Nola Rae
WORKSHOP
12 Jan - 6 Feb 2023LIMF 2022 brings the chance to study different physical and visual theatre skills with leading practitioners. Last year our online workshops proved so popular that this time we’re running a mix of online and in person classes. You’ll find puppetry, commedia, clown, mime and devised theatre - there’s something for all levels of experience, so dive in!
Main Image: The PappyShow Workshop photo © Alessandra Davison
Main Image: The PappyShow Workshop photo © Alessandra Davison
JOHN MOWAT
Creating & Playing with Characters
IN PERSON
Sat 8 - Sun 9 Jan 11am - 6pmJacksons Lane
£150 (£130 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 16
Who is it for? Anyone
Book now through Jacksons Lane >
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Creating & Playing with Characters
Being able to take on various characters is an important part of the actor’s craft. In this course a series of exercises and improvisations is used to build strong physical and vocal characters. These are then explored in a variety of situations to see how they interact and relate with each other.
John Mowat’s teaching is based on creating an environment where you can fall flat on your face and then get up and laugh about it. A place in which to play, explore, experiment, make discoveries and have adventures.
In a career as theatre maker, performer and director stretching over four decades John has had created more than 60 productions and his highly visual style of comedy has toured to more than 50 countries worldwide.
Being able to take on various characters is an important part of the actor’s craft. In this course a series of exercises and improvisations is used to build strong physical and vocal characters. These are then explored in a variety of situations to see how they interact and relate with each other.
John Mowat’s teaching is based on creating an environment where you can fall flat on your face and then get up and laugh about it. A place in which to play, explore, experiment, make discoveries and have adventures.
In a career as theatre maker, performer and director stretching over four decades John has had created more than 60 productions and his highly visual style of comedy has toured to more than 50 countries worldwide.
DAVID GLASS
Physical and Devised Theatre
IN PERSON
Sat 8 - Sun 9 Jan 11am - 6pmJacksons Lane
£150 (£130 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 16
Who is it for? Participants with some knowledge of theatre making - come prepared to move.
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Physical and Devised Theatre
The artist is constantly using their work to help people to ‘see again’, ‘think again’ and ‘feel again’.
David Glass will lead an intensive introductory 2-day masterclass in Physical and Devised Theatre.
This workshop will introduce participants to David Glass’s hugely practical approach to physical and devised theatre. It is rooted in the body, the principle that all life and expression grows out of movement, and that theatre is the imagination made manifest through the body and voice of the performer.
Day 1 Physical Theatre
Physical metaphor and action. Participants will learn a number of expressive tools: elan, struggle, pushing, pulling and being present, and the foundational grammar of impulse, journey, fixed point and the archetypal emotions of Joy, Grief, Fear and Anger.
Day 2 Devised Theatre
David will take the participants on a whirlwind experience of his five phase Creative Practice, which forms the basis of his devising process used by theatre companies and creative organisations around the world.
David Glass is an award-winning performer, director, teacher and creative thinker, having worked in 73 countries and taught more than 80,000 people. He trained at the Lecoq and Decroux schools in Paris and studied with Augusto Boal, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, Alvin Ailey and Mike Alfreds. As well as teaching masterclasses he continues to make work in some 18 countries around the world.
‘David is one of the great teachers and artists of our time…He has the rare gift of marrying deep intellect and knowledge of a scholar with the playful inquisitiveness of a child’ , Amit Lahav, Artistic Director – Gecko
The artist is constantly using their work to help people to ‘see again’, ‘think again’ and ‘feel again’.
David Glass will lead an intensive introductory 2-day masterclass in Physical and Devised Theatre.
This workshop will introduce participants to David Glass’s hugely practical approach to physical and devised theatre. It is rooted in the body, the principle that all life and expression grows out of movement, and that theatre is the imagination made manifest through the body and voice of the performer.
Day 1 Physical Theatre
Physical metaphor and action. Participants will learn a number of expressive tools: elan, struggle, pushing, pulling and being present, and the foundational grammar of impulse, journey, fixed point and the archetypal emotions of Joy, Grief, Fear and Anger.
Day 2 Devised Theatre
David will take the participants on a whirlwind experience of his five phase Creative Practice, which forms the basis of his devising process used by theatre companies and creative organisations around the world.
