Nick believes improvisation to be a lifestyle and an ethic. He believes that improvisation is an equally valid and artistic theatrical mode, as any other. Nick’s experience on stage is all about relationship and collaboration, with his scene partners and the audience. He believes in bold risks and relentless experiments. He believes in you, as an improviser or audience member.
More information: http://impro.com.au/
“An improviser can be both relaxed and energised, relaxed enough to clear the mind of unuseful worry, and energised enough to seize opportunity.”
SHOW
Nick Byrne presents THE FESTIVAL CAST
Saturday Oct. 6th, 2018 at 7.30 PM
A single character emerges from group movement, and we hear what is inside this one human mind, as she/he goes about her/his daily business, hiding these thoughts from all but the audience. As we meet more characters, it is clear that each human has an inner life they lead, and another they portray on the outside. The world is a cacophony of these worlds, but our stage is a playful, poetic place, where beautiful images prevail.
WORKSHOP
„OUT OF YOUR MIND – FESTIVAL CAST TRAINED BY NICK BYRNE“
TAG and Nick Byrne will cast a group of advanced players who’ll have the possibility to train and perform with Nick Byrne during the MOMENT! Festival 2018.
If Nick Byrne could describe his style of teaching and directing, it is to remove the worry that clogs the heads of improvisers, and to release the effortless, playful creativity that is already part of every performer. This workshop will include a range of movement exercises in which performers can mindfully focus on simple tasks, so that improvising is worry-free, and large groups can seamlessly co-operate to generate clean stage pictures and multi-perspective scenes. In this state, performer’s minds are relaxed enough to actually notice what offers are already in the scene, and energised to access their ideas or skillsets. There will also be work done to make more difficult improviser’s tools (such as poetic language) easier, even for those with English as a second language.
Through this process, performers will also learn to access and use their stream of consciousness, the limitless flow of information and ideas pouring through our minds, the inner monologues that cycle relentlessly, and the human desires these subconscious thoughts represent. Accessing these on stage presents a different style of storytelling, and a vulnerability that audiences and scene partners can empathise with.
Finally, the workshop returns to concrete realistic scenes, that are more true, coming from instinctual impulse and desire, movement and rhythm.
CASTING: FOR ADVANCED IMPROVISORS ONLY!
Workshop Fee € 190
Duration 14 hours
Location Rehearsal Room TAG – Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna
Training Sessions
Thursday Oct. 4th, 2018, 11.00 am – 3.00 pm
Friday Oct. 5th, 2018, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Saturday Oct. 6th, 2018, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
APPLY
1. Fill out the application form. Don’t forget to sign it!
2. Send us the form and a motivation letter and a short abstract of your improv experience (1/2 page)!
3. Email it to moment@dasTAG.at
4. By signing the application form you are PRE-registered for the Workshop, you accept the organizer’s cancelation policy and are obligated to pay the fee within the term of payment!
5. We’ll inform you, if your are in the Festival cast ASAP!
If you apply for more than one Workshop you’ll get a discount!