The Actor is the Theatre - The Foundations of Michael Chekhov's Approach to Acting
Saturday 17 May 10am - Saturday 19 July 5pm
A sequence of three one-day workshops
Creating Character with Sarah Kane
These one-day workshops provide an opportunity to explore practically the core elements of the truly artistic acting techniques developed by Russian actor Michael
Chekhov in the middle of the twentieth century. Chekhov’s approach aims to inspire and empower actors for their future work by building a living and sensitive bridge
between the movement and imagination of an actor and the character to be played.
The workshops are designed as a series and build from one to the next; at the same time each workshop is an entirety in itself and can be taken individually.
Imagination is the real, eternal world, of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
William Blake
Saturday 17 May 10am - 5pm ~ The Imaginary Body
With the help of the imagination, we will explore the physical attributes of the character in both the monologue you bring and in a scene that you will meet in the
workshop
Saturday 14 June 10am -5pm ~ The Imaginary Centre
With the help of the imagination, we will explore the inner aspects of the character in both the monologue you bring and in a scene that you will meet in the workshop.
Saturday 19 July 10am - 5pm ~ The Psychological Gesture
With its foundation in the Archetypal Gestures, the Psychological Gesture takes the actor to the core of the character, to his or her will forces, opening a whole range of
possibly unexpected, creative possibilities.
Please bring clothes and shoes suitable for the Chekhov workshops as a well as a piece of text such as a monologue or poem known by heart, so that it can be used in
the exploration in practice of any aspect of the techniques.
Workshop Fees:
1 workshop day: £55
3 workshops: £150
Sarah Kane trained in Steiner’s approach to speech and voice, then Chekhov’s approach to acting with many of his original students. She now integrates them in her teaching, directing and performing, which takes place internationally.
