Drama Workshop: The Commedia Experience

THE COMMEDIA EXPERIENCE!

A complete training and performing experience!

5th – 26th MARCH 2010 LONDON GOLDERS GREEN

Each Friday at 7PM for FOUR WEEKS

(2hrs the first 3 weeks and 1hr the last week)

Only 7£ per hour! A total of 49£ for the entire course!

An exclusive workshop to learn and practice
all the real acting skills necessary to play Commedia dell’Arte,
the secrets behind all masks,
the past and present of Commedia,
for a complete performing and training experience,
from the staging of the ancient lazzi,
USING AUTHENTIC MASKS HANDCRAFTED IN ITALY, and props,
to the analysis of contemporary scripts and comic directions.

The teachers will use also texts and materials from Nobel Prize Dario Fo’s Arlecchino, provided with the kind personal permission of Franca Rame.

The participants will benefit also of written and filmed materials provided during the course

Please enroll by the 26th of February by sending us your details.

What is Commedia dell’Arte?

Commedia dell’Arte is a traditional performing art, played by professional actors, that developed in Italy since the 16th Century and influenced the most important playwrights all over the world, from Molière to Shakespeare and from which derived many modern theatre genres, from slapstick comedy to British Pantomime. Its main peculiarities are the use of masks, improvisation and the interaction with the audience. Its characters usually represent popular human situations and current social issues through intelligent, comic and ironical scenarios.