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About the Workshop
.A Message from Geoffrey Brumlik
Discovering a Richer Creative Freedom in Playing Shakespeare
It has been my great pleasure to work with actors on Shakespeare for more than 30 years, whether it be in the capacity of an Artistic Director, Associate Director of a regional company, or most recently, as head of the MFA Acting Program and a Senior Acting Tutor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Shakespeare in the 21st century offers incredible opportunities for actors to build on the very solid foundations their training provides them in terms of Shakespeare. It is, however, in the step beyond those fundamentals where the pleasure of exploring and playing Shakespeare exists, where the actor can extend into the characters, language, and humanity of the plays the find a brilliant freedom, imagination, and live-in-the-moment playing that is the actual goal of all that foundational work along the way.
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If you are sensing you have hit a plateau in your work on Shakespeare, and sense there is a dynamic, engaging step beyond where you are, this is likely the workshop for you
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Engaging Shakespeare in Practical Terms
This workshop offers a very full, active three days of exploratory progressions that step by step lead the actor towards discovering a deeper ownership of the fundamental tools of Shakespeare as a springboard to develop a richer personal and creative freedom in the playing of his work ​
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Alongside that very active work, the workshop offers regular opportunities for discussion, consolidation of ideas, and reflection on discoveries in a safe, collabortative environment.
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Above all, the workshop is designed to provide an experience that very much allows each actor to build on where their current Shakespeare training has left off, and discover their own freedom within Shakespeare's structure, and expand the very human elements of his text.
Like all theatre, great work on Shakespeare is a result of a balance where the very technical and deeply human need to work together in perfect balance.
​If you are interested in learning more detailed information about the workshop before applying, please feel free to contact us at workshops@theengagedactor.com.
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