David Glass is an award-winning performer, director, teacher and creative thinker, having worked in 73 countries and taught more than 80,000 people. He trained at the Lecoq and Decroux schools in Paris and studied with Augusto Boal, Jerzy Grotowski, Peter Brook, Alvin Ailey and Mike Alfreds. As well as teaching masterclasses he continues to make work in some 18 countries around the world.
‘David is one of the great teachers and artists of our time…He has the rare gift of marrying deep intellect and knowledge of a scholar with the playful inquisitiveness of a child’ , Amit Lahav, Artistic Director – Gecko
AVNER EISENBERG
An Introduction to Eccentric Performance
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Six 2-hour Zoom sessionsSun 9 Jan - Sun 13 Feb 3 - 5pm UK time
£230 (£200 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 12
Who is it for? Magicians, clowns, physical comedy performers, and anyone from all experience levels that wants to improve their theatrical skills
Booking enquiries: email avner@avnereisenberg.com with details about your performance background and why you’d like to do the course.
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An Introduction to Eccentric Performance
Use the Eccentric Principles to approach performing and create comic material from a fresh perspective.
If your world is turned upside down, it’s a perfect time to embrace Eccentric Performing – one of the most personal and paradoxical forms of theatre. It can be ingenious or dim-witted, skilful, or blundering. It can have a sharp verbal wit or be completely silent. It can be extremely silly while pointing out the failure of society. Above all, Eccentric Performing is funny!
This workshop will be taught over six consecutive weekends. Each session will last approximately 2 hours and will be recorded and posted for one week to watch if you missed a session. Each week, Avner will feature a new principle and propose an assignment for you to prepare. You’ll use the prompt to inspire a short video, no more than 3 minutes long, and upload it as a private video to YouTube. At the next session the group will view the videos and Avner will offer comments and coaching.
What you will learn:
• Creating and maintaining rapport with any audience
• Applying Lecoq training to clowning
• Turning any audience volunteer into an exceptional volunteer
• And much more!
Avner Eisenberg was described by New York Magazine as ‘Astonishing and funny. A clown for the thinking man’. His show, Avner the Eccentric, was a Broadway hit and appeared in the 1984 and 2002 editions of London International Mime Festival. He is widely known for his portrayal of the lovable holy man in The Jewel of the Nile with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
Use the Eccentric Principles to approach performing and create comic material from a fresh perspective.
If your world is turned upside down, it’s a perfect time to embrace Eccentric Performing – one of the most personal and paradoxical forms of theatre. It can be ingenious or dim-witted, skilful, or blundering. It can have a sharp verbal wit or be completely silent. It can be extremely silly while pointing out the failure of society. Above all, Eccentric Performing is funny!
This workshop will be taught over six consecutive weekends. Each session will last approximately 2 hours and will be recorded and posted for one week to watch if you missed a session. Each week, Avner will feature a new principle and propose an assignment for you to prepare. You’ll use the prompt to inspire a short video, no more than 3 minutes long, and upload it as a private video to YouTube. At the next session the group will view the videos and Avner will offer comments and coaching.
What you will learn:
• Creating and maintaining rapport with any audience
• Applying Lecoq training to clowning
• Turning any audience volunteer into an exceptional volunteer
• And much more!
Avner Eisenberg was described by New York Magazine as ‘Astonishing and funny. A clown for the thinking man’. His show, Avner the Eccentric, was a Broadway hit and appeared in the 1984 and 2002 editions of London International Mime Festival. He is widely known for his portrayal of the lovable holy man in The Jewel of the Nile with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
NOLA RAE
Broaden Your Mime
IN PERSON
Mon 10 - Wed 12 Jan 11am - 6pmJacksons Lane
£225 (£200 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 16
Who is it for? Enthusiastic professionals or amateurs who want to know more about what makes visual theatre tick, and who are not afraid to move.
Book now through Jacksons Lane >
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Broaden Your Mime
The mime is a cartoonist of theatre. Getting to the point is fundamental and leaving out the extraneous, a top principle.
Nola’s workshop will explore the art of doing one thing at a time, enhancing quality of movement and articulation, something very necessary to make a performer's intentions clear. Rhythm exercises, improvisation, choreography of comedy, with and without music, will also be part of these classes. Here the face will do the thinking and the body will do the talking.
