New Events – Workshops and Summer Retreats

J. Productions offers play readings, discussions, and interactive workshops on a regular basis.

The workshops are led by experienced actors and theatre practitioners able to bring to life plays and personalities from those plays in an interactive and illuminating manner.Recent workshops have focused on sixteenth century outspoken playwright, Aphra Benn, Shakespeare’s Cleopatra and Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler.

J.Productions also hosts summer Theatre Retreats in the English language in a beautiful villa in the heart of Tuscany in the months between June and September.  The precise location is Podere dell’Amore, at Ponsano. located between Volterra, San Gimignano and Colle Val d’Elsa and are led by highly experienced theatre professionals and actors with UK teaching qualifications and a world of theatre, music, directing and acting know-how. This year’s Theatre Retreat is currently in the planning stage.

The ‘Storytelling’ and ‘Theatre’ Retreats were developed and rolled out for the first time in 2019 however the programs have since expanded. In 2020, given the Covid pandemic, a more focused Theatre Retreat was developed based on ‘The Decameron’ by Giovanni Boccaccio and in 2024 J.Productions is considering a Retreat on Greek and Roman Storytelling.

Other events planned for 2024 include offering one-day workshops on ‘Theatre techniques in a business context and Breakfast Bites on  ‘Shakespeare for Business – What can the Baird teach us today?’