Participate
A programme of training created specifically for schools, colleges and conservatoires in the performing arts. Designed to help both students and staff address a range of topics in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as a space for reflection on personal and professional development.
Training created specifically for performing arts colleges and conservatoires
Photo: P Fysh
Student Sessions
Student sessions are designed to support vocational learning and make space for students to think beyond the technical skills of their craft and explore the industry (and their role within it) on a deeper level. Students will come away empowered with the awareness and confidence they need to navigate the industry as individuals, whilst also understanding how they can become a force for positive change in an inclusive, collaborative space.
We are thrilled to now offer three strands of our Participate student programme that respond to the nuance of studying different areas of the performing arts:
Staff Sessions
The programme for teaching and administrative staff creates space for reflection, as well as being future-focused, including the provision of a range of useful tools and framing of ideas and concepts which participants can integrate into their practice.
Participate’s Impact
Participate is a thriving nationwide programme. The popularity of our sessions demonstrates the great need for them. In the academic year ‘23-’24, 75 sessions were delivered across 16 different institutions, reaching 2,000 students and staff across the performing arts training ecology. To date, we have worked with 25 HE institutions across the whole of the UK.
About Participate
Participate is Tonic’s programme of training and workshops created specifically for schools, colleges, conservatoires and universities in the performing arts. Designed to provide students with space in their busy timetables to reflect on their personal, professional and interpersonal development, as well as encouraging empathy and connection with their peers. All sessions are designed and delivered in a way that is tailor made for performing arts students; providing space and learning that is pragmatic, empowering, and optimistic.
The programme for teaching and administrative staff creates space for reflection, as well as being future-focused, including the provision of a range of useful tools and framing of ideas and concepts which participants can integrate into their practice.
Since 2018 Tonic have delivered Participate around the country. The popularity of the sessions has demonstrated the great need for them. Read more on Participate’s impact and reach.
Booking and further info
Get in touch or contact our team at info@tonictheatre.co.uk for further information or to discuss bringing Participate to your students and colleagues.
Tailored to your needs
Participate training sessions are bookable individually or as part of a longer-term package of support. Looking for something specific? Get in touch to discuss.