Wear practice clothes and bring one juggling ball.
One of Europe’s most celebrated theatre clowns, Noa Rae came to London from Sydney in 1963. She trained at the Royal Ballet School and in Paris with Marcel Marceau before launching a career in theatre that has taken her to some 68 countries to date. It was at her instigation that the first mime festival took place at the Cockpit Theatre in 1977. She was appointed MBE for her services to Drama and Mime in 2008.
The mime is a cartoonist of theatre. Getting to the point is fundamental and leaving out the extraneous, a top principle.
Nola’s workshop will explore the art of doing one thing at a time, enhancing quality of movement and articulation, something very necessary to make a performer's intentions clear. Rhythm exercises, improvisation, choreography of comedy, with and without music, will also be part of these classes. Here the face will do the thinking and the body will do the talking.
Wear practice clothes and bring one juggling ball.
One of Europe’s most celebrated theatre clowns, Noa Rae came to London from Sydney in 1963. She trained at the Royal Ballet School and in Paris with Marcel Marceau before launching a career in theatre that has taken her to some 68 countries to date. It was at her instigation that the first mime festival took place at the Cockpit Theatre in 1977. She was appointed MBE for her services to Drama and Mime in 2008.
ANGELA DE CASTRO
How To Be A Stupid
IN PERSON
10 day clowning workshopMon 10 - Thu 20 Jan (not Sat 15 Jan)
9am - 6pm (Sun 16 Jan: 2 - 8pm)
London (details will be provided)
£800
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 12
Who is it for? Clowns (beginners and experienced), creators and performance artists in any field –
as well as all those interested in the development of creative intelligence.
Request an application form via email:
whynotinstitute@aol.com >
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How To Be A Stupid
Clowns speak the truth – and they are funny. To connect with an audience as a clown is about learning that clowning is a state, not a technique.
Clown training is not purely for people who wish to be clowns or go into comedy, It's a practise that can benefit any creative person - artist, actor, director, writer - by enabling them to achieve a level of resourcefulness, honesty and playfulness that creates work unique to themselves.
De Castro’s course offers serious and enjoyable research into the Clown’s Intelligence and will give participants the confidence to apply the unlimited power of imagination in any creative or performance context.
Drawing on over 40 years as a theatre practitioner dedicated to the research and practice of clowning and performance, de Castro will guide participants along their individual journey as a performer, creating a supportive world in which to explore and learn. Come and delve into the deep art of clowning: expect challenges, change, and a joyful and safe space in which to make mistakes, learn, train, laugh and play.
Clowns speak the truth – and they are funny. To connect with an audience as a clown is about learning that clowning is a state, not a technique.
Clown training is not purely for people who wish to be clowns or go into comedy, It's a practise that can benefit any creative person - artist, actor, director, writer - by enabling them to achieve a level of resourcefulness, honesty and playfulness that creates work unique to themselves.
De Castro’s course offers serious and enjoyable research into the Clown’s Intelligence and will give participants the confidence to apply the unlimited power of imagination in any creative or performance context.
Drawing on over 40 years as a theatre practitioner dedicated to the research and practice of clowning and performance, de Castro will guide participants along their individual journey as a performer, creating a supportive world in which to explore and learn. Come and delve into the deep art of clowning: expect challenges, change, and a joyful and safe space in which to make mistakes, learn, train, laugh and play.
VAMOS THEATRE
Revealing the Mask
IN PERSON
Sat 15 Jan 2 - 6pmJacksons Lane
£50 (£40 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 16
Who is it for? Actors, performers and theatre practitioners
Book now through Jacksons Lane >
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Revealing the Mask
Vamos Theatre, the UK's leading full mask theatre company, is holding a one-off talent development workshop as part of London International Mime Festival 2022.
Revealing the Mask is a 4-hour workshop for actors, performers and theatre practitioners. This creative, high energy and inspiring session will give participants a thorough introduction to full mask technique. Through exercises and shared exploration, the workshop introduces mask characterisation, mask physicality, and techniques such as clocking, stillness and isolation, helping to build confidence and understanding of mask performance. More advanced full mask skills and a deeper understanding of the form will also be covered, through exploring devising in full mask individually, and as a mask ensemble.
Vamos Theatre aims to increase the pool of available mask talent in the UK and often finds new performers for its productions through these workshops.
