Do you want to discover and develop skills in directing family storytelling theatre? On this short course, you will have the opportunity to work with a range of texts from fiction and non-fiction books and plays to create scenes for family or young people’s theatre.

The course will be held over three days on Saturday 9, 16 and 23 January 2027, 10am to 6pm, at the Tall Stories Studio in Islington, London.

We are inviting applications from emerging directors interested in learning more about family storytelling theatre, aged 18 or over. There are eight places available on the course.

We are committed to identifying and reducing barriers which may ordinarily exclude people from continued professional development. We particularly encourage applications from people whose backgrounds or lived experience are underrepresented in previous applications to our artist development opportunities this includes people from the global majority and from low socio-economic backgrounds.

We are also interested to hear from directors who live in Islington and neighbouring North London boroughs.

This course is free and Tall Stories will pay a £10 per day financial contribution towards the travel expenses of all participants for getting to and from the Tall Stories Studio, within the London area. If you live outside of London and need financial assistance with travel, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll take this into consideration.