The Art of Cultivating ConnectionThe Art of Cultivating Connection

Our work lies at the intersection of applied theatre practice and trauma-informed awareness.

Drawing on over two decades of experience as practitioners, we integrate theatre, somatic practice, Fitzmaurice Voicework^®, nervous system literacy and embodied group dynamics.

Our philosophy is to restore connection and community in a world increasingly shaped by hyper-individualism and fragmentation.

Our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are shaped by the body’s lived experience, as 80% of the vagus nerve’s fibers send sensory information from body to brain, so transformation must begin with the body.

Participants learn through experiential frameworks: the art of attunement and presence, how to release the authentic voice, how to regulate under pressure, and how to create ensemble dynamics that spark creativity, collaboration, and lasting transformation.Our work lies at the intersection of applied theatre practice and trauma-informed awareness.

Drawing on over two decades of experience as practitioners, we integrate theatre, somatic practice, Fitzmaurice Voicework^®, nervous system literacy and embodied group dynamics.

Our philosophy is to restore connection and community in a world increasingly shaped by hyper-individualism and fragmentation.

Our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours are shaped by the body’s lived experience, as 80% of the vagus nerve’s fibers send sensory information from body to brain, so transformation must begin with the body.

Participants learn through experiential frameworks: the art of attunement and presence, how to release the authentic voice, how to regulate under pressure, and how to create ensemble dynamics that spark creativity, collaboration, and lasting transformation.

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Facilitators

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Lucinda Millward

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Lucinda regularly works with groups curious to find their confidence and authentic voice within the arenas of executive education, mental health, the arts and public institutions.
A core component of her work is exploring the unique power of heightened texts, including Shakespeare and poetry, to channel emotion and foster connection. She is curious about the states of vulnerability and authenticity and their relationship to art, specifically how vulnerability can act as a portal to creativity. Lucinda is excited by the potential for crossover between the art forms, and also with connecting seemingly disparate fields and ideas. She is passionate about the power of connection work as a force for social change and artistic inspiration.

Lucinda holds a degree in History from the University of Oxford, a further BA (Hons) from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and an MA in Text in Performance from RADA and King’s College London, alongside further training in Group Analysis (Institute of Group Analysis) and Nervous System Literacy.

Before launching The Baskerville Project, Lucinda ran a successful educational consultancy in London. She taught BA and MA students at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama across the acting, music, and opera departments, and was Acting Course Director at the Fontainebleau School of Acting for seven years, where she continues to lead masterclasses.
Melissa "PK" Tonning-Kollwitz

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PK is a distinguished educator, coach, and multi-hyphenate artist. Drawing on their MFA in Voice Studies from London's renowned Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, PK helps actors all over the world using The PK Method: a hyper-practical, voice-centric approach to audition technique and artistic growth. They are a certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, a holistic voice methodology rooted in nervous system regulation.
PK has held faculty positions at Marymount Manhattan College, New York Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts, and New York Film Academy (NYC), New World School of the Arts (Miami), Fontainebleau School of Acting (France), and has experience as a Visiting Professional for the Danish National School of Performing Arts, for the MFA Voice Studies cohort at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London) and for the MFA Performance Pedagogy cohort at Loyola Marymount University (California).
PK's pedagogy and artistry are defined by a dedication to both rigorous craft and imaginative possibility, to create theatre that requires us to remain self-reflexive and question what we’ve inherited.

Offerings

The Art of Presence: Embodiment and Attunement for Connection and Healing

In a world that often prizes speed, productivity, and abstraction over embodied presence, many of us feel disconnected from our intuition and from meaningful connection with others.

This experiential workshop sits at the intersection of art, creativity, and mental health. It explores how reconnecting with our bodies and attuning to others can support both healing and relational connection.

Participants will be introduced to the foundations of embodiment and attunement. To be self-reflexive requires the foundations of being grounded and present in the body whilst maintaining a sensitive responsiveness to self, others, and the environment.

Drawing on actor training methods, we will investigate how the body communicates through posture, breath, and movement. Participants will then explore different stages of presence, connection, and quality of attention. We will reflect on how these dynamics apply in therapeutic, community, and workplace settings.

By bridging the creative experiential work with trauma-informed awareness, this session offers practical tools for cultivating presence and relational sensitivity for more authentic and transformative connection.

The Art of Voice: Regulation, Expression, and Being Heard

This workshop introduces participants to voice and expression as pathways for regulation, presence, and connection. Our socialization forces us to acquire both muscular armor in our bodies and psychological constraint in our voices, which prevent us from authentically expressing ourselves and connecting to others. In this experiential workshop, participants will re-discover what it is to be truly seen and heard.

Drawing on Fitzmaurice Voicework^® Destructuring exercises, we will explore how breath and sound can support nervous system regulation and grounding. These practices invite participants to be in tune with their breath, soften held tension, and cultivate embodied resilience.

From this grounding, we will move into theatre-based exercises that invite participants to bring their voices into space, to reflect on the relational exchange that occurs when we speak and are witnessed, and to experience what it is to be received in regulated and intentional ways.

This session offers an experiential journey into reclaiming voice, visibility, and authentic expression: vital steps towards healing and integration.

The Art of Relationality: Ensemble, Community, and Shared Space

Healing does not happen in isolation; it unfolds in relationship.

Through ensemble-based practices drawn from theatre training, this workshop explores the art of connection: attunement, embodied listening, and stepping into courage.

Together, through a lens of play, joy, and compassion, we will build a brave space for rigorous and courageous enquiry. This workshop provides two distinct investigations:
- what is it to step into the vulnerability of sharing your voice in a group whilst
- remaining interoceptive
- learning to witness vulnerability in others with generosity and intentionality

By the end of the session, participants will have experienced both transformative and practical ways of cultivating collective attunement, strengthening connection, and co-creating environments where healing and creativity can flourish. At the heart of impactful connection is the ability to respond to what’s happening in the space between us.

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