Vamos Theatre devises and tours accessible, humorous and fearless work which showcases the best in full mask performance. The company is dedicated to making work based on stories of real people, and productions are rooted in true-life experiences and events. At the heart of its ethos is a commitment to working practices that engender genuineness, generosity, respect and consideration of others.
Established in 2006, Vamos Theatre is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation, and is based in Worcester, UK. For more information visit: www.vamostheatre.co.uk
“Vamos Theatre offers a completely different approach to mask work that is invaluable for any performing arts professional. Fun, playful and inspiring!”
Sam Gibbs - Revealing the Mask workshop
“My experience with Vamos was THE BEST. I now love mask work!”
Khanyisili Ngwabe (Market Theatre Laboratory, Johannesburg) - Revealing the Mask workshop
Vamos Theatre, the UK's leading full mask theatre company, is holding a one-off talent development workshop as part of London International Mime Festival 2022.
Revealing the Mask is a 4-hour workshop for actors, performers and theatre practitioners. This creative, high energy and inspiring session will give participants a thorough introduction to full mask technique. Through exercises and shared exploration, the workshop introduces mask characterisation, mask physicality, and techniques such as clocking, stillness and isolation, helping to build confidence and understanding of mask performance. More advanced full mask skills and a deeper understanding of the form will also be covered, through exploring devising in full mask individually, and as a mask ensemble.
Vamos Theatre aims to increase the pool of available mask talent in the UK and often finds new performers for its productions through these workshops.
Vamos Theatre devises and tours accessible, humorous and fearless work which showcases the best in full mask performance. The company is dedicated to making work based on stories of real people, and productions are rooted in true-life experiences and events. At the heart of its ethos is a commitment to working practices that engender genuineness, generosity, respect and consideration of others.
Established in 2006, Vamos Theatre is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation, and is based in Worcester, UK. For more information visit: www.vamostheatre.co.uk
“Vamos Theatre offers a completely different approach to mask work that is invaluable for any performing arts professional. Fun, playful and inspiring!”
Sam Gibbs - Revealing the Mask workshop
“My experience with Vamos was THE BEST. I now love mask work!”
Khanyisili Ngwabe (Market Theatre Laboratory, Johannesburg) - Revealing the Mask workshop
THEATRE RE
From Actor to Mime
Led by Guillaume Pigé
IN PERSON
Mon 17 - Fri 21 Jan 10am - 5pmShoreditch Town Hall
£255 (£230 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 20
Who is it for? Designed for professional and semi-professional performers, as well as actors in training and recent graduates. No previous experience of Corporeal Mime is required to join, only your curiosity and playfulness.
Booking opens soon >
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From Actor to Mime
This 5-day workshop will be an intensive Theatre Re boot camp focusing on how to move from action to poetry, and how one leads to the other.
Through the study of Etienne Decroux's Corporeal Mime repertoire and technique as well as improvisation and composition, we will learn how to play with physical shape, space, rhythm and weight to allow inner impulses to flow into expression. We will look at the balance between spontaneity and technique and explore how to be both real and abstract on stage.
Guillaume Pigé is an actor, director, mime and magician. Originally from France, he has been living in the UK for the past 14 years. He trained with theatre makers including Andrew Visnevski, Steven Wasson, Corinne Soum, Daniel Stein and Thomas Leabhart, and established Theatre Re in 2011. He has directed each of the company's productions to date. Rooted in Etienne Decroux's Corporeal Mime, his practice takes inspiration from science, philosophy, psychology, and public health to address global human challenges through moving and visually striking poetic theatre. His work has been performed in more than 15 countries, notably at The Cerventino Festival (Mexico), Hong Kong Arts Festival, New Victory Theatre (USA), National Taichung Theatre (Taiwan) and London International Mime Festival (UK). He is an associate artist at The Point in Eastleigh, and an associate teacher at RADA. He is regularly invited to give workshops throughout the UK and internationally.
This 5-day workshop will be an intensive Theatre Re boot camp focusing on how to move from action to poetry, and how one leads to the other.
Through the study of Etienne Decroux's Corporeal Mime repertoire and technique as well as improvisation and composition, we will learn how to play with physical shape, space, rhythm and weight to allow inner impulses to flow into expression. We will look at the balance between spontaneity and technique and explore how to be both real and abstract on stage.
