Make Your Own F*#king Work — Producing Independent Theatre with Andrew Henry in Sydney

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2 Day Workshop

Make Your Own F#king Work*

Producing Independent Theatre

With Andrew Henry

A focused two‑day workshop with leading theatre maker Andrew Henry in Sydney — take an idea from the page to the stage and learn the real craft of producing independent theatre.

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Make Your Own F*#king Work — producing independent theatre workshop with Andrew Henry Sydney, The Actors Workout

Over two days, you'll step out of waiting mode and into the real craft of making your own work happen — led by someone actively producing across independent and major stages.

Built for actors, directors, writers and producers who want to generate their own projects and understand how independent theatre actually gets made — from first idea to opening night.

What to Expect

IDEA TO OPENING NIGHT

Take a concept from instinct through to a fully realised production — and understand what actually gets it across the line.

INDEPENDENT PRODUCING

Learn the real-world logistics, structures, and decisions behind making your own work — including how to source material, secure rights, and bring a project to life.

MOMENTUM OVER PERMISSION

Stop waiting to be chosen. Start generating your own opportunities and building the kind of work that makes the industry pay attention.

SHAPING A PROJECT

Develop stronger instincts around what works, what stalls, and how to move projects forward when things get hard.

CREATIVE DECISION MAKING

Make clearer, bolder, more effective choices throughout the creative process — the ones that separate ideas from finished work.

REAL INDUSTRY INSIGHT

Learn directly from someone actively working across independent and major productions, with an audience of over half a million.

Course Details

Schedule Saturday 27 June – Sunday 28 June

Time 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (with 1 hour lunch)

Location The Actors Workout – Ultimo Studio

Who It's For Actors, directors, writers and producers — emerging and established

Fee $269 (incl. GST)

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Limited to 40 participants

Led by Andrew Henry

Andrew Henry is one of the key figures behind modern independent theatre in Australia. As co-founder of Red Line Productions, he helped transform the Old Fitz Theatre into one of the country's most important homes for independent work — programming over 200 productions and building an audience of more than 550,000 people. He now leads his own production company, Andrew Henry Presents, continuing to develop and produce work across independent and major stages.

His credits span both independent and major productions, including Amadeus (with Michael Sheen), Death of a Salesman (with Anthony LaPaglia), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, Angels in America, The Humans, The Wolves, A View From the Bridge, Doubt, Cock, and The Whale. His latest production Prima Facie will open at the Roslyn Packer Theatre in June.

Prima Facie at the Roslyn Packer Theatre

Michael Sheen in Amadeus at the Sydney Opera House

Who This Is For

Actors, directors, writers and producers ready to stop waiting and start making their own work.

Emerging or established — if you're tired of being in the audience for your own career, this is for you.

For anyone who wants to take ownership of their process, build real momentum, and understand how independent theatre actually gets made.

A Room Built for Momentum

This is a focused, practical workshop designed to keep the room engaged, energised, and highly collaborative across the two days. Everyone in the room is there because they're ready to make something.

Places are limited to 40 participants and offered on application.

Ready to Make Your Own Work?

This isn't about theory. It's about understanding how work actually gets made — and starting to do it yourself.

If that feels like the right fit for where you are, we'd love to have you in the room.

Places are limited and expected to fill quickly.

*Limited to 40 participants · Apply below