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Zuppa Circus Theatre, in association with Theatre Nova Scotia in Halifax,
ACT (a community theatre) is an amateur
Nova Scotia, Canada is pleased to announce a workshop in Character Work association promoting community theatre on
led by internationally acclaimed clown master, Philippe Gaulier. The Prince Edward Island, Canada. For more
workshop will be held from August 2-23, 2005, Monday-Friday from 10 am - information, check out our Mandate or ACT
3pm. The workshop will take place in Halifax. During M.Gaulier’s last visit to (what's in a name) .
Halifax in 2002, he taught a three-week long workshop in Clown to students
from across Canada and the USA. Mo nthl y Archiv es
January 2014
The 2005 Halifax workshop will be Character Work. Each student will be October 2013
assigned a costume before the class. Through these costumes, scene work, April 2013
improvisation and writing exercises the class will spend three weeks March 2013
discovering which characters they are drawn toward. “In this class we will February 2013
discover that playing a character means giving what the audience needs in January 2013
order to continue dreaming about the character, and not an ounce more than December 2012
November 2012
this. An ounce more would break the charm and everything would fall back
October 2012
onto the ground again in reality, in a thousand pieces. Students often play too September 2012
much, so much that they lose their aura, their charm, their soul” (from August 2012
www.ecolephilippegaulier.com) June 2012
May 2012
Philippe Gaulier is a world-renowned teacher/writer and director with a April 2012
distinctive approach to the world of performance. Currently based in Paris, March 2012
February 2012
France he runs his own international theatre school, �cole Philippe Gaulier,
January 2012
where, each year, he welcomes students from up to 36 different countries. December 2011
Founded twenty-four years ago, it continues to produce enriched theatre November 2011
artists that take their craft back to their many corners of the world. Theatre June 2011
artists that have trained with M. Gaulier include Oscar-winning actors May 2011
Geoffrey Rush (Shine), and Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful), Emma March 2011
Thompson (Sense and Sensibility), Helena Bonham-Carter (Fight Club / Big February 2011
January 2011
Fish) and the very popular satirist Ali-G. London’s internationally acclaimed, December 2010
cutting-edge theatre company Complicit�, under the direction of Simon November 2010
McBurney and Marcello Magni, was founded on and guided by the principles September 2010
at the heart of Philippe Gaulier’s teachings. Philippe Gaulier does not teach a August 2010
style of theatre, but an approach to theatre that allows an actor to find his or July 2010
her own style. Gaulier’s approach, puts a great emphasis on character May 2010
April 2010
development; however, play creation, writing and directing are also March 2010
fundamental aspects of Gaulier’s belief in giving birth to unique creative February 2010
artists. November 2009
October 2009
For more information on the workshop or to request a registration form, September 2009
please contact Zuppa Circus Theatre at info@zuppacircus.com or August 2009
zuppacircus@hotmail.com, or call 902-489-9872. Also, look at photos from July 2009
the 2002 workshop at www.zuppacircus.com June 2009
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