Guillaume Pigé is an actor, director, mime and magician. Originally from France, he has been living in the UK for the past 14 years. He trained with theatre makers including Andrew Visnevski, Steven Wasson, Corinne Soum, Daniel Stein and Thomas Leabhart, and established Theatre Re in 2011. He has directed each of the company's productions to date. Rooted in Etienne Decroux's Corporeal Mime, his practice takes inspiration from science, philosophy, psychology, and public health to address global human challenges through moving and visually striking poetic theatre. His work has been performed in more than 15 countries, notably at The Cerventino Festival (Mexico), Hong Kong Arts Festival, New Victory Theatre (USA), National Taichung Theatre (Taiwan) and London International Mime Festival (UK). He is an associate artist at The Point in Eastleigh, and an associate teacher at RADA. He is regularly invited to give workshops throughout the UK and internationally.
CHRIS PIRIE (Green Ginger)
Puppetry: Up Close & Personal
IN PERSON
Sat 22 Jan 2 - 6pmJacksons Lane
£50 (£40 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 16
Who is it for? Enthusiastic professionals or amateurs who want to discover new tools and techniques for breathing life into the inanimate.
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Puppetry: Up Close & Personal
Many puppetry practitioners have turned to multi-operator solutions for characters, both human and otherwise. Chris will guide an exploration into approaching this close-quarter work with a focus on performer comfort and breath awareness. Learn skills and acquire tools for effective and fluid manipulation of puppets and objects without taxing or injuring your body. The work will encompass all aspects from design and fabrication through to performance.
Wear comfortable clothing that doesn’t restrict movement.
Chris Pirie is a puppetry director, designer and performer whose three decades of work with leading European theatre company Green Ginger has taken him all over the world. He has directed and designed for Netflix, Aardman Animations, Lyric Opera Chicago, Bristol Old Vic, Kneehigh, Royal & Derngate, Opera di Roma, Welsh National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera and the Norwegian National Opera. Chris co-founded the biennial Bristol Festival of Puppetry and created Toast in the Machine; a mentorship program for emerging UK and US puppeteers.
Many puppetry practitioners have turned to multi-operator solutions for characters, both human and otherwise. Chris will guide an exploration into approaching this close-quarter work with a focus on performer comfort and breath awareness. Learn skills and acquire tools for effective and fluid manipulation of puppets and objects without taxing or injuring your body. The work will encompass all aspects from design and fabrication through to performance.
Wear comfortable clothing that doesn’t restrict movement.
Chris Pirie is a puppetry director, designer and performer whose three decades of work with leading European theatre company Green Ginger has taken him all over the world. He has directed and designed for Netflix, Aardman Animations, Lyric Opera Chicago, Bristol Old Vic, Kneehigh, Royal & Derngate, Opera di Roma, Welsh National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera and the Norwegian National Opera. Chris co-founded the biennial Bristol Festival of Puppetry and created Toast in the Machine; a mentorship program for emerging UK and US puppeteers.
TOLD BY AN IDIOT
If It’s Bad Make It Worse
An Idiot’s guide to Commedia
Led by TBAI Artistic Director Paul Hunter
IN PERSON
Sat 22 - Sun 23 Jan 10am - 5pmJerwood Space
£140 (earlybird – first 5 places booked) / £160 (standard)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 20
Who is it for? Performers with some experience of improvising and working physically
Book now >
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If It’s Bad Make It Worse
‘Commedia contains the essentials of life, trying to eat, trying to procreate and trying desperately to avoid death’ Jacques Lecoq
Commedia is theatre of the human condition in its greatest need, it also celebrates and revels in the skill of the actor. As a form, it has had a huge impact on the work of Told by an Idiot, and this challenging and highly playful 2-day workshop will reveal a toolbox of skills essential for anyone interested in making provocative, unpredictable, performer-driven work.
The workshop will focus on inhabiting a living breathing Commedia, rather than attempting to rediscover an historic tradition. Through a variety of exercises exploring rhythm, timing, building a lazzi, physical virtuosity and staying in the shit, If Its Bad Make It Worse will explore a form that has reinvented itself for over 400 years and whose influence stretches far and wide - from Shakespeare to Molière, Loony Tunes to Fawlty Towers.
