A hands-on workshop for creative freelancers looking to build facilitation skills
The Freelancer Skills Workshop: The Creative Facilitator’s Playbook is an energising, practical session designed for creatives who want to confidently design and lead engaging workshops, collaborative projects, and group-based creative experiences.

Delivered in partnership with Fair Collective and Culture Sheffield, this workshop takes place at Gut Level in Sheffield city centre.
What you’ll learn
Through creative warm-ups, visual storytelling, and collaborative exercises, participants will explore how facilitation skills can strengthen existing creative practice and open up new income streams. The session is suitable whether you’re already running workshops or simply curious about adding facilitation to your freelance offering.

Topics explored include:
Essential facilitation skills every creative should know
Designing engaging creative activities and exercises
Reading the room and managing group dynamics and energy
Tools for visual facilitation and collaborative creativity
Adapting facilitation for different audiences and contexts
Building confidence as a creative leader
Pricing and positioning facilitation services
Creating psychological safety for creative risk-taking
Handling challenging moments and keeping groups on track
Using your own creative practice to enhance facilitation
Alongside practical learning, the workshop creates space to connect with other creative freelancers and small business owners, share experiences, and grow your professional network.
Workshop leader
The session will be led by Valerie Monti Holland, a sociodramatist and applied theatre practitioner. Her work in prisons sparked a deep interest in how organisations, groups, and teams function, and how hope, power, and empathy can help create environments where people feel safe enough to play, explore, and create together.
Important information
Participation requires Gut Level membership. Membership is open to everyone and starts from £2 per year.

💷 Price: Free

🌐 More information: https://gutlevel.co.uk/whatson/fair-collective-freelancer-skills-workshop-the-creative-facilitators-playbook

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The world’s biggest party musical returns to Sheffield
Ready to thrill audiences with fun, frocks, and fabulous nonsense, The Rocky Horror Show returns to Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre as part of a brand-new world tour.

Created by Richard O’Brien, this legendary rock ’n’ roll musical has been seen by over 35 million theatregoers worldwide and remains one of the most celebrated and interactive theatre experiences of all time.
What’s the story?
The show follows squeaky-clean college sweethearts Brad and his fiancée Janet. When their car breaks down outside a mysterious mansion while travelling to visit their former college professor, they encounter the charismatic and outrageous Dr Frank-n-Furter — and nothing is ever the same again.

What follows is an unforgettable night of fun, frolics, frocks, and frivolity, packed with cult characters, outrageous moments, and audience participation that has made the show a global phenomenon.
Songs, spectacle, and sheer fun
Directed by Christopher Luscombe, The Rocky Horror Show is theatre at its most playful — featuring iconic songs including Sweet Transvestite, Dammit Janet, and the pelvic-thrusting, show-stopping Time Warp. Expect a party atmosphere, bold costumes, and a night Sheffield audiences will be talking about long after the final curtain.

Whether you’re a long-time fan or experiencing it for the first time, this is a must-see event for anyone looking for something unforgettable to do in Sheffield this January.

🎟 Tickets and performance times:
https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/the-rocky-horror-show-2026

Organiser: Sheffield Theatres

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