CIRCLE OF IDIOTS
Have you ever thought you're a total idiot? Good news! You probably are.
There’s a whole world of beautiful performance to be made if we can get in touch with our magnificent inner idiot, take a risk, follow our impulse and find the pleasure in playing from exactly who we are.
In this workshop, we’ll play games, explore presence technique, laugh at each other, laugh at ourselves, perhaps cry a bit (hope not too much crying) and get some great insight into who we are as performers and people and the incredible potential to be found in working with what we’ve got.
And we’ll work in the round! The circle is a powerful symbol of infinity, inclusivity and completeness, a space where nothing is wrong and everything has meaning. As much as we want it to.
You are cordially invited to join me in stepping into the ridiculous, infinite unknown.
Suitable for: professional performers/directors, creatives of all kinds, anyone who interacts with humans.
WHAT THEY SAY:
« ...watching the other participants individual work was also illuminating, indeed quite amazing... » - Michael
« Lucy is an incredibly nurturing and wonderful teacher who will push you to surprise yourself while diving in... » - Tatiana
« Lucy gives you no place to hide. You expose all your weaknesses and strengths, while feeling completely safe » - Nikoletta
LUCY HOPKINS:
Lucy Hopkins is a professional show-off and an award-winning clown, director and workshop leader, trained in corporal mime and a graduate of the schools of Jacques Lecoq and Philippe Gaulier.
She creates internationally touring performance which is both unconventional and wildly entertaining, and makes a magical living growing people’s pleasure (inc. her own) and helping them (and herself) to share it. She is also one of the creative directors of the BlundaBus, a piano bar and performance space in a converted double-decker bus and Vogrie Pogrie, a free community arts festival which happens each September in Vogrie Country Park.
Previous collaborators include The Actors Centre, Spymonkey, Dancing Brick, Caroline Horton, Spencer Jones, HiJinx, Splendid Productions, Théâtre Interface, The Women’s International Networking Conference, Söta Sälta, Helvetes Underground and many more.
The foundation of all of her work is her full-hearted belief that people are tremendous.
HOW DO I JOIN?
Pay your £50 deposit (non-refundable) to secure your place. Remainder payable by bank transfer before the workshop.
This workshop operates on a Pay What You Can model, £120-£180 depending on your resources.
VF Dalston is a space that prioritises QTIPOC (queer, trans, intersex and people of colour) a principle with which this workshop happily aligns.
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