“One of the jewels of left-field British theatre”
The Guardian on Told by an Idiot
Told by an Idiot have been creating the unexpected since 1993. Their work has been seen across four continents from Coventry to Caracas, Bradford to Beijing. Co-Founder and Artistic Director Paul Hunter has been involved in all of it.
toldbyanidiot.org
‘Commedia contains the essentials of life, trying to eat, trying to procreate and trying desperately to avoid death’ Jacques Lecoq
Commedia is theatre of the human condition in its greatest need, it also celebrates and revels in the skill of the actor. As a form, it has had a huge impact on the work of Told by an Idiot, and this challenging and highly playful 2-day workshop will reveal a toolbox of skills essential for anyone interested in making provocative, unpredictable, performer-driven work.
The workshop will focus on inhabiting a living breathing Commedia, rather than attempting to rediscover an historic tradition. Through a variety of exercises exploring rhythm, timing, building a lazzi, physical virtuosity and staying in the shit, If Its Bad Make It Worse will explore a form that has reinvented itself for over 400 years and whose influence stretches far and wide - from Shakespeare to Molière, Loony Tunes to Fawlty Towers.
“One of the jewels of left-field British theatre”
The Guardian on Told by an Idiot
Told by an Idiot have been creating the unexpected since 1993. Their work has been seen across four continents from Coventry to Caracas, Bradford to Beijing. Co-Founder and Artistic Director Paul Hunter has been involved in all of it.
toldbyanidiot.org
NOLA RAE
Upgrade Your Clown
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Six 2-hour Zoom sessionsSat 22 Jan - Sat 26 Feb
6 consecutive Sats 3-5pm UK time
£180
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 12
Who is it for? Theatre-makers and performers with some previous experience.
Book now through Eventbrite >
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Upgrade Your Clown
These sessions will explore some of the golden rules of visual comedy. Silent or noisy, clowns can make their work more powerful by learning about and practising the very useful language of gesture in its many forms.
From head to toe, the body talks through actions, amplified and refined so a story can come across as concisely and clearly as possible. Less is more. This enjoyable workshop will also explore the creation of characters who speak through mime, rhythm, and comic timing. Comedy is a serious business… Prepare to have some serious fun!
These sessions will explore some of the golden rules of visual comedy. Silent or noisy, clowns can make their work more powerful by learning about and practising the very useful language of gesture in its many forms.
From head to toe, the body talks through actions, amplified and refined so a story can come across as concisely and clearly as possible. Less is more. This enjoyable workshop will also explore the creation of characters who speak through mime, rhythm, and comic timing. Comedy is a serious business… Prepare to have some serious fun!
ANGELA DE CASTRO
How To Be Even Of A More Stupid
(The Clown’s Higher Intelligence)
IN PERSON
5 day clowning workshopMon 24 - Fri 28 Jan 9am - 6pm
London (details will be provided)
£400
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 12
Who is it for? Experienced clowns and those who have already completed How To Be A Stupid
Request an application form via email:
whynotinstitute@aol.com >
more about this workshop >
How To Be Even Of A More Stupid
The state of clown is like a muscle that needs to be exercised; the more practice and training a performer has, the stronger the results. Through the advanced exercises at this course, experienced clowns and actors who use clowning in their work, can stretch themselves to improve their ‘clown-fitness’ and make them better prepared to deal with even more challenging clown scenarios. In this advanced course De Castro focuses specifically on areas that are most challenging for the professional performer.
The state of clown is like a muscle that needs to be exercised; the more practice and training a performer has, the stronger the results. Through the advanced exercises at this course, experienced clowns and actors who use clowning in their work, can stretch themselves to improve their ‘clown-fitness’ and make them better prepared to deal with even more challenging clown scenarios. In this advanced course De Castro focuses specifically on areas that are most challenging for the professional performer.
THEATRE DE L'ANGE FOU
Corporeal Mime: “The Thinking Body”
Led by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Five 2-hour Zoom sessionsMon 24 - Fri 28 Jan
5 - 7pm UK time
£150 (£120 concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 12
Who is it for? Professional and pre-professional actors, dancers, mimes and performers wishing to give physical reality to their own ideas.
Booking enquiries: email infoschool@angefou.co.uk with details about your performance background and why you’d like to do the course.
