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WorkshopsANGELA DE CASTRO How To Be A StupidFollowing its success at last year's festival, Angela De Castro again offers an intensive, two-day introduction to the art of practical clowning and performance craft. The workshop aims to encourage participants to discover their own clown style and/or the clown within. Suitable for beginners, as well as for more experienced performers, in need of a burst of energy and inspiration. Participants must be aged 18+. Brazilian born Angela de Castro has performed and taught clowning all over the world. She has toured with Slava Polunin and with groups such as Ra Ra Zoo, and The Right Size. She is artistic director of The Why Not Institute, an organisation dedicated to all aspects of contemporary clown theatre. The Why Not Institute Sat 12-Sun 13 Jan 10am-6pm. £120 for 2 days. Further information and bookings: The Why Not Institute 020 8987 6661 email: whynotinstitute@aol.com Location: The Why Not Institute at The Arts Educational School 14 Bath Road, London W4 1LY Nearest tube: Turnham Green (District Line) DESMOND JONES SCHOOL OF MIME Physical Story-Telling for the Theatre Originally an actor, trained by Etienne Decroux, Desmond Jones runs Britain's longest-established School of Mime and Physical Theatre. As performer, director and teacher he has worked on Hollywood movies, West-End theatre, opera, television and with Jacques Lecoq, Keith Johnstone, Mike Alfreds and Monty Python to name just a few. Using story-telling as its basis, this course opens up the enormously wide variety of styles and approaches to mime and physical theatre, from straight theatre to street theatre, with illusion, commedia, corporeal and dynamic physical acting techniques. Sat 26-Sun 27 Jan 10am-5pm £120 The Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre St. Luke's Church Hall, Uxbridge Road, London W12 (nearest tube: Shepherd's Bush). Bookings and information: 020 8747 3537 (phone/fax) The Registrar, 20 Thornton Avenue, London W4 1QG e-mail: enquiries@desmondjones.co.uk AVNER EISENBERG Clown Theatre Eccentric performing is one of the most personal and paradoxical of theatre forms. It is at once clever, ingenious and brutal; cleverly witty or silent. It can be extremely silly or point out the failure of society. Avner Eisenberg has been performing and teaching internationally for more than twenty years. A workshop for those wishing to develop their clown skills. Participants should have some professional performing experience. Diorama Arts Centre: Sat 19 Jan 11am-1pm £15.00 Bookings: 020 7916 5467 (open Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, then answerphone). email bookings: Avner@diorama-arts.org.uk Xmas closure for booking line: 23 Dec –2 Jan. Diorama Arts Centre, 34 Osnaburgh Street, London NW1 3ND. Tubes: Great Portland Street, Warren Street, Euston Square, Regent's Park all just minutes away. Some parking available. Disabled Access. <Avner The Eccentric in performance at the Purcell Room NOLA RAE Broaden Your Mime An intensive workshop on the art of letting the body do the talking. Physical and mental articulation for those who want to expand their comic theatre skills. Previous performance experience desirable. Nola Rae is one of this country's most distinguished performing artists. Since founding her company, London Mime/Theatre, in 1975, she has performed, taught and directed across the globe. Diorama Arts Centre: Sat 12 & Sun 13 Jan 11am-4pm. £120 for 2 days. Location: Diorama Arts Centre - see Avner info above for all venue details. Bookings: as for Avner, but using e-mail address of Nola@diorama-arts.org.uk www.nolarae.btinternet.co.uk THEATRE DE L’ANGE FOU & ECOLE DE MIME CORPOREL DRAMATIQUE Making Visible the Invisible (E.Decroux) A two day intensive workshop offering the opportunity to explore the infinite theatrical expression of the human body through the precise and creative method of Corporal Mime. Led by Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum, the last assistants of Etienne Decroux, directors of the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique, and members of their company, Theatre de l’Ange Fou, this training will be divided into several areas: Technique, Improvisation and Repertoire. Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique: Sat 19-Sun 20 Jan 11am to 2pm. £60.00 Belgravia Workshop, 157-163 Marlborough Road, London N19 4NF. Bookings: 020 7263 9339 Transport: 10 minutes walk from Archway Tube Station. (Marlborough Road is off Holloway Road towards Hornsey Road). By Bus: 271, 43, 210. In collaboration with The London International Mime Festival, Total Theatre Network presents: Critical Practice 12
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