Talks, Workshops + Special Events

TOTAL THEATRE TALKS
An exploration of female practitioners within the physical and visual sector.
Voice Box, Royal Festival Hall: Sat 17 Jan 2.30-4.30pm
The discussion will look at the way in which female practitioners work and explores issues surrounding working methodologies. The international panel will be led by Dick McCaw.
£5.50 (£3.50 concs).
The event is FREE to Total Theatre Members. One ticket per Individual/student member, two tickets for all other membership categories. Limited capacity so early booking is recommended.
Please e-mail: talks@totaltheatre.org.uk or call 020 7729 7944
Further details of speakers available on the Total Theatre Website: www.totaltheatre.org.uk

GANDINI JUGGLING
Half-day juggling workshop with Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala
Sat 17 Jan: 2-5pm
Led by Sean and Kati who have been researching and teaching juggling for the last decade, this workshop will be about enjoying the many possibilities involved in throwing and catching. The day is aimed at jugglers of all levels and hopes to give participants an opportunity to widen their skills and learn new patterns.
The workshop will be tailored to the participant’s needs. However, the menu will include ways of making simple things complex and complex things more accessible.
Course fee: £25.00
Bookings: The Circus Space 020 7729 9522
Venue: The Circus Space, Coronet Street, London N1 6HD

THEATRE DE L'ANGE FOU & ECOLE DU MIME CORPOREL DRAMATIQUE
Making Visible the Invisible (Etienne Decroux)
Sat 17 - Sun 18 Jan: 11am-2pm
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 Steve Wasson and Corinne Soum, the last assistants of Etienne Decroux, directors of the Ecole du 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.
Course fee: £60.00
Venue: Belgravia Workshops, 157-163 Marlborough Road, London N19 4NF
Booking: 020 7263 9339
Transport: Archway Tube Station. (Marlborough Rd is off Holloway Rd towards Hornsey Rd). Buses: 43, 210, 271.

THE TEACHINGS OF JACQUES LECOQ
Sat 24 - Sun 25 Jan: 10am to 3.30 pm (with 1/2 hour break)
This two-day workshop will give an introduction to the dramatic use of time, rhythm and pace and is based on the teachings of the late Jacques Lecoq. It is addressed to actors, dancers and other performing artists, who are attracted to the idea of creating her or his own theatre. The workshop is animated by Thomas Prattki, founder and director of the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) and former pedagogical director of the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, and Amy Russell, Chair of the Naropa University MFA Programme in Physical Theatre at LISPA.
Course fee: £100.00
Booking: Maider Illana on 0208 969 7004 or email welcome@lispa.co.uk.
Venue: London International School of Performing Arts
Ground Floor, 272 Latimer Road London W10 6QY
Tube: Latimer Road (Hammersmith & City Line). Exit right along Bramley Rd, passing under the flyover, and take 2nd left into Oxford Gardens. At the end, turn right into Latimer Rd. LISPA is on the right just by Latimer Place.

ASPECTS OF MAX WALL
The Greenwich Theatre
Sat 24 Jan: 11am-11pm

First major event of the recently established Max Wall Society to celebrate the life and work of this unique and much loved actor/clown. The day includes an exhibition of his life and achievements and a Variety Bill of mime, mirth, movement and music.
Full details direct from Greenwich Theatre Box Office 020 8858 7755 or by post (with SAE) from: The Secretary, Max Wall Society, 11 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road WC2N 4EZ

TOLD BY AN IDIOT
The Sound of Surprise
Sat 31 Jan-Sun 1 Feb: 10am-5pm
As a companion to their new show I'm a Fool to Want You, Told by an Idiot offers this dynamic two-day workshop. Using live and recorded sound, the company will explore the use of music to provoke spontaneity and chaotic improvisation.

Price: £65.00 Bookings, venue and workshop info: 020 7978 4200

 

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