Creative writing and performance workshops at Newhailes

Join us at Newhailes House & Gardens for an exciting new course, which will explore the history of the property through a series of creative workshops. The workshops will feature acting, poetry and live performance skills and are led by an amazing line-up of facilitators including:

• Lisa Williams (writer and founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association)

• Gerald Richards (founding CEO of the Super Power Agency)

• Jeda Pearl (writer, poet and artist)

• Joe Williams (founder and director of Heritage Corner)

• Zaki El-Salahi (lyricist, performance poet and community educator)

• Alex Renton (writer and journalist)

• May Sumbwanyambe (librettist, radio dramatist, academic and award-winning playwright)

The workshops will run on Friday afternoons between 19 August and 30 September, with a dress rehearsal and final performance on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October.

Please contact Lisa Williams at edincarib@gmail.com to sign up and for more information.