Your Theatrical Improv Batbelt: stagecraft for Improvisers with Tom Mathias
on Wednesday from 10:00' - 12:30'
 
About the workshop:

As a performing improvisor, there are so many choices to make - staging your show is one of them you can make with intentions.
 
Stagecraft for improvisors can be rushed, picked up implicitly, or sadly, neglected. Learning how a play is prepared, rehearsed and staged and what choices there are to make gives improvers powerful insights and a fresh toolkit to apply. Scripted theatre can be "full body physiotherapy" for improvisors, time to book in and stretch yourself.
 
Topics covered:
set design/staging - how to work with, not against unusual playing spaces and ways to make plain spaces interesting.
blocking - more than just 45+45, principles and exercises to ensure you're seen/heard and how to emphasise the choices and actions of your group
design - lights and sound, quick ways to create distinct worlds and how tech operators are cast with powerful edits and emphasis
tablework - actioning, Meisner and reflection: specific tools for how characters are discovered to help you create your own
 
 
About the teacher:
 
Tom has created theatre with South London Theatre for over 10 years; performing, designing, producing and directing across classic and contemporary pieces. Tom is a founder member of Linc Theatre having written and produced and performed Replay: The Stage Play.

Tom has been improvising for over 7 years; learning in multiple schools, under international teachers and at festivals. Tom has taught improv for theatrical performers and corporate speaking, produced shows and performs with La Wronge. Tom was part of the debut team that performed Somewhere on the Other Side of this Wide Night with The Pretend Company at Improfestival Karlsruhe in 2024.