Workshops
Antoine Noirant: Black Out!
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Time: Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm
Location: Menza pri Koritu, ACC Metelkova mesto Coproduction: City of Women Applications are open, apply through this link! Number of workshops spots is limited What makes a show stand out? I have no answer to this question, except more other questions. Can an appropriate sound and light design push a scene to the sky? Can someone lead the show without being on stage? What is the border between tech and directing? How can we lead the eye of the spectator? Can the improvised tech be what the editing is to a film? LED or halogen lamps? What is the DMX signal? The red wire on the blue wire ? [BOOOOM] During these two days, we will address these questions and ask new ones. Technical understanding and artistic choices will be in the spotlight. The actor is a puppet, the stage manager is the puppeteer. If you are looking to put a foot in the world of technical control, if you want to learn more about the technology of the show, if you want to become an actor and director with only sounds and lights, or if you simply like to push buttons in the shadows, this workshop is for you! More details about this workshop In this workshop, we'll be working on two main things. The first is teaching the technical basics, with some theoretical parts. I show all the organs that compose the anatomy of an improv technical set up. Several levels of knowledge and experiences: several levels of purposes. For the newborn in tech: seeing that it is not black magic, you just need a brain and hands. For those who already know more: going further with more vocabulary, knowing how everything works together, and picking some magic tricks out of my bag. The second thing that we work on is giving your eyes and heart to the audience. We'll try to open the artistic possibilities that the tech can do. We do several games for everybody to find out how they can express themselves with light and sound and become the director. This workshop is not only for the people who want to do tech in improv, it's also useful to learn how to play on stage with light and sound. I'm used to having improvisers, but sometimes there are some professional technicians, and that's fine! I adapt myself to the different levels of the participants. More fun? More games. More science? More paperboard and setup application. Antoine Noirant is one of the prominent lighting designers on the French theatre scene, and in recent years he has been increasingly establishing himself on international stages as well. He is the technical director of several street‑theatre and improvisation festivals in France, and he also collaborates regularly with improv theatres in Switzerland. He works daily with several theatres in Lyon and collaborates with numerous collectives. He says that he currently stands at the intersection of technical work, lighting design, and the creation of original performances. In 2018, he co‑founded the collective Le Mal du Siècle, which focuses on immersive, site‑specific, and hybrid forms of theatre with a contemporary aesthetic. In addition to designing lights for a wide range of theatre productions, he also provides light design for musical events. He teaches regularly and continues to expand and refine his knowledge. When he is not behind the mixing desk, he also builds scenography for performances and oversees the installation of technical equipment in independent theatres. The workshop is in English. |
photo: Antoine Chretiennot
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Gerit Scholz: Allies (Workshop for highschool improvisers)
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Time: Saturday, 24 October from 10am to 1pm
Location: IGLU Impro School, Vošnjakova 5 Perhaps you're familiar with those moments during training, workshops, on stage, or in the audience when everything seems to flow effortlessly, when improvisation suddenly becomes magical, and you find yourself wondering, "How did that happen?" What often lingers is a sense of connection, and that’s exactly what I love about improv. I believe these moments are closely tied to the state of Complicité. It's a beautiful term that can be wonderfully described by words such as togetherness, connectedness, and collective mind. The best part is that Complicité can be trained. And that’s exactly what we’ll focus on in this workshop. Embracing the motto, “If we are allies, things can only go well—even if we fail,” we will explore this state and celebrate the power of togetherness. We will dance, play, laugh, fail, sharpen our senses, and ultimately become allies! This workshop is designed for anyone who wants to deepen their connection with others and themselves. It primarily includes individual and group exercises focused on attention, impulses, body language, and expression, while moving away from analytical scene work. Gerit Scholz is an actress and teacher in the fields of improvisational theater and hospital clowning. Since 2008, she has been traveling throughout Europe in various constellations she co-founded or by herself, with self-developed formats and workshop offers. She also won the Austrian Theater Sports Championships four times in a row (2022-2025), with her group “Die Dritten”. By co-organizing the Vienna Improfestival 2015-2017 and working on the workshop series “Quintessenz OASE”, Gerit was actively involved in the development of the local improv scene. Since 2017, she has been working as a hospital clown for CliniClowns Austria in various healthcare facilities and as a trainer for new clowns. What she loves about improv is that it can lure people out of their comfort zone in a playful way, often resulting in shared emotions which can lead to more trust in oneself, the group and the moment. In her workshops she always looks for open playfulness and curiosity in the participants. The workshop is designed for a closed group of students from the High School Impro League. The workshop is in English. |
photo: Fabian Weiss
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Clara Jolfre: Did You Say Cabaret ?