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The Art of Movement Theatre - a Spontaneous Language and an Elaborate Craft
This training is designed for professional and pre-professional actors, dancers, mimes and performers wishing to give physical reality to their own ideas. Corporeal Mime, created by Etienne Decroux, is an innovative method and a precise technique focusing on the body and physicality in theatre.
The workshop will include gestural grammar, body articulation, counterweights, walks and displacement in space, figures of style, mobile statuary and the musicality of movement. Extracts of the repertoire of Etienne Decroux will be taught during the workshop to fully experience this unique modern mythology of movement theatre. Participants will also explore how to draw from this repertoire to create personal work.
Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum combine the experience of having been students and assistants of Etienne Decroux and having taught and performed throughout the world. Theatre de l’Ange Fou/Company Steven Wasson & Corinne Soum has developed a personal repertoire with its roots in Corporeal Mime, at the same time exploring the infinite possibilities of a poetic dramaturgy, welcoming the use of music, film, texts and sets. Theatre de l’Ange Fou’s creative journey and teaching has been evolving for over 35 years, from Paris to London and now, in the US at their theatre space, the White Church Theatre Project. www.angefou.co.uk
The workshop will include gestural grammar, body articulation, counterweights, walks and displacement in space, figures of style, mobile statuary and the musicality of movement. Extracts of the repertoire of Etienne Decroux will be taught during the workshop to fully experience this unique modern mythology of movement theatre. Participants will also explore how to draw from this repertoire to create personal work.
Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum combine the experience of having been students and assistants of Etienne Decroux and having taught and performed throughout the world. Theatre de l’Ange Fou/Company Steven Wasson & Corinne Soum has developed a personal repertoire with its roots in Corporeal Mime, at the same time exploring the infinite possibilities of a poetic dramaturgy, welcoming the use of music, film, texts and sets. Theatre de l’Ange Fou’s creative journey and teaching has been evolving for over 35 years, from Paris to London and now, in the US at their theatre space, the White Church Theatre Project. www.angefou.co.uk
THE PAPPYSHOW
How We Play and Move
Led by Kane Husbands
IN PERSON
Sat 29 - Sun 30 Jan 11am - 6pmShoreditch Town Hall
£150 (£130concessions)
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 20
Who is it for? Anyone 18+ who is up for doing some moving and shaking!
Booking opens soon >
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How We Play and Move
This is a practical workshop that will explore The PappyShow’s playful approach to creating and devising material and their process in making What Do You See?
Over the weekend, we will look at approaches to making movement and playing games, delving into collaborative and inclusive approaches to make work. We will explore some of the exercises and conversations in unconscious bias that we visited throughout making What Do You See?
All you need - just a playful, encouraging and collaborative attitude. We will be working quite physically, so be prepared to sweat, push yourself and have lots of fun. No previous experience necessary.
The PappyShow is a playful and physical ensemble theatre company who create distinctive and critically acclaimed productions, lead inclusive workshops rooted in kindness, and work tirelessly to develop the industry we move in through connection and uplifting.
Formed in 2013 by Kane Husbands to bring people together to move, dance, create moments of radical joy, share stories and take time just to PLAY! The PappyShow work across performance and platform marginalised identities. We use exercise and training to devise and create work. We are a diverse company and difference and diversity are the cornerstones to our work and process. We work with actors, dancers, movers and non-performers, but we only ever expect you to be yourself - we are just US. We use a physical and therapeutic approach to create our work.
This is a practical workshop that will explore The PappyShow’s playful approach to creating and devising material and their process in making What Do You See?
Over the weekend, we will look at approaches to making movement and playing games, delving into collaborative and inclusive approaches to make work. We will explore some of the exercises and conversations in unconscious bias that we visited throughout making What Do You See?
All you need - just a playful, encouraging and collaborative attitude. We will be working quite physically, so be prepared to sweat, push yourself and have lots of fun. No previous experience necessary.
The PappyShow is a playful and physical ensemble theatre company who create distinctive and critically acclaimed productions, lead inclusive workshops rooted in kindness, and work tirelessly to develop the industry we move in through connection and uplifting.
