CLASS: Devising Online Level 2

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We're sorry to annouce that this course has been cancelled.

 

Who could benefit from this course?

Theatre makers and/or screen actors who already have some experience of online performance, and who want to benefit from sharing skills with other digital theatre makers. The course involves practice exchange, improvisations, and collaboration in small groups to explore new possibilities.

How does it work?

The course is led by theatre maker Amy Clare Tasker, using Zoom, OBS, Snap Camera, and potentially other tools that are free to download. Participants are encouraged to explore other digital performance platforms. Familiarity with video calling software is required, along with a willingness to experiment. (Or as Eddie Izzard would say, Techno Joy!)

This is a Level 2 course, so we won’t be spending time on the basics. If you’ve taken our Level 1 Devising Online course, or if you’ve made your own online/digital performance, then this course is for you.
Not sure of your level? Check out Amy’s Zoom Theatre Starter Guide - if it feels overwhelming, maybe wait for our Level 1 course to be offered again.

The course consists of three sessions:

Session 1 (Saturday afternoon)
Practice Exchange - each participant shares something they have learned from their digital performance work. This could be anything you like: an exercise to run with actors, a useful app, a lesson in audience behaviour, etc.

Then we’ll break out into smaller groups to experiment with these shared tools, and begin to create quick-fire devised pieces.

Session 2 (Tuesday evening)
We will warm up with some ensemble games, and idea-generating exercises. In pairs or groups of three, we'll use these as an approach to creating short pieces.

In between Sessions 2 and 3, you are encouraged to work with your scene partner(s) to develop your idea.

Session 3 (Saturday afternoon)
Each group will share their performances in progress, receive feedback, and work collaboratively in breakout rooms to refine their pieces. At the end of the session, we’ll run through and record the performances. Participants will receive a copy of the video for their portfolios.

What do you gain?

  • Meet new collaborators and create an original performance on Zoom or other online performance platform.
  • Share your skills and learn new ones from your peers and the course leaders.
  • Keep the performance video for your portfolio or show reel.
  • Option to present your performance at The Cockpit’s regular scratch night Theatre in the Pound.

Dates & Times

Session 1: Saturday 07 May at 3:00 - 5:30pm

Session 2: Tuesday 10 May at 7:00 - 9:30pm

Session 3: Saturday 14 May at 3:00 - 6:00pm
 

Cost

£65 (Earlybird - book by 25 April)
£75 (Regular price)

We're sorry to annouce that this course has been cancelled.

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AMY CLARE TASKER
Amy is a theatre maker and creative producer. At The Cockpit, she runs the Theatre Maker programme and co-directs the Voila! Europe Theatre Festival. With her own company, Pinecone Performance Lab, she creates theatre and performance experiments to celebrate unexpected connections. Recent productions include HOT (Helen of Troy) at The Cockpit in 2020, and Home Is Where... developed as a theatre show at Camden People's Theatre, Rich Mix, and Theatre Deli in 2016-2017, before morphing into a 1:1 interactive oral history performance in 2019. Amy loves experimenting with form and technology: way back in 2012, she collaborated with directors in San Francisco and New York to create a series of workshops via Google Hangout, and in 2020, she co-wrote an article for HowlRound on "Devised Experiments in Breaking Zoom."

Testimonials

"Brilliantly pioneering. Devising and performing online were far more satisfying than I expected. Online video is a new medium rich with possibilities that I'm keen to explore further."
Antony Quinn

"A great approach to an online course where collaboration was encouraged with participants from around the world! Steve and Amy were both friendly, they put you at ease quickly and were also well informed and knowledgeable about what possibilities there might be, they asked the questions and facilitated us to find answers."
Devising Online participant, 2020

"I learned a lot about Zoom techniques and online performance! A great way to meet wonderful theatre people around the world. I was happy to join at 1AM in Japan!"
Juri Ito

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