Scene Study for Young People

October 27, 2009 (edit: October 30, 2009) | andrew | 0 comments

A new acting workshop running in Tokyo! Develop your acting skills in the same kind of class the pros take!

At OUR SPACE studio (4 minutes walk from Hatagaya station in Tokyo).

Sundays, 12:00 - 15:00

January 17 to February 28

FINAL CLASS PRESENTATION (and party) on Friday, March 5, at 17:30

Ages: 13 - 18

Acting is more than memorizing lines and delivering facial expressions. To give your best performance, you need to understand what's going on around you in the play and what's going on in your own head (and therefore, your character's head). Scene Study will teach you how to do that.

You'll spend the first few weeks doing acting exercises (games, improv, vocal exercises, etc.) and loosening up while also learning the basics of text breakdown, character creation, raising the stakes of a scene, and more. After that, you'll be given a scene to work on with a partner, which you will present that scene at least twice for the class. The class environment will give you a chance to try out ideas without the pressure of impressing an audience.

By the end of the course, you will have been stretched and challenged as an actor, and you will have learned the techniques of creating a compelling performance without the help of a director... and you will be having more fun doing it then ever before.

So what are you waiting for? Sign up today and dive into the exciting world of actor training!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Andrew Woolner is the current Artistic Director of The Yokohama Theatre Group, and has directed four plays for them since 2006. He is a former Board member and current volunteer for the Tokyo International Players.

Andrew had several years of acting training and experience prior to earning a BFA in Theatre from York University in Toronto. While working on his degree, he also assistant taught Scene Study to high schoolers at the former Young People's Theatre in Toronto. From 1998 to 2003 he ran Squeeze-Box Theatre in Toronto.

In total, Andrew has spent the better part of the last 20 years studying, acting, directing, writing, and producing Theatre. As an actor, he's played in everything from Henry V (as Henry V), to Diary of Anne Frank; from Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), to Glengarry, Glenn Ross.
As a director, he's been at the helm of more than a dozen shows and workshops, including TIP's spring 2009 production of William Shakespeare's R3, and several productions of his own Amos Takes Hogtown trilogy.

Cost: 30,000 Yen Total

Go to our ::WORKSHOP SIGNUP FORM:: to sign up right away!

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