Workshops in East LONDON (February start)

Thanks for your interest in Roof Theatre.
At the moment we're still gathering subscriptions and therefore the exact starting date for the work has not yet been decided.

Currently "Re-shaping rituals and performance" is the only course open.
I have reduced the fees of the workshop and subscription fee is now cancelled. Also, if you would like to bring friends they would be most welcome and I can reduce the price to 25% to groups.

The workshop will run for twelve weeks and it should start by the end of this month.
(12 weeks, 12 sessions, sunday afternoons, 2 hours)
The cost is 90£ and there's a concession if you need for any reason. Feel free to talk to me.

In this course we approach the actors craft by using the self as a starting point rather then any other outside material such as text or objects. We don't explore character, but we intend to rather reveal our truthful and various characters.

We will explore different types of rituals to find our routines and ultimately reveal our subconcious and collective need for repetition.
It drives us back into the roots of Theatre, and brings up a reflection upon cultural and subcultural behaviours.

We work body-mind-emotions, and are specially concerned with finding an integral and organic healthy relation between them developing awareness physically and psychologically of who we are, what are our goals, our obstacles, our positive skills.

We will work voice, and will work as a group, in pairs and individually towards the composition of a physical score. In the last days I will direct people individually helping each participant to compose a first draft of what could possibly become a site specific performance.

For that, each participant will be asked at a certain stage of the process to bring their own personal material (memories, writing, texts, pictures images, etc).
There will be absolute freedom of choice regarding the material each participant will bring to work with during the process.

As a director I sense each actor's needs and work from there.

Finally, there's a possibility of creating an ensemble based in London and an opportunity for cross-cultural workshops in the other cities where Roof has been welcomed such as Lisbon and Calcutta.

Let me know if you'll be wanting to participate.
I'll keep in touch regarding dates and venue.

Best regards,

for Roof Theatre

ANA BALDAIA