TOM RADCLIFFE - MEISNER INTENSIVE
“ACTING IS THE ABILITY TO LIVE TRUTHFULLY UNDER THE GIVEN SET OF IMAGINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.”
10 ACTORS / 6 WEEK INTENSIVE / 24 SEPTEMBER (SATURDAYS)/ 15:00-18:00 GMT / ONLINE ZOOM.
TOM STUDIED WITH SANFORD MEISNER IN LOS ANGELES IN THE EARLY 90'S AND AS A LONG-TERM STUDENT OF MEISNER’S NOBODY KNOWS THE WORK BETTER!
THE SCENES WILL BE CAREFULLY CHOSEN AND COME FROM TOM’S WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORK AND PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN WEEKLY TASKS TO COMPLETE BETWEEN SESSIONS.
OVER THE YEARS TOM HAS WORKED WITH; ED HARRIS, RICHARD HARRIS, TIM ROTH, TIM SPALL, JOSS AKLAND, DAVID JASON, BARBARA HERSHEY - TO NAME BUT A FEW... AS AN ACTOR HE WAS DIRECTED BY AGNIESZKA HOLLAND AND JACK SHEPPARD.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
WEEK ONE; INTRODUCTION TO THE MEISNER TECHNIQUE AND REPETITION EXERCISE.
WEEK TWO; REVIEW OF REPETITION EXERCISE. ALLOCATED SCENES.
WEEK THREE; REHEARSAL TECHNIQUE
WEEK FOUR; ANALYSING A SCENE
WEEK FIVE; CHARACTER WORK
WEEK SIX; FINAL PERFORMANCE (RECORDED)
