Date and Time: Wednesday 6th July and Thursday 7th July 2022 from 7pm to 9pm
Venue: The Junction as part of their Summer Season 2022
‘We have become so out of touch with our lower bodies that we often treat them as if they were no more than trucks that carry our expressive upper bodies from place to place’ (Wangh, 2000).
Using a variety of embodied acting techniques, Josie will introduce workshop participants to some of the most up-to-date actor training skills being taught in UK drama schools today.
Josie draws her inspiration from a range of practitioners, including Konstantin Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Rudolf Laban, Jacques Lecoq, Jerzy Grotowski, Sanford Meisner, and Mary Overlie/Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints. Research interests include voice and text, consent, and Shakespeare.
A key element of the workshop will include prepared scene studies performed by Dubai Drama Group acting talent.
Who is it for?
People aged 16+ years with some experience in theatre. An application form will be included in the registration materials. The workshop is limited to 16 participants.
The workshop will include some physical work. Bare feet or grippy socks are preferred but trainers are acceptable. If you have any injuries or mobility issues you are welcome to adapt, slow down or sit out and observe if it gets too physical for your body.
We strive to create a safe and inclusive working space. If anyone has any particular requirements, including but not limited to hearing, language, mobility, or neurodivergence, please do let us know.
Josie Campbell is studying for her MA Actor Training and Coaching at world-famous Conservatoire, the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London. This is the only course of its kind in the world and is at the cutting-edge of practice. Josie has been working with the foremost trainers and practitioners in the industry, and from universities and other conservatoires, such as RADA and Guildhall, across the world.
Josie is training with and sharing her developing practice with actors who have appeared with the RSC, the National Theatre, the Old Vic (currently, in The 47th), in TV series such as The Crown and Casualty, and a BAFTA-award winning video game actor (Returnal).
As a professional actor/director, she is co-founder of Little Britches Theatre Company which toured Yorkshire, UK, last summer with a pop-up production of Shakespeare’s Will. Little Britches plan to bring the play to Dubai in the autumn.
Price per person: 495 AED. This includes:
- One year’s DDG membership (valued at 100 AED). DDG members get access to events throughout the year, including play readings, workshops, and social activities. All cast and crew of DDG productions are also required to be members at the time of the production.
- 10% discount on Josie’s next workshop.
- 10% discount if 3 people sign up together.
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