MAKING SENSES

This workshop approaches "Character" as a construct and "Self" as the architect behind it. We work from the outside in to construct the hardware and software of character, then explore  internal processes of Self in improvised scenes. 

Inspired by Will Storr's Selfie and Keith Johnstone's Impro, we'll explore how internal and external voices shape character-as-destiny in Story.

This workshop approaches "Status" as a game, ruled by the see-saw effect. In tenuous competitions, balancing acts, and extreme status gaps, this much holds true: if I go up, you go down — and who could with-stand a put-down from you?

Inspired by Will Storr's The Status Game, we'll play with Keith Johnstone's Impro method in status games of Dominance, Prestige, and Success.

This workshop approaches "Story", at large, as What Happens. The art of storytelling is creating consequence and context — establishing and disrupting routines, responding, reincorporating to find resolution, and building meaning.

Inspired by Will Storr's The Science of Storytelling, we'll play with flawed characters in crisis, asking: Who am I, really? And who am I going to be?

This workshop approaches "Space" as both a physical and psychological storyteller. Rather explain it away, we bring the audience into play — paying closer attention to detail, questioning, speculating, anticipating, bridging the gaps, and closing the distance to a satisfying conclusion.

Inspired by directing methodologies and Jonathan Burrows' A Choreographer's Handbook.

This workshop approaches "Style" as a game of attention and intention — what we choose to do, use, and lose in play, creativity, and performance. Playing with Genre, we introduce rules and tools to achieve specific aims. Then, we'll play our way.

Inspired by our favourite plays, novels, films, and TV shows, we’ll map Venn diagrams to find our selective styles and bring them into play.

This workshop approaches "Scene" as an enduring glimpse into experience. It's a drop in the ocean, and the ocean itself, contained in a single drop — the scene isn't just a building block in a larger story; it's a moment that matters both here and after. 

Inspired by meaningful and memorable moments, we'll play with choices that create impact in scenes to resonate with characters and audiences alike.