Mask Workshop (July 2026)

Friday 10th July 2026
£135 + VAT
THE UMBRELLA ROOMS
239-241, Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8EH

10:00-17:30

Masks are the ultimate permission giving tools. They allow us to tap into and unlock different parts of ourselves. They can help us to find different ways of moving, different ways of thinking and different ways of speaking. They can kick start our imagination, our creativity and get us back in touch with our natural spontaneity. They allow us to develop characters that are exaggerations or polar opposites of how we experience ourselves on a daily basis. They allow us to explore different parts of our personalities in order to get to know ourselves better and understand some of our foibles, projections and fixed self-images that keep us stuck. Best of all masks are a powerful, exciting and highly entertaining method of personal development.

This one-day workshop uses masks as a way of exploring different parts of our personality in order to meet and work with a variety of new characters in a variety of different situations including a mask based soap opera, mask art and improvised mask Ted talks!

                                                           PLEASE NOTE THIS WORKSHOP IS LIMITED TO 10 PARTICIPANTS

Feedback from previous workshop participants       

"Simply the best workshop ever."
"Possibly the most liberating experience you might ever have."
"I'll never forget the bits of me I met for the first time at the mask workshop."
"Very weird.  In a very, very good way."
"I keep a photo of my mask in my wallet to remind me of who I can be."
"An incredible day."
"A truly magical experience"
"It is like going home with a bunch of new friends inside yourself!"

Steve Chapman has developed a particular method of using masks for personal development, combining ideas from gestalt psychology with exercises from improvised theatre and classic mask techniques. Steve has trained in mask work with the likes of Keith Johnstone (Loose Moose), Steve Jarrand (Trance Masks), Emily Gray (Trestle Theatre) and Russell Dean (Strangeface Theatre). Steve is founder of Can Scorpions Smoke Change and Creativity Limited and has worked with a wide variety of organisations and individuals helping them nurture their creative spirit and innovate in times of change. He is visiting faculty at Ashridge Business School and the Metanoia Institution. He spends the majority of his time not quite knowing what he is doing.

VENUE ACCESIBILITY
The venue for this workshop is located on the ground floor of the building but there are 3 or 4 concrete steps to get in. Unfortunately the venue does not have a wheelchair access ramp. If you have specific accessibility requirements then drop me an e-mail and I can find an alternative venue for the next workshop.

CANCELLATION POLICY
As this is a high-touch workshop of only 10 people, refunds cannot be made after 14 days before the event date unless it is possible to fill your place.  Any request for refunds before 14 days will be considered on a case by case basis and refunded/rolled-over as much as possible.