Formed in 2013 by Kane Husbands to bring people together to move, dance, create moments of radical joy, share stories and take time just to PLAY! The PappyShow work across performance and platform marginalised identities. We use exercise and training to devise and create work. We are a diverse company and difference and diversity are the cornerstones to our work and process. We work with actors, dancers, movers and non-performers, but we only ever expect you to be yourself - we are just US. We use a physical and therapeutic approach to create our work.
ANGELA DE CASTRO
The Clown's Intelligence
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Two 3-hour sessionsSat 29 & Sun 30 Jan 2 - 5pm UK time
£150
Minimum age: 18+
Class size: 6
Who is it for? Experienced clowns only - this workshop is not for beginners or performers from other disciplines
Request an application form via email:
whynotinstitute@aol.com >
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The Clown's Intelligence
"The focus on the technical aspects of clowning was really highlighted in this workshop, and I think the online / Zoom format helped with this. I felt like I learnt new things but also consolidated knowledge I already had. I walked away with a tool kit of useful exercises and techniques."
Shae Rooke - actor, clown, comedian, producer.
For clown performers looking to develop their practice, this workshop will focus on ‘clown thinking’.
The clowns’ thought process is different. It’s amazing how it sees the world. What are its mechanisms? How is it developed and maintained?
Often harder than anticipated, concentrating on the clown’s inner monologue allows us not to drop the ‘clown state’. Participants will be challenged not to let their own thoughts precede, interrupt or in any way obstruct their clown thinking. In a series of games and exercises they will deconstruct the mechanism of thought, create space for their clown persona to think, and fill their mind with the clown’s loud voice, leaving no space for anything else. The workshop/toolbox is for experienced silent or non-speaking clowns only.
"The focus on the technical aspects of clowning was really highlighted in this workshop, and I think the online / Zoom format helped with this. I felt like I learnt new things but also consolidated knowledge I already had. I walked away with a tool kit of useful exercises and techniques."
Shae Rooke - actor, clown, comedian, producer.
For clown performers looking to develop their practice, this workshop will focus on ‘clown thinking’.
The clowns’ thought process is different. It’s amazing how it sees the world. What are its mechanisms? How is it developed and maintained?
Often harder than anticipated, concentrating on the clown’s inner monologue allows us not to drop the ‘clown state’. Participants will be challenged not to let their own thoughts precede, interrupt or in any way obstruct their clown thinking. In a series of games and exercises they will deconstruct the mechanism of thought, create space for their clown persona to think, and fill their mind with the clown’s loud voice, leaving no space for anything else. The workshop/toolbox is for experienced silent or non-speaking clowns only.
DAVID GLASS ENSEMBLE
& TOPI DALMATA
The Brides UK - Physical Theatre Workshop
IN PERSON
Mon 31 Jan - Sat 5 FebNo fee
Minimum age: 18+
Who is it for? Female & female identifying performers
Please send your CV & a short email highlighting relevant skills & experience to Joseph Lynch at
learning@davidglassensemble.co.uk >
Deadline for applications is 10 December 2021
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The Brides UK - Physical Theatre Workshop
Originally devised by David Glass (UK), Margherita Fusi and Silvia Bruni from Topi Dalmata (Italy) in collaboration with female performers in Siena Italy, The Brides is an exuberant and visceral celebration of Women and the feminine principle. Recently performed in Singapore & China with local casts, David Glass & Topi Dalmata are planning this initial 6-day physical theatre workshop, led by the original creative team, in preparation for a future UK production of The Brides .
Workshop places are strictly limited. Female & female identifying performers of all ages may apply to participate. Performance skills will be appreciated, with a particular focus on physical theatre and dance.
There is no fee to participate in this workshop and an honorarium will be offered to cover basic expenses such as travel & meals
Originally devised by David Glass (UK), Margherita Fusi and Silvia Bruni from Topi Dalmata (Italy) in collaboration with female performers in Siena Italy, The Brides is an exuberant and visceral celebration of Women and the feminine principle. Recently performed in Singapore & China with local casts, David Glass & Topi Dalmata are planning this initial 6-day physical theatre workshop, led by the original creative team, in preparation for a future UK production of The Brides .
Workshop places are strictly limited. Female & female identifying performers of all ages may apply to participate. Performance skills will be appreciated, with a particular focus on physical theatre and dance.
There is no fee to participate in this workshop and an honorarium will be offered to cover basic expenses such as travel & meals