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MAY 6th, Actors Centre Workshop - SHAKESPEARE AND LOVE
Using ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ as a basis, this workshop will explore the passions, romance, humour and often ridiculousness which being in love lays us open to.
Come with a flexible imagination and a rough knowledge of the story (a copy of the play will be useful).
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March 2009 - National Student Drama Festival Scarborough. Glen directs masterclasses and workshops on :
MUSICAL THEATRE -
How did Rex Harrison get away with playing Professor Higgins in ‘My Fair Lady’ when – technically – he can’t sing?
Why has Glen Walford managed to make a career from directing major musicals when – technically – she’s tone deaf?
This workshop aims to replace ‘I can’t’ with ‘I want to so I will’.
HOW TO BE EPIC -
Why weren’t you in ‘Gladiator’?
Ever wanted to stand centre of a Greek amphitheatre and perform to 14,000 people?
This workshop will tap into your personal powers so that you are able to BIG UP your charisma and communicate with clarity, truth and passion.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS -
Sir Ben Kingsley was very recently bewailing the loss of actors’ understanding of ‘the narrative function’.
This workshop will chuck away indulgent, pre-occupation with ‘my character’ and concentrate on how the character serves the text by telling the story.
Stories will emerge from the work, be bashed into a presentable shape for an audience and performed.
All very ‘wham bam thank you ma’am’ but the breathtaking speed, spontaneity and surprise aims to energise actor and audience by living in the ‘NOW’.
SHAKESPEARE’S MAGIC -
Do you want to fly, cast spells, become invisible, amaze your friends and confuse your foes? By harnessing some ancient beliefs, applying some acting skills and adding large doses of chutzpah we explore ways of connecting to and communicating the power of Shakespeare’s magic.
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Actors Centre -
February 11th 2009. 10.30 – 5.30pm - SHAKESPEARE COMEDY - How to make it funny.
Ever watched a Shakespeare Comedy production all the way through without
even cracking a smile? Is it Shakespeare’s fault or is it the way we tell
it?
This workshop explores different ways of communicating comic characters
and comic situations for the audience’s enjoyment without sacrificing the
truth.
Contact the Actor's Centre to book for these workshops
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July 3rd and 4th - Repeat of the Feb workshop - 'Who's Got The Power' at the Actor's Centre
Feb 7th and 8th. 10.30 – 17.30 at the Actor's Centre
‘Who’s Got The Power?’
Actors were asked to explore their own personal powers. These were then developed and applied to the supernatural, the sexual and the political powers revealed in Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’.
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2 day workshop SHAKESPEARE’S
ENDINGS July 12, 13 2007
This workshop explored the endings of a selection of Shakespeare’s
plays. ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
was used as the main text because of the many ways of interpreting
the eventual plighting of troths and reconciliations. Day Two
concluded with a 20-minute work-in-progress showcase.
Book for any workshop via the Actor's
Centre
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Shakespeare's Happy
Endings' April 12th and 13th 2007
Two days of peeling away layers of stress to release the radiance
within so that the concluding harmonies of Shakespearean comedy
can be conveyed with conviction and delight. Day Two will conclude
with a 20-minute joyous performance (around 4.15pm) in which re-united
lovers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives join together
and with the audience in celebration.
'Comedy of Errors' which Glen will be
directing for the Ludlow Festival in 2007 will provide our main
text for escalating serial reunions and ive plenty of scope for
larger-than-life comedy exploration. No preparation necessary
but be sure to bring an open heart and a flexible spirit.
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Taster Session - September 21st 2006 as part
of an Open Day for the Actors Centre In Business. This session
was called 'Confidence Tricks' and dealt with how to use actor
training skills in business - lashings of humour plus use of two
bananas!
Corporate Training Workshops at the Actors Centre
The Actors Centre is a leading provider of corporate training
courses led by the country’s most distinguished practitioners
and expert teachers at the forefront of the media and communications
industries.
Glen's workshop called 'Tell It Like It Is'
dealt with crystallising ideas, communicating them in clear, persuasive
language. Learning to assess space, pitch of voice and of course
the signals to be picked up by the receivers of the message.
Actors Centre February 8th and 9th 2006
Workshop using Willy Russel's acclaimed first novel 'The Wrong
Boy' as inspiration.
Actors Centre - 6 June, 2005
Speaking With Tongues or How to Get Away
With It
This workshop explored instincts and skills needed to play characters
with different backgrounds, accents and personalities. The workshop
was asked to explore older, younger, posher, rougher, taller,
shorter, bigger, smaller characters than themselves. Flexibility,
generosity, imagination and courage were required.
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Actors Centre - June
8,9,10. 10.30-17.30. 2005
Glen Walford and Willy Russell
The Land Beyond the Wall
A three-day exploration of the writings of Willy Russell
Glen and Willy Russell ( See www.willyrussell.com
)encouraged participants to re-create, re-live stories, characters
and situations, to re-examine solos, two and three-somes and also
the big-cast epics. A generous heart and a flexible soul were
the order of the day!
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SHAKESPEARE'S MAGIC (December 16, 2004)
Do you want to, to fly, to cast spells, become invisible, to amaze
your friends and confuse your foes? By harnessing some ancient
beliefs, applying some acting skills, adding large doses of chutzpah
we explore ways of connecting to and communicating the power of
Shakespeare‚s magic. No particular prior study necessary
but helpful to bring any Shakespeare text in which magic occurs
or is mentioned. i.e. any of them.....
DON'T DREAM IT - BE IT (November 3, 2004)
'The Rocky Horror Show' acts as a springboard
for releasing some 'Dare To Be Great' performances. You don't
need to know the show or the songs (although is there anybody
out there who doesn't?). Nor do you need a screeching celeb. ego.
What you need is a desire to have fun exploring your own personal
allure via the rock /galactic superstars and the release of the
normal converted to the super-sensual.
HAMLET's PLAYERS (11th March, 2004)
Actors in this workshop form an Elizabethan acting troupe and
explore the skills and characters of the visitors to Elsinore.
Cut to the chase of Shakespeare's most thrilling scenes. Additional
material provided from a script now in development - 'Players'
by William Hobbs.
HOW TO BE EPIC (12 March, 2004)
Why weren't you in any of the 'Lord of The Rings' trilogy'? Could
it be that you just aren't communicating BIG
enough? Explore building your confidence and excavating your epic
powers. Work on a 4-6 line piece which is epic in scale,
empower yourself physically, emotionally and vocally so that you
'Dare To Be Great'.
For bookings and further information contact the Actor's
Centre direct on 020 7240 3940 ex. 204
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