Alchemy: The Creative Self
ALCHEMY: THE CREATIVE SELF
Led by Jonathan Young
Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th May 2012, 10am – 4pm with breaks
Course Fee: £120
Jonathan will share his decade-long practice as a performer and writer, exploring how we can draw on our personality and biography as rich resources in a creative process. Over the weekend, we will explore the alchemy that can occur when we engage with the seemingly leaden, undesirable sides of our self and history, and transform them into creative gold. The workshop will allow participants to deepen their understanding of their own creative practices through a mixture of writing and performance exercises, combining solo and group work with time for discussion and reflection on creative practice and process.
Jonathan Young is a performer, writer and artistic director of Shams. Over the past decade he has co-created 8 productions with the company, frequently drawing on his own biography for inspiration, and working as a freelance performer, deviser and director with companies such as Inspector Sands and theatre O. He recently toured Reykjavik nationally and at the Roundhouse; it was short-listed for a Total Theatre Award for Innovation.
Jonathan has also taught courses in clowning, movement and physical theatre in universities and drama schools. He is currently writing and directing Shams’ new production Thin Ice, touring from this Spring on www.shams.org.uk
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