Jenny Wemyss Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Travelling the country delivering Dance and Drama workshops. Working with hundreds of children a week, across all Key Stages in a creative way, to bring out confidence, expand understanding and develop performance skills. Additionally I deliver to Staff for Continuing Professional Development and to Parents to increase engagement and understanding outside of schools. Using theatre and performance skills to enrich learning on a huge variety of topics. Bringing innovative activities, songs, games, choreography, roleplay and devised work to develop knowledge and enhance learning. The workshops and topics range from issue based content, to History, Culture, Literacy, Science, Mindfulness and much more. Additional Duties Include: - Workshop Planning - Developing creative activities- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs - Timekeeping, working on initiative, adapting and problem solving. - Working with young people from all backgrounds and ensuring workshops are inclusive for all. "One Day is a forward-thinking Creative Education Company, connecting children with learning through creativity and imagination. Our innovative approach to education is the perfect companion for schools looking to enrich the curriculum and complement classroom teaching."https://onedaycreative.com/

Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Working in residency as the schools’ specialist performing arts teacher. Delivering weekly creative workshops to enhance curriculum topics and build speech & language skills, confidence and teamwork.

Running weekly Performing Arts classes for Juniors and Seniors. Building children's confidence, teamwork and public speaking, while working towards IDTA Acting Awards and shows. Teaching performance skills such as: - Character Development- Vocal Expression- Script Writing - Physical Theatre - Blocking- Acting Through Song - Prop work - Acting Awards Exams

Freelance Writer and Creative Content Developer. In this role I have been writing and developing Theatre in Education Workshops to be delivered in school throughout the UK. These workshops are for all Key Stages and are delivered by creative facilitators nationally. The creative workshops use Dance and Drama skills to enrich learning in schools and cover a whole host of topics. A recent commission was for Carnival UK Cruise Liners writing Baby Sensory workshops to be delivered across their fleets. This was a total of 12 original workshops for ages 2 to 4 and for Under 2's. The themes included: Pirates, Wonderland, On the Farm, Wonderful Weather, Outer Space and Rumble through the Jungle. A large amount of the commissions are for One Day Creative and themes have included: - Victorians and A Victorian Christmas. - Dragon Tales- Benin West Africa - Citizens of Chocolate- The Pilgrim Fathers- Holi Festival - Mindfulness (Plus two add on workshops on the Importance of Sleep and Exam Stress)- Ramayana - Japanese Fan Dance - The Battle of Hastings- Mills and MachineryI am currently working on content for online and remote learning workshops due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Leeds, United Kingdom

- Managing a team of Bar Assistants, Training Staff, and Delegating of Tasks. - Efficiently dealing with customer feedback and complaints. Highly skilled in conflict resolution. - Interviewing and Assessing for the recruitment of new staff members throughout the commercial outlets within LUU. - Supervising at a wide range of events, running the bar, selling tickets, managing VIP's and liaising with the security and events teams. - Stepped up as Assistant Manager for 9 Months during a change in staffing. This lead to additional roles and responsibilities including cashing up events taking up to £15,000 a night.- Stock Management and cellar maintenance. - Working in a large team in a loud, busy and fast paced environment leading to excellent teamwork and communication skills. - Responsible for the organisation and running of social events for the team of 50 throughout my time at the company.

Working on board P&O and Cunard Cruise Liners delivering creative workshops to young people aged 2-17. The workshops focus on Dance skills, but they also include other performance techniques and culminate in 1 or 2 public performances per Cruise. Participants take part in cultural dance, in which we explore the history of the style, develop performance skills through games and activities and learn choreography. The workshops I have delivered have been: Chinese Ribbon Dancing, Carnival Dance, Flamenco, Bollywood, Aboriginal Dance, African Dance ad Street Dance. On the second week of a cruise I deliver fantasy themed workshops, bringing to life imaginary worlds and allowing the participants to explore through their own creativity. Themes included: Pirates, Chocolate Factory, Wonderland, Fairytales, Outerspace and Mission Impossible. On board I also created and deliver Baby Sensory sessions for children under 2 years old. These sessions are attended by babies and their parents to relax, play and bond during their time on board. These workshops are full of colour, songs and sensory experiences and themes include: Rumble Through the Jungle, Under the Sea, Wonderland, Outer Space, Wonderful Weather, and On the Farm. Additional duties include:- Enhancing the holiday experiences of passengers on board.- Delivering an excellent standard of customer service.- Developing Creative Content for the workshops. - Engaging with families and customers. - Assisting the Entertainment Team.This is a seasonal role during which I have currently spent 21 weeks at sea.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Over my time with LUU Theatre Group and LUU Open Theatre I produced numerous shows including Trainspotting (2016), The Monstrosity of Things (2016), A Clockwork Orange (2016), The Boat (2015), The Pillowman (2014). Amongst other duties this involved planning; fundraising; scheduling; and advertising the events.

California

YMCA Camp Campbell is a family camp delivering a huge range of activities throughout the year. I spent a summer working here on Family and Young People’s Summer Camps. My role was to organise and run activities each day, through which I was also lead on the Drama Programme over the summer. - Ensuring that families had amazing and memorable experiences. - Activities I ran included: Climbing Wall, Water based activities such as Aquafit and Water Games, Quizzes, Sports, Campfire Shows, Karaoke, Arts and Craft Activities, Drama, Dance and much more. - Working with a range of guests from different backgrounds and countries, making sure all needs were catered for.

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Stage Manager for Pif Paf Theatre and Tell Tale Hearts’ production of Snow White. - Liaising with the production team, theatre staff and performers throughout the process. - Highly efficient organisation and communication to ensure the smooth running of the show. - Social Media Advertising and Marketing for the production. - Accurate time management. - Technical capabilities: cue calling, knowledge of lighting and sound, the creation of the production book. Prop and costume maintenance. - Competency in computing for record keeping, communication with the team, ordering of props and costume, and Microsoft office.

A production of Hide and Seek touring nationally to perform in Secondary Schools across the country. In this role as Actor Teacher, in a small cast of only 4, we performed in multiple roles engaging young people. Bringing to life the historical tale of the Gun Powder Plot we allowed pupils to imagine life at the time and have a deeper understanding of their topic. During the performance pupils could delve deeper through discussions and engaging activities allowing them autonomy over the performance. We were also privileged enough to perform for company patron Bill Nighy.

Leeds, United Kingdom

- In charge of running the theatre Stage@Leeds' Box Office and Bar as well as the backstage and on stage elements of a theatre on a show night. - Liaising with Performers and Companies as well as theatre staff and production crews.- Delivering high quality Customer Service.- Management of health and safety, cash handling, ticket sales, advertising. - Presenting and Introducing shows and delivering announcements.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Theatre And Performance, First Class Ba Honours

Activities and Societies: A member of numerous societies such as: LUU Theatre Group, LUU Open Theatre, LUU Perfomance and Cultural.

A-Levels, English Literature, Drama, Geography