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Improv Weekend for Beginners

October 10-11th 2009 10.00 to 5pm

€160 per person including lunches (bring a friend for €140)

During this weekend you will learn how to improvise & in the process have lots of fun! Filled with games & exercises this 2-day workshops will teach you a lot about theatre & more importantly about yourself! Exercise your imagination, your creativity & your funny bone, make instant characters & build stories as you go along. Improvisation is also great for anyone who deals with people or groups in an everyday basis & it’s a fantastic storytelling tool. Here everybody will entertain & be entertained! Come & enjoy!!


Advanced Drama Improvisation for Actors

November 7-8th 2009 10am to 4pm. €140 (bring a friend for €120)
June 12-13th 2010 10am to 5pm €160

This workshop is aimed at actors, aspiring actors and people seriously interested in Improvisation. During this two-day workshop, we will deal with three elements. Firstly we’ll learn about advanced Improvised scene composition. How to make a scene interesting? What’s the arc of a story? Storytelling skills will be developed. Secondly we will focus on character development using different techniques (to look at physical, verbal & psychological aspects). Finally, the mechanics of comedy will be studied. What makes a scene funny?


 

 

 

Clowning for Adults: find pleasure in the ridiculous.
with Marcus Bale
April 24-25th 2010 10am to 5pm €200 (includes light lunch - bring a friend for €180)

 

 

Throughout this workshop you will learn about your comedic potential. We will explore it and develop it. We will regain the pleasure of ‘Play’ with yourself and others. Finding your clown will help you hugely to increase self-confidence and the use of your body language. For actors and non-actors, you can guarantee you will discover a lot about yourself.

Introduction to Commedia Dell'Arte.
with Marcus Bale
May 15-16th 2010 10am to 5pm €200 (includes light lunch - bring a friend for €180)
Commedia dell’ Arte was performed in Italy in the XVI century. This is theatre tradition that uses masks and improvisation as tools and delivers powerful results in front of an audience. We will be introduced to Arlecchino, Pantalone and other Commedia characters through the use of their masks, and their particular body and verbal language. A great set of tools for actors and an extremely liberating experience for anyone interested.



The Drama Team

Claire Gowdy

Claire Gowdy studied Drama and Theatre Studies with Belinda Wild at the Kinsale College for Further Education, specialising in working with young people. The groups she has worked with range from infants through to young adults including groups presenting challenging behavior . For the past 4 years Claire has facilitated after school drama classes in the School Project in Cork. She ran a private group called ‘The Mad Hatters’ which performed a devised show in the Firkin Crane. Claire has worked for the Gaiety School of Acting, the Travelers Womans Network, the Irish Centre for Talented Youth and the Helene-Lange-Schule in Wiesbaden, Germany. She also facilitates many youthgroups for Ogra Corcai in youth centres in Togher and Knocknaheeny. She is also a writer and performer for Dowtha Puppets in Cork.
 
Paula McGlinchey
 
Paula is an Actor living in County Cork. She studied Contemporary dance at the London Studio Centre and BA Drama at Durban University. In 2000 Paula attended the Drama studies course in performance/Theory at the Kinsale Further Education College. She worked in Political Theatre in Kwamashu Township, in South Africa with teenagers and adults and was the Artistic Director of the International Chimanimani Arts Festival in Zimbabwe. There she was also the Drama teacher at Mvurachena and choreographer for the school productions. On returning to Ireland, she has given numerous Drama workshops for young people in Cork County and has given master classes at the Kinsale College in dance movement. Paula incorporates physical creativity in her drama workshops and has a keen interest in mask work. She is a Co. Founder of Metamorphic Theatre Company and a member of Cyclone Repertory Company.
 
Marcus Bale
 
Marcus Bale trained in Buenos Aires for seven years in different Actors Studios. He also studied Improvisation, Clown, Circus, Mime, Physical, Mask and Anthropological Theatre. In Ireland he performed and directed a multitude of plays. Since 2002 he has been giving workshops on Improvisation, Clowning, Commedia dell' Arte, & the Techniques of Jerzi Grotowski, Eugenio Barba & Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, always emphasising the physical aspect of theatre. He has taught in Ireland, Germany, Italy, Canada & Argentina. In 2001 he co-founded BYOB Productions. The same year he co-founded Cyclone Comedy Improv Troupe. In 2002 he was co-founder of the Snatch Comedy Improv Troupe with whom he performs all over Ireland. In 2003 he became Teacher for the Gaiety School of Acting in Cork teaching adults, children & teenagers. He also teaches "The Spirit of Sign", Cork Deaf Community Drama group & is also guest teacher at the Theatre Courses in Kinsale College of Further Education & KCAT Drama Course in Callan, Kilkenny.
 

To book, simply send a deposit of €50 by paypal through this site or email info@kinsaleceramics.com with any queries.