Workshop: Acting I, Shift Space

Are you looking for new, dynamic approach to expanding your communication skills, connect with people and empower yourself?

ACTING I

Date: March 3rd to April 22nd, 2014
Time: Tuesdays 6:30 to 9:30pm  (8 weeks)

This course is open to all. No previous experience necessary.

This is course is an introduction to basic acting skills. Participants will be guided through different exercises and methodologies to make connections and work with the body as the primary instrument of expression. Working within an ensemble, students will further their skills in improvisation, enlivening the imagination, developing character through making specific choices, embody imagery and text, and recognize strong creative impulses. Students will have a basic foundation of the actor’s training.

Cost: $240.00 + tax or $35.00 per class

Audit classes at Straeon Acting Studios

Straeon Acting Studios is excited to offer our AUDITING PROGRAM for FREE in MONTREAL for the month of MARCH. Come sit in on as many classes as you like and view the studio’s coaching process!

ABOUT THE AUDITING PROGRAM:

Actors and filmmakers can come audit any number of our Tuesday classes in Montreal, observe the scene work & coaching process, meet the coach, get introduced to the Straeon method and see why Straeon Acting Studios has now gone global!

Classes are Tuesday afternoons (1:30 pm – 5:00 pm) and evenings (6:00 pm – 9:30 pm)

For more information visit http://www.straeon.co/ (not .com)

To register for the Free Auditing Program, please contact our Montreal Manager at kim.nelson@straeon.co (not .com). Priority will be given to first-time comers to the studio.

LOCATION:
Studio CETM
2205 Parthenais (1st Floor)
Montreal, Quebec
H2K 3T3

ACTRA MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT:

Current ACTRA members and apprentices are eligible for a Special Offer when joining the class. Ask our Montreal Manager for more details

Kim Nelson
Montreal Manager, Straeon Acting Studios
Straeon Filmworks Inc

Workshop: AQW’s Material, movement and mechanics

A masterclass with puppeteer Frank Soehnle from Figuren Theater Tübingen (Germany)

From 27 February to 4 March 2014

Thursday, February 27  9h-16h30

Friday, February 28  9h-16h30

Saturday, March 1,  9h-13h

Sunday, March 2 9h30- 4h30

Monday, March 3rd 9h-16h30

Tuesday, March 4th 9h-16h30

This course is given in English (36 hours)

 Cost: $ 185 + tax = $ 212.70 including tickets to the opening show of the Festival Les Trois Jours de Casteliers Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 20h.

 Students from outside the Montreal region (over 50 km) can be reimbursed for their transportation costs and subsistence to attend this training. Places are limited. *

Location: La Cenne, 7755 boul. Saint-Laurent, suite 300, Montreal

Frank Soehnle founded Figuren Theater Tübingen in 1991 as a freelanced company of contemporary puppet theatre for adults. Each production involves different art forms and creates a special theatrical language. The combination of material and movement is always the base of their artistic work – the puppet always the center of the artistic research. Different artists from all spheres of art are involved in the process of creation. On this crossroad of arts, performances like Flamingo Bar, Nachtgesichter, Children of the Beast, With huge wings, salto.lamento and Hôtel de Rive were created and toured the world.

“The moment of impulse”

The masterclass focuses on the relation and impulse work between puppet and puppeteer, material and performer, object and subject and all possibilities of transformation.

“The moment of impulse” between a human being and a puppet can open a new sphere of theatrical possibilities.  By discovering the options of the material you are working with and connecting it with the realistic and abstract possibilities of the human body, you will find a new, more open view to your work.

Different manipulation techniques and materials will be explored under their range of theatrical expression. Participants will learn how to take the impulse from the material/puppet to move into another reality.

“strings in transit”

A special focus will be the relation between puppeteer and string puppets. Frank Soehnle, known for his exceptional work with string puppets, will work on contemporary methods of using and handling objects and puppets on strings in relation to the movements of the puppeteer.

Participants are asked to bring clothes in which they can move freely.

Besides that they should bring:

–          a long coat and a hat (should fit)

–          a puppet or object (no matter what technique)

–          a suitcase (no limits in size and form)

Frank Soehnle studied Puppet Theatre from 1983-87 at the national “Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst” (Academy of Music and Performing Arts) in Stuttgart (graduated as Master of Puppet Theatre). From 1987-90 he was artistic director of the Figurentheater Karlsruhe. In 1991 he founded the independent Figuren Theater Tübingen.

He is guest lecturer at the “Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst” and other international Universities and Academies.

He has performed in Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, India, Israel, Mexico, Russia and the USA. He works as performer and puppeteer, puppet maker and director.

Workshop: A Physical Approach to Creative Writing

This course is meant for writers of all kinds, actors, dancers, and spoken word artists, interested in working physically for the inspiration and creation of a personal text.  To leave space for all kinds of writing (poetry, fiction, spoken word, monologue and dialogue) we will work with various ways in: understanding intention and action, creating physical scores, character building, play, and movement-text analysis.  The course is experimental in the sense that its structure will mould with the needs and wants of the participants involved.

