Event

improvising Shakespeare

In this Level 2 weekend workshop, you'll spend two days improvising in the style of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare was a genius, so whilst we probably can't quite reach his level of playwriting in 48 hours, we CAN learn a huge amount to inspire and develop our improvised theatre and comedy performances.

Over two days, you'll immerse yourself in Shakespearean language, stories, types of characters, and explore the Elizabethan World to create your own versions of scenes and sketches in the style of Shakespeare's plays.

What can I expect?
- What did Shakespeare ever do for us?
Soliloquy, monologues, entrances, chorus, set-description, deaths, narration, verse, etc.
- Simile and metaphor to make your language more poetic and descriptive (inc. making up words).
- What is Iambic pentameter? Why it's not scary (and why we won't use it much anyway).
- Playing Status
- Improvising as Elizabethans (in their world).
- Exploring Shakespeare's stories (comedy, tragedy, history, magic, shipwrecks, and more).
and deaths.

Who is this course suitable for?
- Improvisers, and actors with some improvisation experience (Level 1 Maydays course, or above).
- 17+
- Performers who want to explore Shakespeare from a fresh angle
- Improvisers who want to develop and explore their verbal dexterity and theatrical stagecraft.

This course is being led by Maydays superstar, Jenny Rowe who also performs with Impromptu Shakespeare

2-days over the weekend of 23rd and 24th November 2019, 10am-3pm each day at The Maydays Studio, Brighton.

£105.00 or book before the 24th October for a £10 Early Bird discount

We're running three-weekend intensives this winter, so if you'd like to join us for more than one of them, pop us an email to mayday@themaydays.co.uk to book and we'll arrange payment with the following discounts:
1. Book two-weekend workshops and receive a 20% discount
2. Book three-weekend workshops and receive a 30% discount