WE’RE AN ACTORS GYM & CREATIVE HUB IN GLASGOW.
WE aim to nurture & support actors with their craft, after traininG OR IN-BETWEEN JOBS.
HOW WE STARTED
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HOW WE STARTED *
JUNE 2023
POST COVID AND MUCH LIKE EVERYTHING AT THAT TIME, THE SCOTTISH THEATRE INDUSTRY HAD TAKEN A HUGE HIT.
3 CREATIVES (MORGAN WOODS, REBECCA DUNN & CATRIONA MACLEOD) BREWED TOGETHER A WEE IDEA OF HOW WE COULD HOPEFULLY BRING BACK SOME JOY FOR CREATIVES WANTING TO WORK ON THEIR CRAFT, MAINTAIN THeir CONFIDENCE & JUST KEEP US ALL SANE.
THEY FIRST PULLED Their PALS TOGETHER TO MESS AROUND TO SEE IF THIS IDEA WOULD EVEN WORK.
SEPTEMBER 2023
WE HELD OUR FIRST TRIAL SESSION - SOME PEOPLE WE KNEW, AND SOME WE DIDN’T.
WE SET IT UP PURELY FOR FEEDBACK TO SEE IF THIS WIld IDEA WOULD EVEN WORK AND BE BENEFICIAL TO CREATIVES.
THE FEEBACK WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
OCTOBER 2023
WE HELD OUR FIRST PUBLIC GAUN YERSEL’ WORKSHOP.
JANUARY 2024
WITH THE NEW YEAR WE KICKED OFF WITH A FULL YEAR OF WORKSHOP DATES! 1 WORKSHOP, EVERY MONTH OF 2024.
WE ALSO SAT DOWN TO REFLECT ON THE PAST YEAR, AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT GAUN YERSEL’ AS IT WAS GROWING.
WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE NOT A TRAINING PLATFORM, NOT A CLASS, BUT A WORKSHOP.
THERE WOULD BE NO TEACHING IN OUR WORKSHOPS, BUT RATHER PEER-LED WORKSHOPS CATERING FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, AS A RESPONSE TO THE LACKING SPACE OF COMMUNITY AFTER GRADUATION AND IN-BETWEEN JOBS. LIKE AN ACTOR’S GYM.
JULY 2024
WE HELD OUR FIRST INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP with CASTING ASSOCIATE RACHEL NOLAN.
SEPTEMBER 2024
WE MOVED INTO THE AND_FRIENDS SPACE.
JANUARY 2025
WE REFLECTED ON US GOING INTO OUR 2ND YEAR OF RUNNING !!
WE refined our pre-existing workshops by LAUNCHing OUR BEATING HEARTS WORKSHOP, which focused on a different theme or skill each session. and we CONTINUED TO GROW OUR CONNECTIONS WITH OUR INDUSTRY INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS.
WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR TEAM.
FEBRUARY 2025
WE LAUNCHED OUR WEBSITE !!
MARCH 2025
WE KICKED OFF WITH OUR SPRING/SUMMER 25’ SEASON AT GAUN YERSEL’ WORKSHOP.
