Education
SPECIFIQ offers a range of interactive workshops for all ages led by our creative team and Associate Artists. The following workshops are currently available:
Acting on the Move
Associate Artist Ben Starr leads a practical workshop on performance techniques for promenade theatre. From reassuring a 'one-to-one' audience to managing a large, public crowd, this session explores and develops an essential toolkit for any promenade or site-specific performer.
This workshop lasts three hours and has a maximum capacity of 20 spaces.
Behind the Scenes
Drawing on her experience in both traditional and non-traditional theatre spaces, Becky Brown, SPECIFIQ's Creative Producer and professional stage manager, leads this workshop which introduces students to different aspects of 'behind-the-scenes' theatre. In addition to a brief history of stagecraft, this workshop will allow students to begin working with tools and techniques of theatrical production in a practical way.
This workshop lasts three hours and has a maximum capacity of 20 spaces.
Shaping Space
A workshop for designers focusing on interpreting space and shaping it for performance. Led by Artistic Director Oscar Blustin and one of SPECIFIQ's Associate Designers, this session investigates ways of manipulating a mobile audience by creating pathways through a space, and by shaping an audience's physical journey through a performance. Covering a range of topics from interactive and suggestive design to audience dynamics, this workshop is a perfect introduction to site-specific and promenade work.
This workshop lasts three hours and has a maximum capacity of 16 spaces.
Thank you, many times over; it was a delight having you here.
Stories and Spaces
A practical workshop for actors or students with SPECIFIQ director Oscar Blustin and Associate Artist Tobias Deacon, which explores the relationship between narrative and the space it inhabits. Through a series of exercises and guided discussions participants will be challenged to reconsider their attitude to staging and re-examine the ways in which they interpret and occupy spaces.
This workshop lasts three hours and has a maximum capacity of 16 spaces.
A truly enlightening and entertaining session - we can’t wait to have you back!
Additional workshops are devised to run alongside our productions and will be publicised on this website and through our mailing list. We offer discount rates for certain schools and organisations - please contact us for more information or for a quote.
Image from The Black Staircase, 2011