We are highly experienced acting teachers who work with actors in methods directly inspired by The Michael Chekhov Technique .
We deliver quality acting workshops for theatre students, actors (both amateur and professional) within a college or community setting, individual sessions or bespoke training for particular groups. We wish to share the efficacy of this incredible acting technique which focusses primarily on the Imagination and the Body and is learned primarily through practise. The Technique opens us to a feeling of Joy in the creative process, and reminds us that we are Artists .
We also give non actors the opportunity to explore elements of the technique in a way that can be applied to their work.
Foremost is the idea that acting or performance can 'happen' to a performer rather than be forced, coaxed rather than imposed. Discovery and live response are central to the work . You work entirely in the present tense, unencumbered by self consciousness. Form and freedom are in constant dialogue in this approach.
While the approach was developed for actors and performers, the ancillary benefits can be experienced by all who are open to exploring their creativity and are transformative.
We live in a materialistic world which can serve to pull human beings out of the sense of the Whole or connectedness. These techniques foster an expansive, balanced sense of the human being as a creative individual - connected to nature and natural forces and in communion with other living creatures.
When the opportunity arises we work through the technique towards full performance.
We work through short ‘in-the-room’ courses as well as weekly online courses where you can explore in depth some elements of the work. It is true to say though there is still a lot of practise whichever ambience you choose to work in.
Your creative freedom, your creative individuality - that is what we seek to foster.
“It’s a Mad World My Masters!”
Comedy,Clowning and the World of the Fantastic.
January 18 and 19th - Galway
In this bizarre world in which we live, we often bandy words like realism and truth as being the real lodestones of a good performance. And of course in a way this can be true. But many characters we play require something else. Fantastical characters who inhabit many plays , grotesque situations characters find themselves in (often not so dissimilar to ‘real life’), comedic styles which whilst basing their theatrical worlds on reality are so overblown or stylised they take us somewhere else. These characters and worlds have their own ‘truth’, which can give our audiences different perspectives and insights; the Questioning, Rebellious nature of the Clown , the character who dares to challenge the very nature of the Play and what it might be.
Daring to take these giant leaps of faith into the Grotesque and still finding a sense of truth is what this course is about.
And how we build our bridge to the audience is key.
Come and find lightness in creation working with this often ignored area of our work as performers!
In The Room! Coming Soon! - 2 Sundays
for Performers/Directors and People who work with their Voices!
Two Day Workshop In the Room Galway : The Connecting Breath, Voice and Performance. Max. 10-5 date Sunday October 27th and November 3rd
Cost one sunday 60€/ both days 100€
Acknowledge the voice as the radiating instrument it is! This is a two day workshop on two consecutive Sundays to awaken the body and liberate the breath for performance, though it will be ok to come for one sunday only. Breath is the fuel for the body. Often the voice is the poor relation to the performance, thin and unconnected to performer and character, but by awakening it and connecting it to the body and the imagination, the voice can be acknowledged as the radiating instrument it is, for use not only for acting but in any situation in life . Each day we will work with exercises and short pieces of text using voice and body.
