Actress, writer and coach, Emma Welsh (née Currie) has spent 27 years running Acting Up along side her other creative projects. She has worked in multiple countries with heavy industries such as oil & gas, shipbuilding, manufacturing, wind power, construction, drinks, plant hire... and many more. She understands the power and stimulation of live theatrical performance for bringing attention to a theme and uses the idea of surprise to engage the audience.
She favours using monologues at the beginning of a session to impart human stories relevant to Health and Safety, Leadership, Mental Health and wellbeing. Her subsequent sessions are inspired by solution-focussed coaching techniques and she has a reputation for getting the room buzzing with conversations about workplace culture.
Emma has a number of monologues which she's written for clients over the years. She is best known for Gail’s Shoes, the story of a couple picking up the pieces after an accident has affected their lives.
Other monologues include The Vigil, the accident personified as a femme fatal. Below Par, a supervisor who has infected the mindset of his team in a negative way and has been given gardening leave after a young man was killed on his watch. Stuck in a Lift, two characters with opposing views on how to change corporate culture fight it out in a lift. And Davy’s Baby, the story of Davy’s family and how his larger-than-life way of living came at a cost for those that loved and cared for him.
All these performances can be adapted to suit any industry or theme as the focus is on the human tale. They are all fictitious but believable, which means that discussions inspired by them can be hypothetical and can drill down into the question: What if I were in this situation? This makes for a personal and philosophical atmosphere which helps the participants understand how they respond to and influence the workplace culture as individuals.
Emma can also work with your team to train-the-trainer and enhance internal communications or presentations.
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