Two workshops in Exeter and Hamburg

Marking roughly the half-way point in my time on this project, I am excited to leave the 'writer's den' for a workshop, in which I try to both summarize some of my findings so far, but also, and perhaps more importantly, try to translate them into a few exercises and experiments, which I hope to be of interest to today's theatre practitioners.

Here is brief description of the workshop which I will give in Exeter and Hamburg in March and April - the basic concept will be the same for both, but context and working language (English/German) will vary.
 

In this workshop will explore the notion of ‘musicality’ and its significance and potential for processes of theatre making. Using notions of music as models, metaphors or actual principles of practice in the theatre has a long tradition. It has been discussed by a variety of directors, actors, stage designers and playwrights ranging from Goethe to Beckett, Meyerhold to Artaud, Appia to Wilson all of which put forward musicality as a strategy for writing, directing and performing, but with quite different theatrical aims and results.

We will initially discuss some of the key themes and concepts of this interdisciplinary notion of musicality and will then conduct a number of small exercises, which aim to be leaping off points for any future experiments with musicality you may wish to incorporate into your theatre making processes.

I will give this workshop first as part of the Exeter Performers Playground, hosted by Theatre Devon and the Drama Department, University of Exeter, on Wed, 28 March, 6-9pm, Exeter University Drama Department, Thornlea, TS1.
Exeter Performers' Playground is "a new initiative in Exeter, aiming to provide workshop and training opportunities for Devon-based performance makers. We run regular sessions for skills sharing, experimenting and play, and explore a variety of performance techniques.  We aim to support a growing network of performance-makers in the region, and create an informal space for both exercising our performance skills, and sharing and testing ideas."
Then I will engage with the next generation of young directors as part of the festival "Körber Studio Junge Regie", which showcases final year productions from the major drama schools / conservatories in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands and Denmark.

See also: http://exeter.academia.edu/Roesner/Talks#d72592

I will comment on how it all went, soon!