THEATRE WORKSHOP

Open to actors, theatre makers and playwrights

This workshop will explore the relationship between 'surface dialogue' and the 'poetic monologues' used in drama to deepen experience and open doors which can provide insight into ourselves, our connection to others and the world we all live in.
It will also explore the use of ritual, symbolism and metaphor, which have been powerful devices in the theatre since the earliest dramas were made. The Greeks, Shakespeare, Lorca, Brecht, Beckett and others are good examples of writers who understood and made use of this.

CONTENT
This workshop will worry less about what we do and more about who and how we are. Presence is essential. Less is more will be the approach.

We will develop skills for grounding, opening, speaking from the body and the heart core.
We will be looking at the power of rhythms in speech. Speed, tone, overlaps, pauses, silences.
We will discover exercises to expand our awareness of self and others. to connect with and apply our creative imagination.
We will explore the use of atmospheres and elemental energies in dramatic performance.
We will explore the purpose and practical use of ritual and sound/music within drama.
We will be using the play RIVER by Jez Butterworth as a reference text for our workshop. We may also create some drama of our own.

Janine Wunsche is a director and teacher with many years of experience. Her latest productions - Twelfth Night, True West and A View From The Bridge were shown in London. She has recently moved to Bristol and hopes to make some great theatre here soon.

JANINE WUNSCHE trained at The Royal Central School for Speech and Drama and has since worked in theatre for 30 years, throughout the UK and internationally. Her experience covers everything from new writing, classic theatre to opera.  She has extensive experience teaching and directing in a number of Drama Schools in London, including her alma mater, Royal Central and in Edinburgh. Internationally she has directed in Chile, Italy, Slovenia and Bulgaria, where she founded and ran an Independent Arts Centre.

Spaces strictly capped at 12 participants

Approx running time 6 hours (including a break for lunch)

This heavily subsidised workshop is being offered to reintegrate herself into the Bristol arts scene after returning from her residency running Lighthouse Arts in Bulgaria. The nominal fee of £5.00 is to commit those who sign up to attending.

If you book a space and find you are unable to attend, please let us know ASAP, as spots are limited and we expect there will be a waitlist for returns.  If we are able to resell your ticket you will be entitled to the ticket price, minus the £1 per ticket transaction fee.

To contact Janine directly, and to find out more please use the email: janine.wunsche@googlemail.com