FROM PLAY TO PERFORMANCE - Two Day Workshop with RARE BIRD ensemble

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 July 2024

9:30am - 5:00pm | Griffith Regional Theatre

TICKET PRICES (All ticket prices will also include the addition of Booking Fee)

Full Fee GRAPA members $75
Full Fee $100

Only available to individuals that 18+ years of age.

GRAPA, Western Riverina Arts and Griffith Regional Theatre invite actors, directors, drama teachers, and anyone interested in enhancing their performance skills, to work with RARE BIRD ensemble during their Riverina tour of LOVE & FORGETTING – Tales from a Young Mixer. Enrol early for what promises to be a rare training opportunity lead by the company’s internationally acclaimed artistic director, Jeremy James.

The objective of the workshop is to provide participants with techniques that enrich their expressive potential and enhance their ability to build character and tell stories with clarity and confidence. Drawing on the teachings and practices of Jacques Lecoq, Théâtre du Soleil and Complicite, the workshop explores fundamental principles of play which help performers and directors generate engaging new work. Games, structured improvisations and movement training will foster the complicity, listening, and collaborative skills required to propose, conceive and create effectively in any rehearsal or devising process.

JEREMY JAMES

Jeremy is an actor, director and teacher, and has received public and critical acclaim for his work with renowned theatre companies and drama schools across five continents over the past 25 years, notably with Théâtre du Soleil in Paris for a decade, and in Australia with NIDA and WAAPA. His workshops, designed for actors, directors, choreographers, dancers and teachers at all stages, have been hosted by theatre companies, schools and training institutes in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Indonesia, The Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, United Kingdom and Uruguay. Across Australia, courses have been tailored for Back to Back, Barking Gecko, Critical Path, Encounter Theatre, Griffin Theatre, STRUT Dance, WAYTCo, among others.

RARE BIRD ensemble

Founded in Boorloo/Perth by Jeremy and WAAPA graduate, Jack Martin, RARE BIRD offers new and immersive experiences that enrich the connections between the actor and audience. Combining musical, physical and traditional theatre practices, their site-specific work, LOVE & FORGETTING – Tales from a Young Mixer, premiered at the Sofitel Melbourne as part of its acclaimed Artists-in-Residence program, and is currently touring NSW, with shows in the Riverina this July presented by Griffith Regional Theatre, Australian Art Deco Festival Leeton and Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre.

Refunds or exchanges will not be offered as a result of a change in your personal circumstances, including illness or change of mind.