'evolve’ is owned by husband-and-wife team – Mark and Zoe Jones. They provide drama & dance workshops for all ages (from 5 to 100+) – based at Chorley Theatre. A safe environment where people can express themselves, build their confidence, drive their creativity, use their imagination and have fun! We have over thirty years’ experience – you don’t need any! We have successfully partnered with Chorley Theatre for over 4 years and currently have over 100 kids and 80 adults who attend every week.
Cost – Kids £5 per workshop, Adults £10.
What we offer
Click HERE to see full details of our adult workshops
Click HERE to see full details of our acting and performance programmes
Click HERE to see full details of our Kids workshops
Click HERE to see full details of our adult dance workshops
Our weekly schedule of workshops is HERE
Who we are…
‘evolve’ is owned by husband-and-wife team – Mark and Zoe Jones, who are both trained first aiders and enhanced DBS checked. They have had decades of involvement at Chorley Theatre.
Mark is a multi award winning writer/director. He has directed 20 productions over a 21-year period at Chorley Theatre, he wrote 11 of those productions, including ‘The Knicker Spy’, ‘Lucan’ and ‘Deeds not Words’. He is also a qualified ‘people specialist’ with over 30 years working to develop the skills and behaviours of people of all ages. Zoe is an all-rounder – dancer, actor and director and has been at Chorley Theatre since the age of 6. She has performed in plays, musicals and pantomimes, and has directed many productions including ‘Glorious’, ‘Little Women’ and ‘Moana’.
‘evolve’ was set up in 2021, generally Mark delivers all the adult workshops (16+) (over 80 attend each week) and Zoe delivers all the ‘kids’ workshops (over 100 attend each week).
contact us:-
email us at - evolve@chorleytheatre.com
Ring us, text us or whatsapp us on 07877 111 248
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