A workshop for stand ups to develop your physicality and stage presence. Learn how to connect what you do and what you say onstage!
Do you get stuck in your head onstage or feel unsure about your movement? Do you simply want to find new ideas for your stand up sets?
Working on your physicality, movement, and stagecraft can completely transform your performance, making for a more assured and memorable show. This intensive day is a chance to think about what your body is doing while you’re doing stand up.
ABOUT THE DAY:
- 5 hour intensive day with an afternoon break
- Learn devising exercises from physical theatre and improv to refine your material and develop your stage presence
- Learn movement techniques and strategies from dance and clowning to do better act outs and add texture to your set
- Get personalised feedback on up to 5 minutes of your own material
IMPORTANT INFO:
- No movement experience is necessary
- Participants should bring 5 minutes of a stand-up set that they want to receive feedback on and develop (while this can be new material, you should have it memorised or feel comfortable working without a notebook)
About the Teacher
Sam is an award winning choreographer and movement director who specialises in working with comedians. They have worked on shows for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival including Andrew Doherty, Erika Ehler, and James Barr, and they regularly teach movement for improv and perform at The Free Association. They have years of experience teaching movement to everyone from actors, to comedians, to professional dancers. Their work has been shown across the UK and in the US, and their solo show, Crop Tops Make Me Feel Vulnerable won the Best of Anthing Goes Award at the 2018 Houston Fringe Festival.
