practical element of the workshop\, participants will be sent a selection of scenes in advance and asked to prepare one scene of their choosing. Participants will have the opportunity to submit their scene as a self-recorded tape or to take part in a mock audition ‘live’ on the evening where you will work on the scene with Wayne in front of the other participants. Whether you submit a self-tape or take part in a live mock casting\, you’ll receive feedback on your read on elements such as characterisation\, camera technique and performance skills. Self-tapes will also be viewed by all participants during the workshop. \nFor the live mock audition\, you don’t have to have learnt the lines\, but please be as familiar as possible with them. You are welcome to bring a printed or digital copy of the scene with you. \nThere will also be a discussion and Q&A\, where Wayne will talk in more depth on their casting process\, with tips and advice on how to prepare for castings. The aim is to help demystify and explain the commercial business elements of the industry\, which sit alongside the creative. We’ll also discuss the specifics of being based in the East of England and how to overcome some hurdles such as rural and coastal isolation\, which can be barriers to a career in the creative industries. \nThis will be your opportunity to ask questions\, and you are encouraged to think about these questions in advance\, write them down and bring them along with you! \nThis workshop adheres to the Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) workshop guidelines. The guidelines can be viewed here. \nIn line with the CDG guidelines\, in signing up to the workshop\, all participants acknowledge and understand the following that the intent of the workshop is educational and should not be considered a job interview or audition. Attending workshops is not a way to obtain employment as an actor. It is a learning / educational experience. The presence of a Casting Director is neither a guarantee nor a promise of employment. Contact with a Casting Director at a workshop rarely results in any further contact with that Casting Director or any company affiliated with that Casting Director. The presence of a Casting Director is absolutely not a guarantee or promise of employment. The intent of this class is solely educational and not a form of job interview or audition. \nYou can find out more about Crampsie Linge Casting at crampsielinge.com \nMeet the Facilitator\nWayne Linge (he/him) is one-half of Casting partnership Crampsie Linge Casting\, which he established with Julia Crampsie in 2023. Wayne and Julia collaborated for nearly a decade in the Casting Department at the BBC where Julia was Head of Casting for over 15 years. \nJulia and Wayne have recently finished casting on Forever Home\, an adaptation of the Graham Norton novel of the same name for Channel 5\, produced by FilmNation Entertainment and The Mediapro Studio. \nPrevious casting credits include; Our Girl\, We Hunt Together and EastEnders. \nWayne was born and raised in Suffolk and now lives in Essex. He originally trained as an Actor and worked as Assistant Producer for a regional theatre company in Suffolk between 2009 to 2012. \nBursary Offer\nA limited number of free bursary places are available for this event.\nTo request one of these places\, please email mercury.creatives@mercurytheatre.co.uk. \nDon’t miss our Connect session\nJoin us from 8pm at our Mercury Creatives Connect in Southend event for an exciting networking opportunity.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mercury-creatives-southend-masterclass-demystifying-the-casting-process-with-wayne-linge/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Southend
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