"A Singular Experience" - The Art of the One-Person Show - with Kim Hicks
Saturday 23rd November 10.30-4.30
About The Workshop:
In a world of theatre, where it seems that more and more performers compete for fewer and fewer jobs, the need to develop ways to create your own work has become an essential skill. A well thought out solo show can be a great place to start.
In this masterclass we will explore:
What makes a good solo show?
How to choose your topic
Working alone or with a director
Connecting with your audience
Design, sound and lighting
The question of Stage management – how to transport the show
Where to find an audience – the festival circuit – rural touring
Flexibility!
The importance of reviews - Promoting the show
We will be putting work on its feet as well as discussing the more practical aspects.
Please bring a favourite piece of writing to work with - a novel, a poem, something you have written yourself, a story you want to improvise around.
Some form of note-taking is highly recommended.
About Kim Hicks:
Kim is a born and bred Bristolian. She is a 7th generation theatrical who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has remained living here while bringing up her family, for her entire working life. She has a wide experience of the profession, regularly working over the years with Show of Strength theatre company as well as other local theatre companies such as Theatre West, Stepping Out and Red Dog. She has recorded well over 100 audio-books and has many radio credits.
Kim is best known for her one woman shows:
“Courtship” – scenes from the novels of Jane Austen (which launched in 1981 – the year after she left Theatre School and has toured to America, Australia and Germany),
“Couples?” – Short stories and Poetry by Dorothy Parker,
“All Aboard” – a voyage on board the SS Great Britain created from passenger diaries written on board – and
“Hers was the Earth” – The extraordinary life of Victorian Novelist and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards.
These shows are all still available for performance and alongside private performances for tour groups “Courtship” has been on this year at The Wells Theatre Festival, The Barnstaple Fringe Festival and The Bath Jane Austen Festival. Now in it’s 44th year of performance Kim now bills it as the longest running Jane Austen Show in the world!!
Saturday 23rd November 10.30-4.30
About The Workshop:
In a world of theatre, where it seems that more and more performers compete for fewer and fewer jobs, the need to develop ways to create your own work has become an essential skill. A well thought out solo show can be a great place to start.
In this masterclass we will explore:
What makes a good solo show?
How to choose your topic
Working alone or with a director
Connecting with your audience
Design, sound and lighting
The question of Stage management – how to transport the show
Where to find an audience – the festival circuit – rural touring
Flexibility!
The importance of reviews - Promoting the show
We will be putting work on its feet as well as discussing the more practical aspects.
Please bring a favourite piece of writing to work with - a novel, a poem, something you have written yourself, a story you want to improvise around.
Some form of note-taking is highly recommended.
About Kim Hicks:
Kim is a born and bred Bristolian. She is a 7th generation theatrical who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has remained living here while bringing up her family, for her entire working life. She has a wide experience of the profession, regularly working over the years with Show of Strength theatre company as well as other local theatre companies such as Theatre West, Stepping Out and Red Dog. She has recorded well over 100 audio-books and has many radio credits.
Kim is best known for her one woman shows:
“Courtship” – scenes from the novels of Jane Austen (which launched in 1981 – the year after she left Theatre School and has toured to America, Australia and Germany),
“Couples?” – Short stories and Poetry by Dorothy Parker,
“All Aboard” – a voyage on board the SS Great Britain created from passenger diaries written on board – and
“Hers was the Earth” – The extraordinary life of Victorian Novelist and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards.
These shows are all still available for performance and alongside private performances for tour groups “Courtship” has been on this year at The Wells Theatre Festival, The Barnstaple Fringe Festival and The Bath Jane Austen Festival. Now in it’s 44th year of performance Kim now bills it as the longest running Jane Austen Show in the world!!
Saturday 23rd November 10.30-4.30
About The Workshop:
In a world of theatre, where it seems that more and more performers compete for fewer and fewer jobs, the need to develop ways to create your own work has become an essential skill. A well thought out solo show can be a great place to start.
In this masterclass we will explore:
What makes a good solo show?
How to choose your topic
Working alone or with a director
Connecting with your audience
Design, sound and lighting
The question of Stage management – how to transport the show
Where to find an audience – the festival circuit – rural touring
Flexibility!
The importance of reviews - Promoting the show
We will be putting work on its feet as well as discussing the more practical aspects.
Please bring a favourite piece of writing to work with - a novel, a poem, something you have written yourself, a story you want to improvise around.
Some form of note-taking is highly recommended.
About Kim Hicks:
Kim is a born and bred Bristolian. She is a 7th generation theatrical who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has remained living here while bringing up her family, for her entire working life. She has a wide experience of the profession, regularly working over the years with Show of Strength theatre company as well as other local theatre companies such as Theatre West, Stepping Out and Red Dog. She has recorded well over 100 audio-books and has many radio credits.
Kim is best known for her one woman shows:
“Courtship” – scenes from the novels of Jane Austen (which launched in 1981 – the year after she left Theatre School and has toured to America, Australia and Germany),
“Couples?” – Short stories and Poetry by Dorothy Parker,
“All Aboard” – a voyage on board the SS Great Britain created from passenger diaries written on board – and
“Hers was the Earth” – The extraordinary life of Victorian Novelist and Egyptologist Amelia Edwards.
These shows are all still available for performance and alongside private performances for tour groups “Courtship” has been on this year at The Wells Theatre Festival, The Barnstaple Fringe Festival and The Bath Jane Austen Festival. Now in it’s 44th year of performance Kim now bills it as the longest running Jane Austen Show in the world!!