The Fun Fed, The Winch, 21 Winchester Road, London (2026)

05/05/2026

Embodied Activation is a dance workshop designed to reconnect you with your power – through presence, through stepping fully into your body.

Through sensation. Through being fully in your body. Step into a fully alive version of you and move with renewed purpose and intention. Liza is passionate about activating the power that lies within us all and she does it with warmth, compassion and a tool bag of incredible experience. Liza has a rare ability to see the strength in others and bring it to life. You can be all that you are and you can live it with joy, playfulness and creativity.

This isn’t about performance or perfecting steps. It’s about inhabiting yourself more completely. Feeling what’s alive and moving from that place. Through guided and open movement, the body becomes a direct pathway to confidence, clarity and vitality.

Embodied Activation is about stepping into your body as a source of strength and truth.

There’s space to sweat.

Space to soften.

Space to take up more room.

Dance works on every level. It strengthens neural pathways, supports nervous system regulation, reduces stress and boosts mood-enhancing chemicals like dopamine and serotonin. Moving rhythmically — especially in a group — builds resilience, connection and grounded confidence.

Liza van der Smissen is a London-based dance and embodiment teacher who believes movement should feel powerful, freeing, and fun. With professional training and years of experience on stage and in film, she now combines dance with coaching tools that help people reconnect to their confidence and inner spark.

As co-founder of Female Film Club, she works globally with creatives and has a passion for letting people find their own unique way of moving that works for them. Her classes are not about being a “good” dancer. It’s about moving your body, owning your space, and remembering what it feels like to be out of your head and one with your body.

📆 Tuesday 12th May
📍The Winch in Swiss Cottage North London NW3 3NR
⏰️7-8.30pm
🎟From £11.55

Book through the link in our bio!

04/05/2026

What a beautiful bunch of people we had last week for singing workshop. Filled with good vibes and joy!

We have so many more fun filled workshops for you this season. Join us each Tuesday for your dose of uplifting workshops.

🤡May 5th: Say It Louder: Games and Improv with Rachel Mann .photos

🪩 May 12th: Embodied Activation Dance with Liza Van Der Smissen

🃏 May 19th: Improv Games with

May 26th: Half term break

▶️ June 2nd: Intuitive Play with

🎲June 9th: Silly Games with

🕺🏽June 16th: Solstice Dance Flow Meditation with

🌈June 23rd: Playfully Embracing The Cycles with

🌺 June 30th: Summer of Love - Design your own wearable piece with

Book your early bird tickets through the link in our bio to save yourself some 💰💰💰

03/05/2026

Our next workshop is with .photos where we will discover the joy of playful improv, movement and vocal games in a welcoming space where the emphasis is on spontaneity and connection.

Using simple exercises drawn from improv and comedy training, we explore what happens when you stop overthinking and start responding in the moment. Rachel has this brilliant way of grounding you into presence so you can access the joy of play. She’s super warm and encouraging, helping you get out of the way of yourself and step into the realm of fun.

Every game is an opportunity to build confidence, trust your instincts and connect with others in a light, low-pressure way. Whether you’re brand new to improv or just looking to try something different, this workshop is designed to help you feel more present, expressive and playful.

We can't wait to have Rachel with us!

📆 Tuesday 5th May
📍The Winch in Swiss Cottage North London NW3 3NR
⏰️7-8.30pm
🎟From £11.55

Book yours through the link in our bio.

02/05/2026

Watching these back is such a joy! So much fun and excitement was had this week with who got us to sing in harmonies, rounds and as a group.

Singing can be quite scary because you can feel exposed, but Seamas made it so accessible and you felt like you could give everything a go.

These songs have been stuck in our heads all week!!

30/04/2026

Lots and lots of fun this coming May with fun and games! We have 3 new facilitators coming to bring their expertise and enthusiasm.

🤡May 5th: Say It Louder: Games and Improv with Rachel Mann .photos

🪩 May 12th: Embodied Activation Dance with Liza Van Der Smissen

🃏 May 19th: Improv Games with

May 26th: Half term break

All our workshops are designed to welcome everyone. Whether you've never tried improv or are scared of dancing in public, we make sure we only have the finest facilitators who make you feel welcome and encouraged to give it a go.

Try something new! Join us on Tuesday's at The Winch in Swiss Cottage 7-8.30pm.

29/04/2026

Well, what can we say?! What a beautiful evening!! brought us together to share and sing with each other, and a room of strangers felt like friends by the end because of Seamas's joy and enthusiasm.

We went through so many fun warm ups like drawing with our hips or throwing a puppy down a well (no animals were harmed!) And then got into singing rounds and harmonies.

If we could start everyday like this, the world would be a better place.

