Do Good and Do Well

061 Learning about ourselves, with Gemma Woffinden

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This week's Do Good & Do Well guest is the fantastic Gemma Woffinden.

Gemma is a passionate theatre maker, producer and facilitator with over 20 years of experience in working with children and young people in a variety of contexts. Gemma is also currently the Speak Up producer at Theatre Royal Wakefield leading work with the National Theatre and the Drama Coach at Opera North.

Her mission is to support young people, early career artists and facilitators by signposting them to range of creative pathways to help demystify the theatre industry and open it up to underrepresented future artists.

Such a pleasure to talk to Gemma. We had a really open and honest conversation that I think will resonate with many of you. We talked about:

Why Gemma loves drama, theatre and working with young people
The power of having a teacher who sees you
Asking for help and not having all the answers
Remembering the joy in our work
Looking for approval
Celebrating the good stuff

Mentioned in this episode:

Testament - https://www.testamenthomecut.com/about-1

Kirstie Taylor - https://instagram.com/kirstybratfud

Speak UP - https://www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk/take-part/schools-and-colleges/speak-up

Contact Gemma:

https://twitter.com/gemmawoffinden

https://www.instagram.com/gemmawoffinden

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-woffinden-a091b7206/

Contact me:

Reach out to me on my Linked In page: www.linkedin.com/in/sarahfoxcoach/

Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahFoxCoach

Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CksnPQ2IMr1/

My website: https://sarahfox.co.uk/

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