Ad Infinitum Week-Long Workshop at the London International Mime Festival
At the 2012 LIMF Translunar Paradise enjoyed a sell-out run at the Barbican and our workshop, The Storytelling Body was a blast. So we're delighted to announce that Theatre Ad Infinitum will be running a new workshop at the 2013 LIMF. Last year's workshop was a sell-out and tickets disappeared very fast indeed, so if you want to guarantee your place make sure you book sooner rather than later. To book please contact the Mime Festival using the email address below, & please be aware that there are a limited number of places.
MAKING THEATRE WITHOUT WORDS: When actions speak louder
Led by George Mann and Nir Paldi
Mon 7 - Fri 11 Jan 10am - 6pm
Central School of Speech & Drama, Eton Avenue, London NW3 3HY
Price £250
Bookings: workshops@mimelondon.com
A unique opportunity to dive headfirst into a productive environment exploring a visual and non-text based theatre practice via a Lecoq-style method that will push the physical limits of the performer as a creative theatre maker.
The workshop will explore how the actor in an empty space can use the body to create characters, spaces, emotions, poetry, atmospheres, and ultimately, tell stories – without words. We will explore gestural languages, mime, comedy, tragedy, chorus work, poetics and much more, and with this foundation search for new possibilities of making visual and non-verbal theatre that excites and fires the imagination. The week will culminate in the creation of short devised performances that experiment with our newfound discoveries in a theatre without words.
The course is aimed at semi-professional and professional artists in all performance genres. It will be very physical with lots of running around, movement, sweating, fun, etc. We encourage all types of people to participate, but please be aware of the nature of the class and prepare to be pushed physically and creatively.
The Mime Festival is Britain’s annual showcase for the best in contemporary visual theatre, a popular annual event in one of the world's most dynamic and multi-cultural capitals. LIMF 2013 features fifteen productions from Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia and Switzerland as well as work by some of Britain’s top visual theatre performers, plus workshops and after-show discussions.
To find out more click here to visit the 2013 LIMF website.
