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Freeform! with Niall Ashdown
One day workshop with Niall Ashdown.
Improvisation is a wonderful way to explore your creativity but how much structure do we need in order to explore the possibilities?
A lot of improv has structures and strictures that can give a performer both a sense of security and of limitation.
What happens when we throw away the formats and formalities and play without boundaries?
In this workshop, we shall be investigating ways to identify stories, find new points of concentration and moments of change, and escape the sometimes restricting conformity that can both facilitate and frustrate our creative impulses.
Niall Ashdown is a hugely experienced performer and teacher.
We will be exploring his favourite mode of improvisation, and the mood will be light, playful and pressure-free!
A basic knowledge of improvisation will help, of course, but it’s not mandatory.
Improvisation is a wonderful way to explore your creativity but how much structure do we need in order to explore the possibilities?
A lot of improv has structures and strictures that can give a performer both a sense of security and of limitation.
What happens when we throw away the formats and formalities and play without boundaries?
In this workshop, we shall be investigating ways to identify stories, find new points of concentration and moments of change, and escape the sometimes restricting conformity that can both facilitate and frustrate our creative impulses.
Niall Ashdown is a hugely experienced performer and teacher.
We will be exploring his favourite mode of improvisation, and the mood will be light, playful and pressure-free!
A basic knowledge of improvisation will help, of course, but it’s not mandatory.
Old Diorama Arts Centre, Regent’s Place, 201 Drummond St, London NW1 3FG.
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