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Time: Saturday, 24 and Sunday 25 October from 10am to 1pm and from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. Workshops showcase on Sunday 25th October at 7pm
Location: Club Tiffany, ACC Metelkova Mesto Applications are open, apply through this link! Number of workshops spots is limited Discover the world of cabaret and drag. Explore the performance of gender with work of clown and important process of embodying oneself to be present and connected to the group. Come create your creature, your alter ego, the you you've never met. Cabaret is above all about passion, intimacy, and vulnerability in every sense of the word. Everything is larger and amplified. It plays with the infinitely small, the enormous, and the grotesque. Discover the boundaries of the genre and its clichés. Go off the beaten path, dare to cross the limits. Play with the work of the lypsinc. Clara Jolfre Actress, performer, improviser, and drag king. Eager for new forms and creative freedom, Clara decided to train on the job through various disciplines and challenge herself each year with a new skill. In this quest for multidisciplinarity, she founded a company in 2018 called Les Dévorants and specializes in the cabaret form. In 2021, after spending so much time in the queer community, she decided to become a drag king and now performs under the name Victor Huro to challenge the patriarchy. In 2022, she also explored street theater and alternative performance formats. Because, let's face it, theaters get boring, right? In 2023, she wondered what new medium she hadn't yet tried. Let's try stand up comedy ! The workshop is in English. |
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Morgan Ajax Brosed Ponce: The Stage is a Ring
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Time: Saturday 24 October and Sunday, 25 October from 10am to 1pm and 2:30pm to 4:30 pm
Location: DUM - Društvo umetnikov, Kolodvorska ulica 6 Applications are open, apply through this link! Number of workshops spots is limited In this ring, figures appear before us: Guignols, touching, ridiculous, grandiose, overflowing, but always sincere. So I imagined a workshop in this ring. This space of possibilities, teetering on the edge, a space of great victories, immense defeats, dazzling joys, heightened sensibilities, a space of one's own, a space of others, a conscious, militant, ridiculous, abstract, but definitively iconic space. This workshop is for all levels. The aim is to provide you with fundamental tools so you can have fun with them. However, the exercises require a strong willingness to explore and experiment, sometimes venturing into unfamiliar territory. We will be playing with other players. Therefore, some prior stage experience is necessary. We will focus on Brechtian and clowning techniques drawn from my various training programs. This is a truly fun workshop that will equip you with new skills for your different projects. ABOVE ALL, LET'S HAVE FUN. Morgan Brosed Ponce A hybrid blend of contemporary theatre, clowning, pratfalls, wrestling, and rap. A physical actor and performer, for him, acting is about life, joy, and encounters! Primarily trained at Scène sur Saône in Lyon and by various heirs of Michel Dallaire, he is a happy explorer, dedicating himself to multiple performance disciplines. He conceives of the stage as a ring, a place of possibilities and extremes, a place of passion and adventure,a place of struggle and love, a place of comedy and tragedy, a place to create, a place for oneself and for others! Let's form a pack, let's make life, let's make it happen. The workshop is in English. |
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Anne Rab: The Actors Body(workshop for ŠILA teachers)
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ime: Sunday, 25 October, 10am to 2pm
Location: Gornji oder, Gornji trg 12 With exercises from Rudolf Laban, Viewpoints, and other movement methods, we rediscover our body on the stage. How does it actually appear on the empty stage? How and where can I position it to tell a story? Whether for developing a character or strengthening emotions, the body always plays a crucial role. Let us collectively explore what it means to listen in and on our bodies. Anne Rab lived and worked as an actor, director, and theatre educator since 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. She is part of the leading team for 'Momenta', the international festival for improvisation in Leipzig, and is a long-standing member of the Theaterturbine. 2017 Anne moved to Vienna, Austria, where she continues her work teaching, directing and performing regularly with the Viennese improv community. Anne also works internationally teaching and performing, as well as developing improvised formats and shows. Her interest for improvisation started over 15 years ago in an ensemble of clowns that made up stories without words, and this work drives and fascinates her to this day: exploring non-verbal improvisation and teaching bodywork to actors, improvisers, and anyone that wants to discover and learn. She also loves to perform with her duo-partners, including: Sarah Arndtz (Heroes), Ursula Anna Baumgartner (Bemme&Melange), and Jim Libby (The Messengers), and is a passionate advocate for community awareness in the world of improv. The workshop is in English. The workshop is designed for a closed group of teachers from the High School Impro League. |
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Katarzyna Chmara: Desires
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Time: Sunday, 25 October from 10am to 1pm
Location: IGLU Impro School, Vošnjakova 5 Applications are open, apply through this link! Number of workshops spots is limited One different movement in our lives triggers an avalanche of completely different events. One decision can affect your whole life. During the workshops, we will explore narrative and storytelling possibilities related to different developments of the same story. Depending on what choice the main character makes (whether he succumbs to temptation or resists it), the story will unfold completely differently. We will also analyse the inner struggle of the hero who stands at a crossroad, is torn apart and does not know what choice to make. The mind says one thing, the heart says another... Using tools such as internal dialogue, conversation, dreams, visions, the fight between good and evil, we will go through the decision-making process with the hero. Katarzyna Chmara, PhD in Arts, an actress working at the City Theatre in Bydgoszcz, as well as at the Academy of Music of Bydgoszcz. She is also a co-organizer of the International Theatre Improvisation Festival “Improdrom” in Bydgoszcz. She performs in numerous improv projects in Poland and abroad. Curious about people and the world, she is full of energy and open to new experiences. She loves learning, as it constantly helps her grow as a person. |
Photo: Julia Rzepecka
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