Training

The Crick Crack Club runs an annual programme of two-day workshops and longer residential courses. These range from beginners and intermediate courses, specific and focused training, to advanced laboratories, mentoring and direction. We also design, devise and run training sessions for people in a range of other professions. We work with the most experienced and inspired workshop leaders in the country, and our core course programme is led by our very own Artistic Director, Ben Haggarty.

what people say...

I'd recommend the Crick Crack Club's training to anyone seriously interested in becoming a better performance storyteller.Ben Haggarty is one of the most insightful and perceptive mentors out there
TIM RALPHS
It was like being given the keys to a box full of storytelling secrets. A mad, mind-bending blend of performance workshop, literary retreat and (extremely fine) dining club. A seedbed for tales still to be told
Himanshu Ojha
...being immersed in a learning environment allowed me to work deeply on my process away from the distractions of the world.
CLARE MURPHY
Ben is a brilliant teacher and mentor - skilled, astute, inspirational and generous with his time.
EMILY HENNESSEY
This rigorous workshop opened me up to powers of story which I had never known were there.
JAY LEEMING
I wrote feverishly all week and over a year later I am still feasting on these notes.
LARA MCCLURE
We have no scheduled training courses at the moment! Join our mailing list for information on when they're running again...

the secret art of the storyteller

In typically generous style, Ben Haggarty gives free access to extracts from the Secret Art of the Storyteller…

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