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WAYS OF WORKING - (WITHOUT A DIRECTOR): A Workshop by Tg STAN (Belgium) [December 2007]
Sat 15th December, 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
  
"The essence of STAN is to be found in a definition of acting. They see acting as being present...a sort of dogged immediacy...STAN is practised in counter-readings. Rubbing a script up the wrong way. Looking for the development of an argument in a seemingly neutral fragment of material...
... that an actor can act independently in this respect. That while on stage he himself can choose how he will perform the script. Evening after evening. That theatre is not repetition, but action. That a script is an open score that allows a great many interpretations...That it is necessary to continue amazing and surprising each other and that one can take this a very long way. As long as you are free...
… gallai actor actio yn annibynnol o ran hynny. Pan fydd ar y llwyfan gallai ef ei hun ddewis sut y bydd yn perfformio’r sgript. Bob noswaith yn ei thro. Nid ailadrodd mo theatr, ond gweithredu. Sgôr agored yw sgript, un sy’n caniatáu llawer iawn o ddehongliadau. Nid oes angen trefniadau haearnaidd cyn y gellir dechrau actio. Drwy leihau’r trefniadau ymlaen llaw mae theatr yn dod yn fwy bywiog. Mae angen dal ati i ryfeddu a synnu eich gilydd ac fe ellir mynd â hyn yn bell iawn. Cyhyd â’ch bod yn rhydd...
..One of the constants in the life of STAN is talking about acting. No one can define it, no one has any nameable method up their sleeve, but it is always about the same thing: how ought one to act?"
Luk van den Dries
Following Tg STAN's performance of "The Monkey Trial" the previous evening, this Belgian company offers a one day workshop exploring their philosophy and practice: Tg STAN's work is characterised by its emphasis on the independence of the actor from the authority of the director and writer.
Workshop Fee: £20
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