25 & 26 January | 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM GMT
RUN AT IT SHOUTING, Block D, D107, 415 Wick Lane, E3 2JG
£250.00 Members £225.00
*Please note as with all our events, our prices are inclusive of VAT*
Contact: info@runatitshouting.co.uk
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“We all have unconscious mechanisms that limit the range of emotions we feel safe expressing and their intensity. For actors these limits can negatively impact their performances, often requiring them to substitute phony ‘indicating’ for genuine ‘experiencing’. My forty-year study of body-psychotherapy has revealed that fortunately, for us and our audiences, remedial tools exist.” Jon East
In this workshop combining a little theory and a lot of practice, BAFTA winning director Jon East (Killing Eve, Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom, Lost in Space etc) and his wife Jay East (psychotherapist & former state registered nurse) will focus constructively on the difficulties and challenges involved in emotionally truthful acting that are presented by an individual’s ‘character armour’, (ie their habitual and unconscious defence structure).
On DAY 1, Jon & Jay will briefly fill in the workshop’s conceptual background and then lead participants in a series of enjoyably playful physical and verbal exercises, specially adapted by them from several modalities of body-psychotherapy. These are designed to create awareness of any limiting blockages to emotional expression and begin to loosen them, and by so doing introduce a pathway to further personal & professional growth.
On DAY 2, after a warm up, Jon will direct the participants on camera, (in groups of three), in scenes that they’ll have received in advance, replicating the on-set experience and with Jay’s help giving them a chance to explore putting the previous day’s ‘body-mind’ learnings into practice. Q&A sessions ending each day will provide an opportunity to address any outstanding issues. (Filmed scenes from Day 2 will be made available after the workshop to its participants).
Upon request, you have the option to receive your footage after the session for no extra cost!
JON & JAY'S BIO
Jon East - “I’m a BAFTA winning DGA director with over 40 years’ experience in the international film & television industry in various roles, including running actor & director workshops for the BBC and universities across the UK. I’ve worked across many genres and directed actors at all levels of experience, from Oscar, Emmy & Golden Globe winners to young children experiencing their first me in front of a professional camera crew.
I started making films in 1972, when I was ten years old, and training at the West Surrey College of Art & Design, (now the University of Creative Arts), I started in the industry as a storyboard & concept artist on music promos & commercials. I went on to work as a BBC film editor and later as the Chief Storyline Writer & producer/director on EastEnders. Between 2005 and 2009 I ran the BBC Children's Drama & Animation Department, during which time I also directed and/or executive produced several award-winning programs. For direction, I’ve been BAFTA nominated twice and I won the award for single film That Summer Day, (about the July 2005 London terrorist bombings). More recently I’ve been involved with HETV shows like Downton Abbey, Lost in Space, Surface, Killing Eve, Pennyworth and The Last Kingdom, for companies such as BBC America, Netflix, Warner Bros, Apple, HBO etc.
I was also nominated at the Venice Biennale with my independent film It Can Be Done. This short was an opportunity to tell a part of the true story of Dr Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957), the grandfather of body-psychotherapy, whose understanding of and work on emotional blocks I’ve studied since the early 1980s, (both theoretically & experientially, one-on-one and in groups). These learnings will form part of the foundation for our workshop.”
Jay East - “I am a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist who has been working therapeutically with clients - individually, in couples and in groups - since 2004. My practice is also informed by my background in the NHS as a State Registered Nurse (before entering the psychotherapeutic field) and my other professional & personal life experiences, such as performing as a singer/musician, (eg at Edinburgh Festival etc). Transactional Analysis (TA) provides the foundation of my psychotherapeutic and group work. TA was developed by Eric Berne in the 1950s and is a widely recognised form of modern humanistic psychology. TA’s uncomplicated language, concepts and behavioural tools provide valuable insights that are easily grasped by all. From my own journey and experiences as a therapist I’ve found TA to be an incredibly effective way to support clients. It helps them work with their issues and develop a deeper understanding of their complexities and their relationships, (both with themselves and others). It also offers an understanding of the wider picture of human interactions.
I work in a holistic, creative and eclectic fashion; incorporating when appropriate insights and supportive processes from my many body-psychotherapy trainings over the years, (including my particular interest in Charles ‘Chuck’ Kelley’s Radix: Education in Feeling & Purpose). It is those that I shall mostly be bringing to bear in our workshop.”
Please note all contact or questions regarding this workshop should come through the RAIS office. Please do not contact the workshop leader directly with questions
