Can YOU bring it?
Bring your sickest lyrics
Bring your moves
Bring your creativity
Bring your reality
Breakin’ Convention invites you to
BRING THE DRAMA
Bring the Drama is a free, weekly project for young people aged 14-21 years, who are keen to learn how to create a hip hop theatre show.
Develop skills in scriptwriting, acting, rap and dance, guided by our experienced mentors Debris Stevenson and Steve Macaulay. The group will work together to create their own production that reflects the experiences and stories they wish to tell.
An amazing opportunity to grow as a young artist and to explore your career in theatre.
Stay tuned for upcoming dates to take part!
The Mentors
Steve Macaulay
Steve Macaulay is an actor, writer, director and artistic director of 2 Heavy Productions Theatre Company, a theatre group based in Reading with the ethos of nurturing young talent that has never tried theatre before.
Running theatre workshops, community theatre and professional productions, they have brought performances to local schools, theatres and venues, recently including Trim Palace, Blue/Orange and Little Sweet Thing.
Steve’s film roles include One by One and forthcoming movie Road Girl. His stage acting credits include Farside, Blue Orange, Kingston 14, Caucasian Chalk Circle, B is 4 Black, Jitney, The Windrush, Julius Caesar, The Playground and in Jonzi D Productions’ Markus The Sadist.
Debris Stevenson
A dyslexic writer, Grime poet, hybrid actor and pro-raver. Debris Stevenson’s work explores the intersectional, unexpected, and unjust – often whilst making her audiences dance, question, and laugh.
Debris had her acting screen debut in MEDUSA DELUXE at Locarno Film Festival in 2022, and recently played the role of the Narrator in the sell-out concert of TREASON THE MUSICAL at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
With the community interest company Debris founded and artistically directed for 6 years, The Mouthy Poets, Debris raised over £300,000 to develop young talent. She has worked in over 30 countries, designed foundation performance poetry modules at Nottingham University, and had her debut poetry pamphlet, Pigeon Party, published by Flipped Eye. Debris’ debut show, POET IN DA CORNER, premiered at The Royal Court in 2018, receiving 4-5 stars and seeing Debris nominated for an Emerging Talent of The Year Award (Evening Standard Theatre Awards). POET IN DA CORNER toured the UK in early 2020 alongside the release of the album (Accidental Records) and a free school’s educational pack.