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CHANGE MAKERS 2024.

22 APR - 3 May  2024

FEATURING BA ACTING & PERFORMANCE STUDENTS

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY 

About the CHANGE MAKERS Showcase 

Change Makers 2024 is a thrilling two-week undergraduate showcase produced by final-year BA (Hons) Acting and Performance students as part of Sheffield Hallam University's Future Now festival of creativity. 

 

The showcase is a celebration of the hard work, dedication, and skill of the students and is the culmination of a major final module in which they have created original performances for presentation in a professional festival context.

 

Featuring new writing, physical theatre, storytelling, multi-media performance, short-films, and scripted plays. The showcase includes the work of students from across the degree.

Event programme

  • To Keep You Warm
    To Keep You Warm
    Multiple Dates
    To Keep You Warm
    Fri, 03 May
    03 May 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    03 May 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    Will Cora, Anna and Denise reconcile their relationships or will the three women become consumed by their perpetual loneliness.
  • Chimgaye’s Night Out
    Chimgaye’s Night Out
    Multiple Dates
    Chimgaye’s Night Out
    Thu, 02 May
    02 May 2024, 19:00 – 19:55
    The Performance Studio, S1 2LQ
    02 May 2024, 19:00 – 19:55
    The Performance Studio, S1 2LQ
    Delve into a gripping, psychological stage production. In this intense performance, witness the raw emotion and twists that will keep you on the-edge-of-your-seat.
  • Women Ruin Film
    Women Ruin Film
    Multiple Dates
    Women Ruin Film
    Wed, 01 May
    01 May 2024, 19:00 – 19:40
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    01 May 2024, 19:00 – 19:40
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    1 woman, 1 green screen, 10 films, 70 years, 1 goal to ruin the preconceived expectation of women on screen.
  • Flat Broke
    Flat Broke
    Sold Out
    Flat Broke
    Wed, 01 May
    01 May 2024, 17:00 – 18:00
    The Void Cinema, Howard St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2LX, UK
    01 May 2024, 17:00 – 18:00
    The Void Cinema, Howard St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2LX, UK
    Five young lads, burdened by recession, have to figure out a way to scrape by using “innovative” methods to get themselves out of sticky situations.
  • The Grey Area
    The Grey Area
    Multiple Dates
    The Grey Area
    Tue, 30 Apr
    30 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:30
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    30 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:30
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    The Grey Area. A two-hander performance response to Sarah Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis. An intermedial show about the spectrum of our emotions.
  • Ghost of the Marsh
    Ghost of the Marsh
    Multiple Dates
    Ghost of the Marsh
    Mon, 29 Apr
    29 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    29 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    Ghost of the Marsh is a horror themed play and a response to ghost stories set in the Victorian and Edwardian era.
  • Why I Shouldn't Buy Presents
    Why I Shouldn't Buy Presents
    Multiple Dates
    Why I Shouldn't Buy Presents
    Fri, 26 Apr
    26 Apr 2024, 19:30 – 20:00
    The Performance Studio, S1 2LQ
    26 Apr 2024, 19:30 – 20:00
    The Performance Studio, S1 2LQ
    “Why I Shouldn’t Buy Presents” is a one-woman show following the trials of saving the last thing she has left of her best friend.
  • Chekhov's Gun
    Chekhov's Gun
    Multiple Dates
    Chekhov's Gun
    Fri, 26 Apr
    26 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:30
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    26 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:30
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    Following the principle of Chekhov's gun four people locked in a room must decide who must shoot who.
  • The Accident
    The Accident
    Multiple Dates
    The Accident
    Fri, 26 Apr
    26 Apr 2024, 18:00 – 19:00
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    26 Apr 2024, 18:00 – 19:00
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    "The Accident" delves into family, loyalty, and human nature, as Liam's arrival disrupts a romantic meal. Intense, thought-provoking, and resonant.
  • Spiders
    Spiders
    Multiple Dates
    Spiders
    Thu, 25 Apr
    25 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:45
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    25 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:45
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    Two best friends, well…. sort of, enchanted by spiders, a nightclub in hull but one gets captivated by a man in a checked shirt
  • Behind Closed Doors
    Behind Closed Doors
    Multiple Dates
    Behind Closed Doors
    Wed, 24 Apr
    24 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:45
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    24 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:45
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    Behind Closed Doors, delves into Mia and Harriet’s chaotic family life with their troubled mum, Martha, in the 2000’s, tackling addiction, neglect, and love.
  • The Art Machine
    The Art Machine
    Multiple Dates
    The Art Machine
    Tue, 23 Apr
    23 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:40
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    23 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:40
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    The Art Machine' is an original play exploring the use of artificial intelligence as a creative tool through a series of episodic scenes that attempt to recreate real AI generations as live theatrical performances.
  • Out of the Woods: Eco Tales Adventures
    Out of the Woods: Eco Tales Adventures
    Multiple Dates
    Out of the Woods: Eco Tales Adventures
    Mon, 22 Apr
    22 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:45
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    22 Apr 2024, 19:00 – 19:45
    The Performance Lab, S1 2LQ
    An interactive story for kids (ages 4-8) about a quest to save the environment, with mythical characters and fun adventures.
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Future Now is Sheffield’s festival of creativity. Through exhibitions, events, performances and screenings we ask emerging artists, designers, filmmakers, animators, writers, architects and performers to open a window into their practices and show us their - and our - futures. This is a citywide platform showcasing the work of Sheffield Hallam University’s graduating students, and we invite visitors to encounter new ways of understanding the world through art, design, architecture, film, photography, performance and writing.

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Change Makers 2023 programme
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