Dates:

14th March (Acting skills masterclass)

17th March (Devising through improvisation)

21st March (Devising through object)

24th March (Devising through adaptation)

Confirmation of order TBA.

Origins is a new series of workshops for performers curated by The Lab Theatre Collective. Bringing your questions on devising to the table, we will work collaboratively using improvisation, object and existing text to inspire and identify methods which give devised performance depth and fluidity. This project is intended to help performers to hone and develop devising skills, which are often overlooked and underestimated.

This project will run for four sessions over two weeks. Participants will need to be available for all 4 sessions.  

Back to Basics

Participants get to:

•Brush up on acting skills in preparation for three sessions working on devising.

•Explore how these skills can contribute to the devising process.

•Revisit skills which provide an inroad into generating ideas.

Improvisation

Participants get to:

•Work with top improvisation performer and facilitator Tai Lawrence (founder of the impresarios - TBC).

•Learn key improvising techniques.

•Develop an understanding of long form improvisation as a means of accessing ideas and generating stimulus.

Objects

Participants get to:

•Explore story through object as a starting point of the devising process.

•Use our personal and practical relationship with objects to create ideas.

•Work with notions of object and play to open pathways into performance.

Adaptation

Participants get to:

•Use existing text to inspire questions, images and performance.

•Develop techniques in translating non play based text into a theatrical form.

•Create original performance material.

To apply, please email your CV and a brief covering letter of no more than 100 words explaining why you would like to take part in the project to origins@arch468.com

The closing date for applications is noon on 4th March 2011.