PIAF Masterclasses: Applications OPEN

18 Jan 12, 10:14PM

OPPORTUNITES!

As part of The Blue Room Theatre's commitment to providing professional development opportunities to our members and, in particular, programming high quality workshops led by internationally renowned professionals, we're offering you an exclusive opportunity to take part in master classes led by Sarah Thom from the cast of GOB SQUAD’S Super Night Shot and Eddie Kay from the cast of FRANTIC ASSEMBLY and National Theatre of Scotland’s Beautiful Burnout. Both highly acclaimed productions will feature in the 2012 Perth International Arts Festival.

With generous support from the Perth International Arts Festival Vital Stages program, and financially assisted by The Besen Family Foundation, we are able to offer these at NO COST to you. However, participants are required to purchase a ticket to the show relevant to each workshop at the discounted price of $25 in order to aid workshop development.

WORKING COLLABORATIVELY with Sarah Thom (GOB SQUAframe_gobsquad.pngD)

Tuesday 7 February 2012, 1-5pm at The Blue Room Theatre
Drawing from each member of their collective, Gob Squad collaborate on the concept, direction and performance of a work. Workshop participants will explore new techniques in a series of exercises that will assist your process of creating and performing collaboratively.
Gob Squad constantly redefine their forms of expression, varying project by project from stage performance, video work, interactive live film to urban intervention. The partly improvised works centre around the randomness of real-time encounters between performers and audience. In Super Night Shot, Gob Squad take their video cameras to the streets of Northbridge exactly one hour before the show starts, making every performance as totally unique as the city in which it is filmed and the people who inhabit it. Click here to read more about Gob Squad or visit www.gobsquad.com
Workshop participants see Super Night Shot by Gob Squad 8:30pm Saturday 11 February
(Please note the workshop is taking place before the performance season.)

Click here to download the Gob Squad Masterclass application form.

INTRODUCTION TO MOVEMENT THEATRE with Eddie Kay (FRANTIC ASSEMBLY)frame_frantic_assembly.png

Monday 20 February 2012, 1-4pm at The Blue Room Theatre
Be introduced to Frantic Assembly’s energetic and highly physical style of movement theatre. Work collaboratively to create material following practical exercises from Frantic Assembly productions. Experience devising techniques used to create Beautiful Burnout, build physical confidence and learn new techniques.
Frantic Assembly creates unforgettable theatre, attracting new and young audiences with work that reflects contemporary culture. Vivid and dynamic, the company's unique physical style combines movement, design, music and text. Their show Beautiful Burnout is thrilling, intensely physical theatre that immerses the audience in the explosive world of boxing. www.franticassembly.co.uk
Workshop participants see Beautiful Burnout by Frantic Assembly and National Theatre of Scotland 2pm Saturday 11 February

Click here to download the Frantic Assembly Masterclass application form.

APPLICATIONS:

Participation will be by selection process through the above application forms which must be returned completed to robyn@blueroom.org.au by 9am Monday 23 January 2012.

  • Places are strictly limited and participants will be selected based on a commitment to diversity of age, gender, backgrounds and willingness to share.
  • Workshop applicants will be notified of their application success by Friday 27 January.
  • Participants of each workshop will be expected to see the relevant show (Super Night Shot by GOB SQUAD / Beautiful Burnout by FRANTIC ASSEMBLY and National Theatre of Scotland) to aid in the workshop development process. Tickets have been reserved at the special discounted price of $25. You will need to pay The Blue Room Theatre for your ticket on confirmation of your workshop placement.