LAURENCE BOSWELL
'THIS IS OUR YOUTH' ONLINE INTENSIVE
12 Participants 6 x 3 hour sessions
Thursday evenings 6:00 - 9:00
A unique opportunity to work with renowned director Laurence Boswell on Kenneth Lonergan’s incredible coming of age drama - This Is Our Youth.
Laurence directed the hit West End production of the play at the Garrick Theatre - staring a galaxy of American movie stars including: Jake Gyllenhaal, Matt Damon, Anna Paquin, Casey Affleck and Kieran Culkin.
Laurence worked closely with Kenny throughout the life of this project - Kenny is one of America’s greatest contemporary storytellers - he won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for his movie - “Manchester By the Sea”
In this workshop you will learn to inhabit Lonergan’s three dimensional characters and you will given the tools to discover the precise actions and objectives of that give these characters life.
There will be a performance in week six to showcase this work in progress.
WEEK ONE: Creating a character.
We will learn to create - character list’s - an invaluable technique which will provide you with the skills to locate the clues in any the text for the building of character.
WEEK TWO: Ensemble character work.
Working together armed with our lists we will hot seat each character and get a sense of the complexity of these people, their unique journey and the complexity of their relationships.
WEEK THREE: Impulse to action.
In this session you will learn how to break down a scene into it’s vital component’s and discover the objectives and actions which power the units and give the characters their driving force.
WEEK FOUR: Testing our objectives.
Working through key scenes of the play you will learn how to test and adjust your objectives - and experience how it feels to be these characters in action.
WEEK FIVE: Scene Study
Having got a sense of the habitual objectives of your character you will learn about - Super Objective - an invaluable tool for containing and powering the life of your character.
WEEK SIX: Showcase
The group will perform the entire play together and your performance will be recorded on film.
BIO
Director Laurence Boswell is one of the UK’s leading theatre directors.
His first job was as Assistant Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in that time he worked closely with Cis Berry and John Barton on speaking Shakespeare’s verse. He has subsequently worked for the company as a freelance director - an Associate Director - he is an RSC Associate Artist.
BOOKING DETAILS
Please send your Spotlight Link or Acting CV to info@runatitshouting.co.uk.
