Acting and Directing Online Workshop with Adrian Noble

“For the young director probably the greatest challenge will be working with the actors”— Adrian Noble from his new book How to Direct Shakespeare.

Adrian Noble was the Artistic Director and Chief Executive at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003. Adrian’s productions have received over 20 Olivier Award nominations and his theatre and opera productions have won numerous awards.

Over two weekends in late November and early December, a group of Hong Kong actors and directors will have the chance to work with and learn from one of the world’s finest theatre directors.

During the first weekend, Adrian will lead a practical study of Improvisation and Non-Verbal Exercises to explore Sophocles’ text Antigone while the second weekend will involve a basic appreciation of the Stanislavski Method and Actioning techniques as the actors rehearse Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.

The actors and directors will gather in a studio space in Hong Kong to work with Adrian (who will be in the UK) on Zoom as a total of three cameras capture the rehearsal process. There will be time allocated at the end of each session for the directors to ask Adrian questions about his rehearsal methodology and his unique way of working with actors.

26-27 Nov & 3-4 Dec 2022 (Sat & Sun) 6-9pm Location: TBC Conducted in English without translation Fee: HK$3,000 (No student concession) Participants are required to attend all the sessions

Application deadline 28/10 (Fri) 6pm HKT

https://forms.gle/VRe125BLLRrCseTg8

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Writing for the Theatre with Liam Hurley

This course on Writing for the Theatre will develop over 3 consecutive teaching weekends, in which participants will -examine key principles of dramatic writing -explore models of collaboration and dramaturgy -enquire into the role of text in devised and physical theatre

Award-winning collaborative writer Liam Hurley will draw on examples from a range of theatre sources, from classic texts to the work of diverse Scottish writers.

In response to this course material and through exercises, creative prompts & provocations, participants will generate their own original scripted material, both within the teaching time itself and in their own writing time between sessions.

Receiving group feedback and some individual mentorship, participants will be coached in crafting the most effective written forms as a vehicle for their own original content, and developing their own authentic voice in their writing for the stage.

Workshop schedule：9-10, 16-17 & 23-24 Apr 2022 (Sat & Sun) 4-6:30pm Format：Online, delivered using "Zoom". An email with the Zoom link is sent before the workshops.

Conducted in English without translation

Fee：HK$1,500 (No student concession) Participants should attend all the sessions Enrolment：https://forms.gle/DN7cyC5HmjsUeY9p8

About Liam Hurley Liam is a collaborative writer for theatre with over 20 years experience as a creative practitioner. Prior to graduating in 2002 with a First Class Honours in Theatre Studies from The University of Glasgow, Liam had already launched his professional career - including acting alongside legendary Scottish actor Brian Cox on stage at The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh. In 2003 Liam was an inaugural recipient of the Playwrights' Studio Scotland's mentorship award, being partnered with renowned poet and playwright Liz Lochhead. As a collaborative writer or Dramaturg, Liam has devised original work with communities across the UK and internationally, including with Theatre du Pif as Dramaturg on 2008's "The Will to Build". In 2016 - back in Scotland - Liam was Dramaturg for the the award-winning productions "Heads Up" by Kieran Hurley and "Wind Resistance" by Karine Polwart, and in 2019 he received a Fringe First award for co-writing "Dispatches on The Red Dress" with Rowan Rheingans. He is currently being supported by National Theatre of Scotland to develop a model for trauma-informed theatre making.

SEED 2020 is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

The content of these activities does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

"The Feldenkrais Approach to Performance” with Deborah Bowes

Moving through Neutrality Discovering a place of balance and calm where our body and mind are receptive and ready to engage with the world sometime in our lives.

Breathing and feeling yourself Refining your sensing and moving for enhanced presence.

Space and Spaciousness Exploring both our inner space and our relationship to the space all around us.

This Feldenkrais Method workshop is an exploration of your habits of moving and sensing yourself in order to expand your choices. There is a difference between an exploratory movement and a performative movement. You can take the learning from exploring movement into more skillful performance when you need it. The learning process used in Feldenkrais lessons are without fixed goals and they can help to reduce anxiety and to prevent or hasten recover from injuries. You can gain confidence in your ability to generate new options for action.

Each person will get something different from the lessons and have the freedom to learn in their own time, in their own way, without competition or judgment. The mind-body responses can include a sense of more length, width, better breathing, clearer orientation in the environment, and feeling more connected to one's being. The ability to sense oneself in the moment, especially a moment like an audition, or a performance …for example, being able to connect to weight or support, breath, find the right timing, use appropriate effort, and, to know where one is in space... that's the magic for performing well.

This workshop will be especially beneficial to people working in the creative arts field such as performers, directors, writers, producers as well as teachers.

However the workshop is OPEN TO ANYONE, at any level of fitness, as all of us sometimes in our lives have to present ourselves in front of others whether in a formal setting like an interview or in a social situation such as meeting someone for the first time.

--- Deborah Bowes loves learning and movement. She has been teaching the Feldenkrais Method for over 30 years in the USA, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Colombia. She lives in San Francisco, California and has a private practice working with performers, musicians, singers and the general public. She has a special interest in managing pain, women’s health and mindful well-being. She also is a certified Yang Style Tai Chi teacher , and continues to study Qigong, meditation, yoga and dance forms. She also has a doctorate in physical therapy.

--- Workshop schedule 14-15, 21-22 & 28-29.8 (Sat & Sun) Sat 11-1pm; Sun 11-1:30pm (Sun 1-1:30pm Q&A Session with Deborah) Format: Online/ Attend at TDP studio Fee：HK$1,500 (No student concession) Participants should attend all the sessions Conducted in English without translations Enrollment︰forms.gle/VxLmh5No2vD7uWoE8

Online Our online workshops are delivered using "Zoom". An email with the Zoom link is sent before the classes.

Attend at TDP studio If you would like to attend this workshop by coming to Theatre du Pif's studio Sheung Wan, you can register 'Attend at TDP studio'. The class will be screened on a TV and a camera will be in the room so Deborah can see the students. In addition (but not compulsory), you can also have your own smartphone device connected (with your own network) and your camera focused on your mat so you can be seen more clearly. --- SEED 2020 is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region The content of these activities does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region