Thank you so much Seamas! We look forward to seeing your new show!

Next week:

📆 Tuesday 5th May
🎲 Say it Louder: Games and Imrov
📍The Winch in Swiss Cottage North London NW3 3NR
⏰️7-8.30pm
🎟From £11.55

28/04/2026

Expect big games, silly scenes and uplifting movement to connect with ourselves, our senses, each other and joy with

We start by connecting as a group, and finding our centre followed by some high energy games with a competitive twist, slowing down to access our subconscious and spontaneity for some improvised silliness, then back to the body to try out some new moves.

Held by Kata Armitage of Forgotten Fun. Kata is a transformative and body-oriented coach fascinated in the mind/body connection, having worked with the likes of Google and ASOS to deliver team support as well as one to one coaching with adults and young adults. Kata’s on a community-driven mission to help people access more joy in their everyday lives through movement and play. She believes that when we play + move as a group we can come out of our overthinking mind and access new states of being to radically improve our well-being.

Join us on

📆 Tuesday 9th June
📍The Winch in Swiss Cottage North London NW3 3NR
⏰️7-8.30pm
🎟From £11.55

Get your early bird tickets and save yourself some 💰💰💰 book through the link in our bio.

27/04/2026

It is our mission to bring play and connection to people in London, because it's really so important for us to get back into our childlike state and connect with ourselves. As we get older we lose the ability to play and we want to bring it back!

Through music, dance, improv and games, we want to tap into your inner playful self and have loads of fun!

Join us every week for a smorgasbord of joy!

Coming up:

🎶 April 28th: Seamas Carey’s Singing Workshop

🤡May 5th: Say It Louder: Games and Improv with Rachel Mann .photos

🪩 May 12th: Embodied Activation Dance with Liza Van Der Smissen

🃏 May 19th: Improv Games with

May 26th: Half term break

▶️ June 2nd: Intuitive Play with

🎲June 9th: Silly Games with

🕺🏽June 16th: Solstice Dance Flow Meditation with

🌈June 23rd: Playfully Embracing The Cycles with

🌺 June 30th: Summer of Love - Design your own wearable piece with

26/04/2026

Embodied Activation is a dance workshop designed to reconnect you with your power – through presence, through stepping fully into your body.

Through sensation. Through being fully in your body. Step into a fully alive version of you and move with renewed purpose and intention. is passionate about activating the power that lies within us all and she does it with warmth, compassion and a tool bag of incredible experience. Liza has a rare ability to see the strength in others and bring it to life. You can be all that you are and you can live it with joy, playfulness and creativity.

This isn’t about performance or perfecting steps. It’s about inhabiting yourself more completely. Feeling what’s alive and moving from that place. Through guided and open movement, the body becomes a direct pathway to confidence, clarity and vitality.

Embodied Activation is about stepping into your body as a source of strength and truth.

There’s space to sweat.

Space to soften.

Space to take up more room.

Dance works on every level. It strengthens neural pathways, supports nervous system regulation, reduces stress and boosts mood-enhancing chemicals like dopamine and serotonin. Moving rhythmically — especially in a group — builds resilience, connection and grounded confidence.

Liza van der Smissen is a London-based dance and embodiment teacher who believes movement should feel powerful, freeing, and fun. With professional training and years of experience on stage and in film, she now combines dance with coaching tools that help people reconnect to their confidence and inner spark.

📆 Tuesday 12th May
📍 The Winch in Swiss Cottage North London NW3 3NR
⏰️ 7-8.30pm
🎟️ From £11.55

Book your early bird tickets through the link in our bio!

25/04/2026

We are all still buzzingggg from workshop this week! It was such a thrill to do something that seemed so impossible, but Kimmy broke it down for us so we all felt like we could achieve it.

With kimmy's encouragement and positivity we all felt comfortable having a go and just getting on the mic and trying things out.

Next week we will be using our voices again with a singing workshop and we can't wait!

22/04/2026

WOW. What. A. Workshop!!!! Last night was amazing. We learnt to beatbox with the crazy talented and although some of us felt apprehensive about it, Kimmy encouraged us and made us feel like nothing was a mistake.

We felt safe to get on the mic and play. After learning different sounds and ways to mimic instruments, we had a go and being on a mic felt so good!

Working in pairs and groups, we made our own compositions and performed to each other. We all discovered hidden talents and possibly new career paths... 🤣

Thank you so so much Kimmy for bringing the vibes, even on a day of tube strikes!

Next workshop is:

🎤 Seamas Carey’s Singing Workshop
📆 Tuesday 28th April
📍 The Winch in Swiss Cottage North London NW3 3NR
⏰️ 7-8.30pm
🎟️ From £11.55

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