Participants should expect:

– to gain tools to approach the creation of text physically

– to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between words, punctuation and the body

– to develop a way of understanding and analyzing text physically

– to have a safe space with others to explore, risk, fail, and try again.

Dates: March 9 – April 27, 2014

When:  Sundays, 12:30- 3:30pm  (8 weeks)

Where: Shift space Inc.

Instructor: David DiGiovanni

Contact: info@shiftspace.ca   514-575-2524

David di Giovanni is a theatre-maker and teacher. For the past three years, he has worked as a director and dramaturg for MAP Project – a dynamic emerging theatre company based in Montreal. His recent directing credits with MAP Project include Play it Again, Phaedra (November/December 2012), MAP Season One (Sept 2011 – May 2012) mounted at the Mainline Theatre. He has worked at Concordia University, Shift Space, Volcano Theatre Conservatory, carrying out workshops with an emphasis on physical-based approaches to acting, greatly inspired by his encounter with the work of Grotowski and Laban movement analysis. David has made two journeys in the past year to the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, once to take part in an intensive workshop lead by Thomas Richards and the workcenter team. Other directing credits include Holy Tranity! at the historic Cafe Cleopatra in Montreal (June 2013), The Last Days of Karl Nimeni at the ARENA festival.. der jungen Kunst in Germany (July 2012), and assistant director on Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights directed by Nathalie Claude (December 2011).

Workshop: PWM’s Exploring Practice: Script Analysis

Every good play presents a strong argument, engages the audience in a dynamic dialogue, and tells a compelling story. But what are the elements that make up a great play? Knowing how to analyze a text helps develop a vision and a voice, a point of view. It expands the vocabulary that will support an informed discussion about the play with artistic collaborators. Text analysis reveals the questions (and not the answers) that the script holds, questions that lead to clear and strong understanding of the world of the play.

The objective of these sessions is to explore various tools required for a critical reading of a theatrical text. Through hands-on exercises, we will examine structure, character, ideas, language and staging, while investigating the importance of the social, political and historical context of works for the stage. Open to professional playwrights and dramaturgs at all stages of their practice.

 

Micheline Chevrier  For over thirty years, Micheline has worked across Canada as a director, artistic director and dramaturg. As a director, she has worked at such theatres as The Shaw Festival, the National Arts Centre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Canadian Stage, Young People’s Theatre, Centaur Theatre, Geordie Productions, and Theatre New Brunswick among others. Her directorial credits also include works by Molière, Coward, FO and Churchill, as well as several Canadian playwrights such as John Murrell, Wendy Lill, David Young and Ann-Marie Macdonald, just to name a few. She has also directed several plays in translation by several Quebec playwrights, including Michel Tremblay, Michel Marc Bouchard, and Carole Fréchette. Micheline was the Artistic Director of the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa, from 1995 to 2000. In July 2013, she was appointed the new Artistic and Executive Director of Imago Theatre. She has also directed and taught at the National Theatre School, Concordia University, McGill University, York University, Dalhousie University and University of Alberta among others.

Exploring Practice – Text Analysis: The art of telling stories on the stage

Date: March 10-13, 2014, Monday to Thursday

Time: 3pm to 6pm

Place: PWM Studio 5337 Blvd Saint Laurent suite 240

Please send a cover letter and bio to: emma@playwrights.ca by February 26, 2014

Cost: 45$

No fee for PWM members

Workshop: An Introductory Workshop to Michael Chekhov’s Acting Technique

Lionel Walsh will lead a two-day workshop that introduces the basics of Chekhov’s Technique, which uses physicality to unlock the psychology of the actor, which can then be applied to the role. This process encourages individual creativity, risk-taking, and heightened choices.

Date & Time
Saturday, March 22 10h00-17h00
Sunday, March 23 10h00-17h00
Cost
$65.00 for QDF members and students, $75.00 regular
Limited Enrollment Available

For more information:
http://www.bullpenproductions.org/upcoming/
https://www.facebook.com/events/732106113490506/

E-mail katherineturnbull@bullpenproductions.org to book your spot today!

Call to Participants: LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER

If you could ask your mother one question about her life, what would it be? What is the most important thing a mother can pass on to her daughter?

Complicite Creative Learning and Why Not Theatre are making a show about Montreal’s Jewish women, and we’re looking for daughters and their mothers (or mothers and their daughters) who are interested in creating and performing in it.

We’re hoping to talk to people across the city about their experiences of being a woman and being Jewish, about their family traditions and how those feature in their lives, and about their most outrageous family stories. These stories will then be woven into a performance starring the mothers and daughters themselves.

No performance experience required – we’re looking for real people and real stories!

After initial meetings in March, we’re hoping to create and produce the project over a two week period in May 2014.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the project, and how to participate, please contact Poppy Keeling: poppy@complicite.org

The project will be created in association with Complicite, OFFTA and A Bit Off the Top.

