The Work Room

Our Open Studio Fridays kicks off tomorrow!

Don't forget to book your free spot for our:

OPEN MOVE, 10am - 12pm
A session for independent practice, to move, in a shared space, to a set playlist curated by a member.

STUDIO CAFE, 12.30 - 2pm
Tending a Practice Conversation Cafe - a lightly held, informal space with snacks, refreshments, and prompts to support and guide conversation.

Can't wait to see you there 🤸🏾‍♂️

https://theworkroom.org.uk/events/open-access-open-studio/

Last week to apply for Meeting Points IV!
Our international exchange project with Tanzbüro München.

It will take the form of two one-week research labs, bringing the artists together in Munich in November 2026 and again in Glasgow, in March 2027.

Each artist will receive: £2000 fee, travel, accommodation and per diems, and tickets for selected performances.

https://theworkroom.org.uk/opportunities/meeting-points-iv-the-work-room-glasgow-tanzbro-mnchen-munich
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Tickets are now live for our subsidized Headshots Friday!

Part of our , you can book a short, 15 minute headshot session in TWR studio to produce a pack of 3 headshots for use across your professional portfolio and CV.

Headshots will be taken by photographer Aga Paulina Młyńczak.

Spaces are limited, so be sure to book.

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/37511/studio-cafe-headshots-for-performers

Members - Get your electrical equipment PAT tested for free 🔌⚡

Friday 17 July, join us for our PAT Testing , with coffee, and co-working in the resource room while you wait. Members can have 5 items tested free of charge.

Members can drop off items in advance of the 17th, as long as they are left in a bag, and clearly labelled. If you are dropping off items, we ask that you collect them within 1 week, for fair use of space.

PAT Testing, is a process of inspecting and testing electrical appliances to ensure they are safe for use. Most venues and organisations, including The Work Room, require any electrical items brought into their venues to have been recently PAT Tested, as part of Health and Safety. We recognise this can be expensive to do on a single item basis.

This is part of our bookable STUDIO CAFE offerings, addressing the wider needs of being an independent dance artist. STUDIO CAFE is part of our Summer pilot programme , offering bookable slots of studio time, alongside a regular programme of curated offerings on Fridays.

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/37510/studio-cafe-pat-testing

Friday 10 July - Join us for coffee, co-working and conversation with peers!

A lightly held, informal space with snacks, refreshments, and prompts to support and guide conversation. Meet new members or catch up with peers, as we exchange strategies for sustaining a creative practice in current (hellscape) times.

This is part of our bookable STUDIO CAFE offerings, addressing the wider needs of being an independent dance artist. STUDIO CAFE is part of our Summer pilot programme OPEN ACCESS OPEN STUDIO, offering bookable slots of studio time, alongside a regular programme of curated offerings on Fridays.

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/37509/studio-cafe-tending-a-practice-conversation-cafe

Friday Morning OPEN MOVE this summer at The Work Room!

Inspired by Wainsgate Open Practice sessions, OPEN MOVE is a free session for independent practice, to move, in a shared space, to a set playlist curated by a member. These will take place during our OPEN STUDIO FRIDAYS, from 10am - 12pm.

Fridays in July and August
10, 17, 24, & 31 July + 7 August
10am - 12pm
The Work Room studio, Tramway

Please note – this is not a led class or group improvisation session. This is about regular time and space to do your own thing, in the company of other professional dance artists. OPEN MOVE is aimed at members looking to maintain a regular physical practice over the Summer. The session runs for 2 hours but there is no expectation to stay for the duration of the playlist. You can arrive and leave at any point across the 2 hours, to fit your practice around your day.

Booking required. To help manage numbers, these sessions require booking via OutSavvy. Our studio comfortably fits 20 moving people.

OPEN MOVE is part of our Summer pilot programme OPEN ACCESS OPEN STUDIO, offering bookable slots of studio time, alongside a regular programme of curated offerings on Fridays.

Hey members! Looking for free studio time?
Bookings are now open for our OPEN ACCESS STUDIO TIME!

can book free time in our studio, at Tramway, throughout July and August, starting from Thursday 8 July.

Studio time is bookable in half-day blocks (3.5 hours), and can be used for closed rehearsal and practice, i.e. to develop or sustain practice, rehearse, test ideas, get back into moving, and more. This is free, short slots of time in the TWR studio, and there is no bursary or fees associated with this offer.

Please note – these slots cannot be used to hold classes, workshops or any public facing activity.

Bookings are open for: Studio time available between 6 – 19 July.

Bookings will open on:
Monday 6 July at 10 am, for studio time available between 20 July – 2 Aug

This is a pilot programme, following on from feedback from our Members Working Group, and Members Assembly, around increasing the ease and transparency around accessing the studio, when it’s not in use by our regular programme. We will be piloting methods of booking and advertising slots of studio availability over Summer, with the aim of refining and embedding this offer alongside our next round of residencies (from Sept 2026).

https://theworkroom.org.uk/news/open-access-studio-time/

: Jonah Russell

This week we welcome Jonah Russell to The Work Room for his first studio residency, working in collaboration with H Barton.

Jonah Russell and H Barton are a hand-to-hand duo who will be spending their week in residence, exploring how their acrobatic bodies fit inside a single # # hoodie.

The development time will focus on discovering the theatrical possibilities of working with the jumper, choreographic moments that sit between dance and more acrobatic techniques, and blurring the distinction between the two.

Jonah & H will be opening up their process with a work-in-progress sharing on Wednesday 1 July at 4:30 pm.

Residency Sharing: Choreography, Theatrical Acrobatics & an # # Jumper
Wednesday 1 July
4:30 - 5:30 pm, The Work Room studio, Tramway
FREE - RSVP via Outsavvy

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/37547/residency-sharing-with-jonah-russell-choreography-theatrical-acrobatics-and-an- # # -jumper

Image credit: Max Crawford

Dance artists - looking to strengthen and restore your body?

Don't forget to book for free, open-level sessions dedicated to conditioning, mobility, and stretching exercises and techniques. Sessions will include dynamic movement, mobility work, short periods of rest, and longer held stretches.

23 & 24 June
10.30am - 11.45am
at The Work Room studio
Free, booking required via OutSavvy

As part of Mele's work as one of our .

Image: by Ruby Pluhar
[Description]: Mele poses for a production shot with a voluminous red costume.

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/37000/open-studio-with-mele-broomes-body-conditioning-and-stretch-session