Workshops
Viva La Commedia -
The Pillars of Physical Theatre
with Didi Hopkins and
Ninian Kinnear-Wilson
The Blue Room, Spirit Level,
Southbank Centre
Sat 17 to Sun 18 Jan 10am-6pm
£85 for the 2 days
Bookings: 0871 663 2527
Further information:
didi@dell-arte.co.uk
Explore the DNA and nuts and bolts of physical theatre with director Didi Hopkins and mask-maker Ninian Kinnear-Wilson. Discover the actor's role as author/ editor/ performer, how to play an audience, and what makes theatre work. Open to all who are interested in serious fun and need their energy and spirit ignited, this two day workshop goes deep into the world of commedia. It looks at masks, characters, archetypes and comic scenarios – the roots and routes that make commedia a vital and important foundation of contemporary theatre. Suitable for all levels of experience. Participants must be over 18.
How To Be A Stupid
or The Clown's Intelligence
with Angela de Castro BAC - Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TF
Thu 8 to Sun 18 Jan 9.30am-6.30pm
Bookings: Email whynotinstitute@aol.com
Phone: 44 (20) 7739 8363
‘How To Be A Stupid’ is a unique workshop, a full time full-on course exploring the state of clown - an intense, inspiring, challenging and transformatory journey, with laughs and play along the way.
For Angela de Castro, clowning is not a technique but a ‘state’. Through practical exercises and games, this energetic workshop helps you find your clown persona and experience it in this ‘state’. It gives truthfulness and depth to your clowning, embracing the tragic as much as the comic. For actors and other performers, it helps make performance more real, individual and joyful. For beginners, it is a journey of discovery.
Angela de Castro is one of the most loved women clowns. She has been awarded fellowships with Nesta Dreamtime, the Arts Foundation and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She is well known for creating the Green Clown in Slava’s Snowshow.
www.thewhynotinstitute.com
