Workshops

Paula Galimberti: Magic Realism

Time: Thursday, 27 October from 3 p.m to 6 p.m.
Location: Sindikalna Hall - Elektro Ljubljana

​Improvisation is a magical place, where you can turn yourself into almost anything you want, but we still often use our go-to characters and are afraid to escape the mold of plain old realism. In this workshop we will break all boundaries and rules about what is magic impro and we will make everything look normal … even though it will be magical. We can be whatever we want, everything is possible!

Paula Galimberti is an internationally renowned actor, director, coach and improviser. She started her own impro company “Jamming” in Madrid 20 years ago. She has worked as a teacher and improviser in South America (Bogotá, Lima, Cuzco, Santiago de Chile) and Europe (Germany, Spain, France). She is now working between Madrid in Berlin, where she is a part of the Esimpro collective - a Spanish speaking theatre. She also collaborates with the national Spanish radio program doing an impro show on air.

Paula Galimberti: The Truth in Impro (workshop for highschool improvisers)

Time: Friday, 28 October from 3 to 6 p.m.
Location: Dijaški dom Ivana Cankarja (Ivan Cankar boarding school) - B block

Improvisational theatre doesn’t have to be funny all the time and also funny can come from various different sources. Through this workshop highschool improvisers of ŠILA - school impro league will explore how they can use their own truth and put it at the service of the scene. We can be funny, but scenes can also be full of emotions and feelings, which will bring us to another way of telling stories.

Paula Galimberti is an internationally renowned actor, director, coach and improviser. She started her own impro company “Jamming” in Madrid 20 years ago. She has worked as a teacher and improviser in South America (Bogotá, Lima, Cuzco, Santiago de Chile) and Europe (Germany, Spain, France). She is now working between Madrid in Berlin, where she is a part of the Esimpro collective - a Spanish speaking theatre. She also collaborates with the national Spanish radio program doing an impro show on air.

Gonzalo Piñán: Chaotic Impro

Time: Saturday, 29 October from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Stara mestna elektrarna - Elektro Ljubljana (main theatre)

In improvisational theatre we enjoy dancing on the borderline between order and disorder. In this workshop we will find ways to expose ourselves and get out of our comfort zones. We will explore new ways of creating original scenes through chaos. Learning to improvise from intuition will give us speed and more freedom and it will breathe fresh ideas into our scenes.

Gonzalo Piñán is the director and founder of ESIMPROEscuela, a school of improvisation and performing arts in Berlin. He is part of the Berlin company ESIMPRO. He is also a musician, composer and psychologist who graduated from the university in his hometown of Madrid. In Madrid he was a member of groups Quinto Parpadeo and Al Tran Trán Impromusical, after migrating to Berlin, he has been a force of creation of the Spanish-speaking artistic community in Berlin.​

Rama Nicholas: Inspirational! (workshop for ŠILA teachers)

Time: Sunday, 30 October from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Stara mestna elektrarna - Elektro Ljubljana (main theatre)

Improvisers look for inspiration around them: in the audience, through audience’s suggestions, the venue etc. But inspiration can be much closer - in our co-actors. In this workshop we will explore all the ways and techniques of how to inspire your partner and make your partner look good. It's such a simple thing to think about, but at times not such an easy thing to do. As we focus on really bringing the best out in each other we will also be having a lot of fun doing it!

​Rama Nicholas is an award-winning actor, comedian and improviser. Rama is best known for their critically acclaimed, scripted, multi character comedy solo shows and is also the creator and director of 3 acclaimed improvisation formats. Rama travels the world performing, directing and teaching improvisation at festivals and with various international theatre companies. Her philosophy as an artist is to always be curious and creative around the art-form of storytelling, to be emotionally engaging and aim to inspire audiences as well as support and collaborate with cast and crew alike.

​Samo Oleami: Critical Writing On Improvisational Theater

The workshop is created in cooperation between the Naked Stage festival and Radio Študent.
 
The workshop is intended for young writers who have already published a text or two, as well as for established writers who would like to deepen their knowledge of this specific type of theatrical expression. The format of the workshop includes watching the performances, discussing about what we have seen and socializing before, during and after performances, where we also talk to the artists. Then the individual work with the mentor follows, working on each text through 3 drafts over one or two weeks. The final texts will be published on Radio Študent.