Auditions: Chocolate Moose Theatre Co. – Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Chocolate Moose Theatre Co. will be hosting open auditions for our second production: “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” by Tom Stoppard running at Mainline Theatre May 7th-11th and 14th-18th!

The auditions will be held in Morrice Hall (aka Tuesday Night Cafe Theatre) at McGill University, just west of the Redpath Museum.

Auditions are Saturday, February 15th between 11am and 4pm and Sunday, February 16th between 11 am and 7pm.

For an audition time, please email a resume and headshot (if you have one) to chocolatemoosetheatre@gmail.com. Please prepare a 3 minute classical or contemporary monologue of your choice.

Callbacks will be held in the evening on Monday, February 17th.

For any questions please email chocolatemoosetheatre@gmail.com

*Drop-ins are welcome*

View Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/607392465999290/

Job Notice – General Manager – Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal

Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal (PWM) is a national new play development centre established to support the development of playwrights and contemporary work for the stage. Our core programming is designed to advance the artistic practice of emerging and established English language professional theatre artists, and to develop, support and disseminate their work. The commissioning and dramaturgy of work in translation is also an important component of our programming. Our focus is the process of development, whether written or devised, at all stages of creation.

 Primary Responsibilities

Coordinate all administrative, financial and operational activities of the organization. This includes:

• Financial/Accounting
• Forecast and oversee PWM’s budget
• Maintain records of all general operating and payroll contracts and records in QuickBooks
• Establish, maintain and monitor operating procedures and systems of control for all financial transactions and government compliance matters

Fundraising and Grant Writing

• Planning and execution of all grant activities (Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres de Québec, and Conseil des arts de Montréal, as well as all foundations and corporate grants)
• Organize and manage fundraising events
• Seek potential corporate sponsors as well as the support of foundations and private donors

General Office Management

• Hire, train and supervise administrative staff and volunteers

Marketing & Communications

• Develop and produce all promotional, communications materials, including social media
• Network with government bodies and advocate for the arts

Additional Responsibilities

• Undertake long-range planning with the Artistic Director
• Provide business leadership to PWM

Qualifications

• BA or BCom degree
• 5 or more years of experience with a professional arts organization
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, in both English and French
• Experience with fundraising and grant writing
• Accounting background/financial acumen, experience in producing budgets and financial reports
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, QuickBooks and desktop publishing (Photoshop an asset)
• Experience with Social Media, designing and maintaining website

Reporting Relationship

• Position reports to the Artistic and Executive Director and to the Board of Directors
• Start Date: April 21, 2014
• Salary: $35,000-38,000
• Schedule: 32 hours a week

Deadline to apply: March 10, 2014

To apply please send your cover letter and CV and references to: search@playwrights.ca

Visit http://www.playwrights.ca/about/offre-demploi/?lang=en for more information.

QDF Workshops: Theatre Management with Jane Needles

Led by: Jane Needles, Arts Administrator, Consultant and Professor, Executive Director of Québec Drama Federation
Dates: February  17-19, 5PM-8PM, Monday – Wednesday
For:  Administrators, Producers, Practitioners, Educators, Inter-disciplinary artists, Company Members.  Also accessible by members of other disciplines.
Hours: 16
Location: QDF Office – 6545 rue Durocher, Suite 303, Montreal
Cost: $150 for members and $190 for non-member – total of 16 hours –  4 hours are one on one sessions with Jane after the main workshop is finished.

This popular workshop (often given twice per year) will examine in detail all aspects of Arts Administration in relation to the interactions with public and private sectors, within all disciplines of the arts in the Non-Profit sector (the “mechanical or media arts” are not dealt with in this workshop, other than as reference). The aim of this workshop is to create a basic awareness of the business of arts administration/theatre management and to provide a basic grounding in the management of theatres and companies in response to needs expressed by the community.

Jane Needles

Jane Needles’ wide experience in the arts covers all disciplines of the cultural world, primarily arts administration and teaching administrative techniques.  Born into a well-known theatre family, she learned from an early age, working hands-on, in almost every aspect of productions and latterly, of producing artistic events and theatre seasons.  Throughout an extensive career, along with her regular employment, she has maintained an active role in the arts world as a volunteer lobbyist, board member, consultant, teacher and participant in many groups and committees, both French and English.  Her involvement with both cultures has increased her awareness of their complex diversities. Currently she is the Executive Director of the Quebec Drama Federation, and was also a member of the Board in various capacities over the past fifteen years for Quebec Drama Federation. She is also past member of the Board and founding member of the English Language Arts Network, Past President of the Centre d’activités récréatives et educatives de Montreal (C.A.R.E Centre), Treasurer for the CEDEC, Board member of the CQRHC, Member of the Board of the Conseil québécoise du théâtre, Co-President of Teatricus Inc., to name some of the volunteer activities she has taken on.  She teaches Arts Administration at Bishops’ University as well as career management and administration courses for the various CEGEPs and training institutions in Montreal. She is a mentor for the Mentorat Culturelle of the HEC and has recently been named cultural attaché consultant to Liberal MP Marc Garneau in Montreal.