Service Description

This workshop series is for 18+ This in-person workshop series foregrounds Movement for Industry. You will begin to unlock how to apply movement practice grounded in theory and techniques to practical performance, bridging the gap between practice and industry using potential circumstances and examples. Over six week, this series will cover: Session 1: ‘An Actor Prepares’ (using movement) Exploring warm-ups, cool downs, and the initial moments in rehearsal using the body (the read through, the world building, the blocking). Session 2: Integrating movement and character creation Exploring the ways movement can lead to character discoveries and illusion of full embodiment, from the most subtle micromovements and habits. Session 3: Contact and non-contact interactions Exploring how interactions (contact and non contact) feed into the creation of moments and relationships, and how to navigate this process. Session 4: Movement and the script Exploring the script as a movement tool, and movement as a tool to unlock the script. Session 5: Choreography and dancing for actors Explore how we embody unfamiliar movement forms and what techniques we can use to learn, re-create, and be creative with dance as an actor. Session 6: Moving without re-living Explore ways to navigate aspects of story that may be unsafe or ill-advised to experience in real life including chemically-altered states in characters, characters experiencing dangerous situations, characters living magical or surreal experiences.** **PLEASE NOTE that content advisories will be issued in advance in accordance with Equity’s principles on safe working practices and UK theatre best practice. All work will remain fictional, representational, and focuses on learning skills to apply in the workplace. There will be no real-world reenactment, physical risk, or requirement for participants to experience altered, dangerous, or psychologically intense states. This workshop will particularly suit those with existing experience of movement techniques or equivalent professional performance experience, but this is a prerequisite. This workshop series will run for six consecutive weeks in Spring 2026, with one three-hour workshop per week. This can be be taken as a full course (£129 for six sessions) or individual sessions (£24 per session). Additional details including exact location will be provided to individuals upon completion of booking process. Booking opens Spring 2026.