Freeing the Inner Voice – Body & Expression: A Workshop for Carers of Every Kind
Sunday 7th September, 2-4pm
When we care for others, it’s easy to lose sight of ourselves. When we hold our loved ones close, we may forget to listen inwardly. This workshop offers a gentle space to reconnect — to pause and listen to your own inner voice: what you like, what you don’t, what brings you joy or discomfort, what you truly want or need. Through simple movement, voice, words, and presence, we’ll explore how to connect deeply with ourselves and gently release our authentic expression.
I warmly invite you to join me on this journey.
Image: Mika Rosenfeld
You-Ri is currently based in London and originally from Japan. She is a highly experienced actress, voiceover, movement director and drama teacher. She is starting Intimacy Coordination soon.
She has worked in theatre, film and TV as an actress in the UK and her unique style, deeply connected with the body, has been much appreciated by many theatre companies such as: Watermill Theatre Newbury, dreamthinkspeak, Volcano Theatre, Theatre503, Southwark Playhouse, Polka Theatre, New Earth Theatre, StoneCrabs Theatre, Dash Arts, amongst others and beyond the border of culture.
SCREEN INCLUDES: The Wheel of Time (Amazon Prime Video/Sony Pictures Television); Silent Witness, Spirit Warriors, Reunited, The Last Enemy (BBC); Winterstoke House, After the World Ended, Yuki (Northern Ireland Screen); Tokyo Jim (HLA, 2nd Winner at TCM Classic Shorts). You’re Welcome (1st Winner at International Short Film Festival in Greece). You-Ri is also an accomplished voiceover artist and her voicework can be heard in video games, television and on your next flight abroad.
CULTURAL CONSULTATION INCLUDES: George Takei's Allegiance (Charing Cross Theatre); Pacific Overtures (Menier Chocolate Factory).
Her highly focused approach to the movement work has led to being a much sought after movement director.
You-Ri is an accomplished pianist. She started playing at the age of four. She also plays the accordion as well as a wide range of percussion instruments including Darbuka, the Egyptian tabla. As a singer, she is an accomplished mezzo soprano.
You-Ri wrote Lemon Elegy, a play performed at the Jermyn Street Theatre under the direction of Tim Baker, Associate Director of the Clwyd Theatre Cymru. Lemon Elegy won the Arts Council England Grant.
She also works as a movement director. Her movement direction includes work at the New National Theatre Tokyo, Royal Shakespeare Company, the English National Opera (ENO), Charing Cross Theatre, Menier Chocolate Factory, and the Middle Temple. She teaches movement/acting at LAMDA, East 15, ArtsEd, Rose Bruford, Fourth Monkey, ALRA, BADA, LDA (London Dramatic Academy), Body and Acting & Scene Study class at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in the Drama Studio, Watanabe Musical Theatre School and Communication Skills and Speech through Acting Training at Jochi University (Sophia University), Toyo University, Tokyo. As an acting workshop leader, You-Ri coaches in the United Kingdom, Europe and in Japan.
Her voice work can be heard in video games, television and on your next flight abroad, just a small part of her extensive voice credits.
Pricing Structure
Our workshops cost £20 for a two hour session. If that does not feel manageable for you we offer discounted places for:
£10 - Students/Unemployed Individuals - those who have very little expendable income.
£15 - Under Employed/Lower Income Individuals - those who have some financial income but rarely afford items outside of basic needs.
£20 - Employed/Middle Income/Higher Income Individuals - those who have regular income and have expendable income outside of their basic needs.
Purchase of a workshop ticket also gives you free access to a Peer Support session, which will be specifically geared towards the identities explored in this workshop.
We don’t want cost to be a barrier to you attending. If £10 is not affordable please contact us and we can offer one free place per workshop, on a first come first serve basis.
