Facilitated by professional actors, technicians, and other artists, the workshops are an opportunity for artists and community members to come together and learn new skills while sharing artistic expression. Open to both public and theatre practitioners.
Pre-registration is required. Space is limited so register early by emailing liveindapopo@gmail.com
Participation in all workshops is by donation. Donations over $10 may be eligible for a tax receipt. Please ask when registering.
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Cultivating Creation Spaces through Place-Making
Sunday, September 25, 2-4pm
led by Brian Riley
This workshop will provide a basic introduction to creating environments that nurture creativity. Through a balance of group discussion and direct action, we will explore the idea of activating a space, holding space, and intention. Ideas such as exploiting limitations, everyday magic, and process as a practice will be a skeleton for this engaging afternoon.
Coming from a multi-disciplinary arts background, Brian Riley has combined a passion for community building and cultivating expression in youth with his theatre, music and sculpture. A sense of discovery through play has become the staple in much of his work. Most recently exploration with found object sculpture and theatricalization of the everyday have led him towards creating and hosting beautifully transformative spaces for gatherings, events, and festivals. Adaptability to flow and group engagement are enhanced with his circus, musical, and sculptural background. Some Halifax collaborators include Secret Theatre, Zuppa Theatre, and Heartwood Youth Development, while focusing on his own creative output under the name Even Integers.
Intro to Red Nose Clown
Sunday, September 25, 7-10pm
led by John Beale
Maximum 20 participants. Please register early; this workshop has a minimum registration.
Inspired by the teachings of theatre master Philippe Gaulier, this workshop is for performers of all disciplines and non-performers interested in developing a more engaging presence, an openness and bravery in front of others and a reconnection with creativity: The pleasure of playing, listening and allowing things to unfold.
John Beale has been acting, teaching and creating for the past 20 years. His workshops inspire engaging presence by focusing on the pleasure to play and discovering the joy of failure. Beale is a graduate of the Philippe Gaulier International Theatre School and also trained, performed and taught extensively with Shakespeare & Company in Massachusetts.
Dramaturgy – What Is It and How Do I Do It?
Monday, September 26, 7:30-10:30pm
led by Garry Williams
Maximum 12 participants. Please register early.
This workshop is for anyone interested in the art of making theatre. We will compare traditional and contemporary approaches to dramaturgy, and work as dramaturges to analyze, interpret and realize play texts. Garry Williams draws from twenty years experience as actor, director and playwright in Germany, the United States and Canada.
Introduction to The Viewpoints
Sunday, October 2nd, 12-5:30pm
led by Kim Parkhill
Minimum registrants: 8; Maximum 12. Please register early.
Participants will play with the physical and vocal Viewpoints, a theatrical language describing principles of movement through time and space (as expanded by Anne Bogart &Tina Landau). Using a heightened awareness of ensemble as well as this vocabulary, participants will create short group compositions to share in-session. Dress to move and give your thinking brain the night off.
Kim Parkhill is professional performer/creator whose lifelong learning on- and off-stage has taken her from Halifax to New York, Latvia and Germany, In 2010, she had the privilege of training in Viewpoints and Composition with the SITI Company and Anne Bogart in their annual month-long summer intensive at Skidmore College. She has contributed to the creation of several new works for stage, collaboratively or individually, through collective creation, workshopping, adaptation, writing and/or dramaturgy.
Theatre of the Oppressed – Conflicts Without Resolution
Sunday, October 2nd, 6:30-10:30pm.
led by Garry Williams
Maximum 25 participants; Please register early.
Introduced to this form of political theatre in High School, Garry Williams has since studied with internationally celebrated founder Augusto Boal, and his son Julian Boal. In this workshop, participants will practice techniques to explore social conflicts, and practice expressing them in the context of a theatrical performance.
You Play Me
Tuesday October 18, 7-10pm
led by Dustin Harvey
This workshop will focus on a process of making performance with headsets. Participants will work collaboratively on a mini project based on the key ideas of theatrical engagement, site responsive creation, and one-on-one performance. Participants should bring an mp3 player.
From Dustin Harvey (Secret Theatre): "I am essentially an actor that works in interdisciplinary art. I come from a theatre background and not a performance art or visual arts background, and that is important to me because it informs the way my work is read. I have led work based in Halifax since 2003. Each production I make is about the theatrical while engaging viewers intimately."
The Artist / Producer: “Doing It All”
Friday, October 21st, 7-8:30pm
led by Janice Jackson
Please register early: this workshop has a minimum registration.
Freelance performing artists are always looking for opportunities to perform. These opportunities are sometimes plentiful and other times scarce. This necessitates not only developing the craft of performance, but becoming skilled at producing, public relations, directing, developing work, etc. How do we produce and promote while still maintaining a high performance standard? In this workshop we will discuss the various skills needed to "do it all" and do it all well!
Soprano, Janice Jackson has performed in modern music festivals and concert halls around the world and has sung over 170 world premieres of new works. She is the Artistic Director of the Halifax based contemporary vocal music society Vocalypse Productions. She has experience in both PR and producing.
A Thought In the Hand: An Introduction to Puppetry
Saturday Oct 22nd,
2 Sessions: 9am-12pm OR 1-4pm
Led by Jesse MacLean
Maximum 10 participants. Please register early.
Love Kermit? Love War Horse? Love playing with toys? In this introductory session participants will explore the basics of puppetry arts and object manipulation. Based on sessions conducted by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, this is a hands-on workshop featuring opportunities for solo, partnered and group work, this workshop is designed to give participants a taste of what it feels like to bring an object to life and hold a thought in the hand.
Jesse MacLean is a Halifax-based Director and Performer. He has directed over a dozen shows for Shakespeare by the Sea Halifax, and since 2006 has worked closely with the internationally acclaimed puppetry company Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. As a puppeteer he has performed across North America and Asia and has served as a Puppetry Coach and Assistant Director on a number of Mermaid's touring productions. As a workshop leader he has designed and/or taught puppetry workshops at home and abroad for a variety of age levels. He saw War Horse last year in London, and loved it.
