An Introduction to Improvisation - with Toby Hulse
Saturday 18th January 2025 from 10.30 - 4.30
About the Class:
A day of fun and non-threatening games and exercises that explore and teach the skills, attitudes, and techniques for improvisation - creating theatre on the spot, without any planning or preparation. Participants will learn to develop characters and situations with other performers and in response to the audience, building from simple dialogue to more complex scenes and plots, leading to the creation of a never-before seen play.
About Toby Hulse:
Toby Hulse is a playwright, theatre director, and creative practitioner. He has made work for, amongst others, Bristol Old Vic, Tobacco Factory Theatres, the egg, Polka, the Unicorn, Theatr Clwyd, Oxford Playhouse, Watermill Newbury, Derby Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, Birmingham Old Rep, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and his plays are regularly performed across the world. His Bristol-based company Roustabout specialise in work for young and family audiences and are currently touring Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish, and rehearsing Little Red Riding Could. Toby teaches Improvisation, Clown, and Performing for Younger Audiences at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Bristol School of Acting. Toby has twice won the Distinguished Play Award from the AATE (American Alliance of Theatre and Education).
Saturday 18th January 2025 from 10.30 - 4.30
About the Class:
A day of fun and non-threatening games and exercises that explore and teach the skills, attitudes, and techniques for improvisation - creating theatre on the spot, without any planning or preparation. Participants will learn to develop characters and situations with other performers and in response to the audience, building from simple dialogue to more complex scenes and plots, leading to the creation of a never-before seen play.
About Toby Hulse:
Toby Hulse is a playwright, theatre director, and creative practitioner. He has made work for, amongst others, Bristol Old Vic, Tobacco Factory Theatres, the egg, Polka, the Unicorn, Theatr Clwyd, Oxford Playhouse, Watermill Newbury, Derby Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, Birmingham Old Rep, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and his plays are regularly performed across the world. His Bristol-based company Roustabout specialise in work for young and family audiences and are currently touring Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish, and rehearsing Little Red Riding Could. Toby teaches Improvisation, Clown, and Performing for Younger Audiences at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Bristol School of Acting. Toby has twice won the Distinguished Play Award from the AATE (American Alliance of Theatre and Education).
Saturday 18th January 2025 from 10.30 - 4.30
About the Class:
A day of fun and non-threatening games and exercises that explore and teach the skills, attitudes, and techniques for improvisation - creating theatre on the spot, without any planning or preparation. Participants will learn to develop characters and situations with other performers and in response to the audience, building from simple dialogue to more complex scenes and plots, leading to the creation of a never-before seen play.
About Toby Hulse:
Toby Hulse is a playwright, theatre director, and creative practitioner. He has made work for, amongst others, Bristol Old Vic, Tobacco Factory Theatres, the egg, Polka, the Unicorn, Theatr Clwyd, Oxford Playhouse, Watermill Newbury, Derby Playhouse, Leeds Playhouse, Birmingham Old Rep, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and his plays are regularly performed across the world. His Bristol-based company Roustabout specialise in work for young and family audiences and are currently touring Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish, and rehearsing Little Red Riding Could. Toby teaches Improvisation, Clown, and Performing for Younger Audiences at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Bristol School of Acting. Toby has twice won the Distinguished Play Award from the AATE (American Alliance of Theatre and Education).