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Workshop: Acting a Song
Sept
19
to 12 Dec

Workshop: Acting a Song

This ongoing workshop will teach you how to apply simple techniques to bring the lyrics of a song to same level of importance as the music. All that is required for this workshop is the ability to carry a tune and be able to feel it emotionally.

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Musical theatre: Nymph Errant
Jul
6
to 9 Jul

Musical theatre: Nymph Errant

Nymph Errant is the light-hearted story of Evangeline Edwards, who graduates from a finishing school in 1933. She and her classmates are encouraged by their teacher, Miss Pratt, to "experiment", in the broadest sense possible. What follows is a romp through Europe with plenty of opportunities for snappy Cole Porter musical numbers, interesting dialogue, lots of accents, wonderful costumes, a few dance steps, exotic locations and a good time for all.

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Workshop for Young Actors
Jun
17

Workshop for Young Actors

Ages 11-18
Taught by Amy Dobbert

Participants will explore communication techniques through a variety of theatrical games. Each specifically designed to help actors connect with their audience through vocal and physical performance.  

Amy Dobbert is an internationally acclaimed actress originally hailing from the US. She's runs Expat Little Theatre, Amsterdam's premiere English language children's theatre. Throughout her 25 year career on stage, screen, and in the classroom, Amy has developed vocal and physicality techniques to help actors connect with their audiences. Visit her website at www.xplt.nl.

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Play Reading of Truth Hurts and So Does Love
May
26

Play Reading of Truth Hurts and So Does Love

The Truth Hurts and So Does Love is David Nicholson’s 21st century prose translation of Molière’s Le Misanthrope - the French master’s most modern play. A play of character rather than plot, it focuses on Alceste, a man principled to the point of psychological distress, and Célimène, the independent woman he loves - and the men and women who surround them: his realistic friend Philinte, bad poet Oronte, wealthy wastrels Clitandre and Acaste, prude Arsinoé, and Célimène’s sensible cousin Éliante.

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Workshop: Vocal Projection
May
20

Workshop: Vocal Projection

In this 2-hour workshop we'll cover various vocal & breathing techniques and exercises aimed at helping the participants properly use their voice and diction when performing on stage, or in any other type of situation involving an audience. Participants are asked to prepare and know by heart a short monologue or poem of their choice they will be using during the workshop.

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Workshop: Script Writing
Apr
8

Workshop: Script Writing

We will look at similarities of play and screenplay structures -- what each scene must do, directing the focus, conflict, etc. -- and the differences. The rules of screenplay writing will be discussed, such as the four-line rule, page count, white space and more. We will also compare plays and film adaptations

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Play Reading of Travesties
Apr
7

Play Reading of Travesties

Travesties is a play by Tom Stoppard. The play centers on the figure of Henry Carr, an elderly man who reminisces about Zürich in 1917 during the First World War, and his interactions with James Joyce when he was writing Ulysses, Tristan Tzara during the rise of Dada, and Lenin leading up to the Russian Revolution, all of whom were living in Zürich at that time. 

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Straight and Narrow
Mar
23
to 25 Mar

Straight and Narrow

What happens when you're not "straight" and your family's a little bit narrow? Join the InPlayers for one modern family's account of how a gay man can still walk the "Straight & Narrow". Written by Jimmie Chinn and directed by Matt Percy, "Straight & Narrow examins what can happen when misconception mixes with miscommunication - resulting in a hilarious and heart-warming evening of theatre. 

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Workshop: Alexander Technique
Mar
11

Workshop: Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique promotes awareness and balance in everyday life, improves your quality of life, changes your ingrained habits and patterns, and helps to reduce and prevent stress and relieve pain.  During this introduction course, I’d like to help you gain a better understanding, organization and use of your body, resulting in better posture and balance, significant reduction in stress, and relieve and prevention of pain and discomfort. This will improve your stage presence!

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The Writers' Club
Mar
2

The Writers' Club

Meet Michael, he’s going to be a successful author, that is as soon as he’s finished his book. In fact, his whole writers’ group is going to make it, as soon as they find the right publisher… but first they have to deal with love, loss and rejection.

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Workshop: Commedia dell'Arte
Feb
25

Workshop: Commedia dell'Arte

This workshop aims at offering to its participants a first encounter with Commedia dell'Arte. We will be working with masks, expressions, and the physical representation of archetypes. Once the basics of these archetypes is understood and assimilated, we can move on to the second phase which is to improvise simple everyday situations within the frames of clear canvases. Before you know it, you'll be experiencing comical scenes depicting humanity in all its variety, for the pleasure of actors and audience. In a nutshell, a refreshing workshop laying the groundwork for future acting, with or without masks!

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Workshop: Method Acting
Feb
12

Workshop: Method Acting

This workshop is an introduction to Method Acting and gives participants an opportunity to discover several at techniques as well as how to use elements of this method Systematically to build a credible character. Imagination, sense memory and physical action will be explored.

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Play Reading of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Jan
27

Play Reading of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play adapted by Simon Stephens from the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. The story concerns a mystery surrounding the death of a neighbor’s dog that is investigated by young Christopher Boone, who has an autism spectrum condition, and his relationships with his parents and school mentor.

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Auditions for Straight and Narrow
Jan
22

Auditions for Straight and Narrow

The InPlayers are pleased to announce auditions for Straight and Narrow by . Performances will be on March 22-16, 2017.

Auditions for Straight and Narrow will take place on Saturday 21st of January at the CREA from 13:00-17:00. If you are interested in auditioning, please email Matt at
Inplayers.straight.and.narrow@gmail.com for an exact time.

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