ROLE PLAYING CARE, an in-person puppet workshop

QUEERCIRCLE
Building 4, 3 Barton Yard, London, SE10 0BN (view map)

Saturday 26th April 2025 at 2:00 PM

Accessibility - Accessible Toilets, Accessible Parking Spaces, Complimentary Ticket for Assistant, Quiet Space, Relaxed Performance, Service Animals Area, Step Free Access, Wheelchair Accessible

FREE

ROLE PLAYING CARE, an in-person puppet workshop

26 APRIL 2025 | 2 - 4 PM

Explore the caring roles we take up in our lives through a playful creative puppetry workshop led by theatre-maker and director, Amber Sophia Williams. Together we will develop narratives and characters that speak to our experiences of caring for others, both light and dark.

We will give ourselves permission to explore the challenging as well as affirming aspects of care, playfully exploring social expectations, power dynamics and coping strategies in a supportive, informal space.

Amber was the co-creator of the one-act show, Salt the Threshold, which was put on at Camden People’s Theatre in 2024. Drawing on her own experience of being a carer throughout much of her twenties, the show explored chronic illness and unpaid care work through the lens of queer horror and folklore.

Amber began her career as an actor before broadening her practice to directing and making. Her work often explores the relationship between the familiar and domestic and the weird and uncanny, often using magical realism, absurdism, and puppetry.

The Lineup

We strive to provide a physical environment that is accessible to all visitors. This includes:

Offering ground-level, step-free access to our spaces.
Offering elevator access to our project space located on the first floor.
Providing accessible restrooms for all genders on every floor of our venues.
Providing folding chairs or other forms of seating at every venue.
Welcoming assistive animal at our spaces and events.
Designating drop-off zones and parking spots within the Design District for visitors with disabilities on Phoenix Avenue which is 160 meters away.
Some in person and digital events can be offered with a BSL interpreter. Please contact us one week in advance of the event and we will try to accommodate this.

Contact alex@queercircle.org for any additional access needs