demons
sunday 30 june 24
A day-long improvisation performance workshop exploring power + intimacy + storytelling
11am-6pm | SET Woolwich SE18 6BU
The day will begin with facilitated exercises drawing on the ‘status transaction’ games developed by Keith Johnstone in his 1999 book ‘Impro for Storytellers’. The games have three objectives:
1. For actors to transfer power between one another in an unscripted scenario
2. To convince a spectating audience that the balance of power has been adjusted as intended.
3. To watch other people trying to gain power they don’t have or give away power they do have, and try to recognise the demon in them that can do it.
🛫 transfers of power are what makes a good story
In the afternoon we will be making performances and performing them to each other.
All levels of experience welcome (but it might be more comfortable for people who feel OK about performing for a small audience)
The workshop will provide a supportive context for experimentation (the focus is the process we’re less worried about the outcome)
Facilitated by George Lynch and Hannah Taverner
George Lynch is a writer currently directing and producing an ACE-funded theatre work to be debuted at CCA Glasgow in November 2024. She works as a facilitator in political organising contexts, notably the London Renters Union and the Scottish Artists Union. Recent publications include Fieldnotes Journal, Oxford Poetry (Partus Press), Datableed, Sticky Fingers Publishing, and Montez Press Radio.
Hannah Taverner is a performer, actor, and artist living in South London. They work with performance and sound. Recent performances have been shown at Wysing Art Centre (Cambridge, UK), PRIMARY (Nottingham, UK) and The Horse Hospital (London, UK). They work with young people and alternative educational programs such as The Complete Works.
Booking required spaces limited
£25 standard £20 low income [contact ghlynch@me.com to arrange PWYC ticket, NTAFLOF]
