a practical pathway into the complex world of antonin artaud A journey for  teachers,actors,directors,students,and ANYONE WITH A ZEST FOR LIFE AND ART and ready for an emotional and physical challenge Enrol NOW:  HERE   THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID OF  the shorter version of this workshop The Elusive and Evasive Artaud and The Theatre of Release Workshop  conducted by Joe Woodward from Shadow House PITS at The DRAMA NSW STATE CONFERENCE  "SHAPING THE STORY" in  MAY 20 and 21, 2011 "An amazing experiential journey! Confronting the senses and helping to extend my understanding of the potential of the performer. Amazing!" "Mesmerising - unlike any drama experience I've had . Can use it at all levels of classes to aid focus, stillness and interpretation" "Excellent workshop. Lots of ideas for the classroom. Love the balloon work" This was surprisingly a clear focused workshop that was extraordinary to be part of. I loved the way the facilitator brought it together. Wonderful! Impressive! Interactive, hands on great experience Created greater understanding. Extremely valuable Excellent! Wanted more An interesting introduction to Artaud. It would be good to explore the ideas further and see how it can be linked to playbuilding Great practical activities. Require intense focus. Might be hard for younger kids. Great concepts. Would have liked more on the principles. A very worthwhile workshop on a very complex, much misunderstood topic - great balance between theory and practice. (All comments taken from the evaluation form with comments offered by 12 of the 19 participants) Enrol NOW:  HERE SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT Too often Artaud is studied and presented as being only about violence and darkness. It is as if his words were isolated and abstracted to a label which is harsh and alienating: only violent and only shocking. While acknowledging that much of Artaud's thought was contradictory, we can take the notion of a "body without organs" and find it's impossibility as a liberating concept for anyone involved in artistic and creative thinking and working. We need to make sure there is a defined Acting Space. The entering and exiting the space allows participants to disassociate from the confines of one's own socialization and become the object of their own creation and observe it in a detached sense while outside the space. This is for protection. It is to allow for freedom within space to do whatever comes via impulse; but to then withdraw and become their own personal selves outside of the space. The aim is to discard the vanity that prevents people from fully engaging in the moment of creation. It is the moment of creation we are seeking to find. That moment of obliteration of personal confinement! The workshop requires people have a healthy predisposition towards role play and contact with others. The use of balloons, silence, working with eyes closed and a lot of physical contact along with explosive vocal and emotional ranges will be engaged. Enrol NOW:  HERE SO WHAT WILL YOU GET The Evasive and Elusive Artaud and The Theatre Of Release Workshop will offer you: a new paradigm (a M.E.S.H.) through which to approach the work of Antonin Artaud techniques for using space to focus and provide safety for participants and self techniques to disassociate the object of one's creation from the personal self introductory rituals prior to working on theatre creation and tasks the primacy of atmosphere in releasing the mind and body from everyday clutter introductory exercises on 'body without organs' as a means of letting go of control linking Artaud's thinking to some Meyerhold biomechanics techniques using balloons ways of tapping intuition between participants for linking of the group. Artaud can be a dangerous person to muck around with! This workshop will provide you with the necessary sense of safe space and objectivity needed to venture into the more dangerous territories associated with Artaud's ideas and concepts. He provided very little by way of strategies and techniques. Rather he provided a challenge and another way of conceiving that is more relevant now than at the time of his writing. Enrol NOW:  HERE But Why Me and Why Now Along with cultural tendencies along the lines of "If it can't be commodified it doesn't exist", Artaud can provide us with the tools and thinking to counter the constant reducing of all inspiration to labels and tick boxes. And it can work to link participants with universes within and without the individual and group. We can be inspired to change ourselves and our work by breaking down the boundaries of art and the confinement of imposed unities that really don't exist except in the world of semantics. Artaud's work takes us beyond language; beyond the world of little tick boxes and well meaning definitions of achievement. The process is the content! If any of this strikes a chord with you, then you must step into the world of the somewhat evasive and elusive Artaud and the theatre of release. And none of this is particularly difficult when approached with the right attitude. So join us. Enrol NOW:  HERE How Do I Sign Up This is a 4 hour workshop. For only 4 hours of your life, you can step into a new paradigm of creative thinking and activity. And going by the testimonials from the Drama NSW State Conference, this is not an exaggerated claim. The workshop will take place at The Old Chapel Studio at Daramalan College,  Cowper Street, Dickson in Canaberra, ACT  at 1.00pm to 5.00pm. on May 18th. 2013. NOTE: The external doors will be locked at 1.00pm and NO latecomers will be admitted to the workshop. STRICTLY NO OBSERVERS! This is a participation workshop. The Workshop will cost fully employed people $60 unless they are members of ACTDA and it will then cost $45. Unemployed, students, pensioners will also be charged $45 for the workshop. Enrol NOW:  HERE       Trinculo's Shadow Receive our Trinculo's Shadow newsletter directly by subscribing to us. Read information about issues and events from local, national and international groups who: use theatre to explore the human condition venture into the very psyche of cultural and personal expression, and are interested in exploring the mysteries of life and social/cultural interaction. To receive your copy and read provocative theatre articles and receive information about scripts, workshops and performances from Shadow House PITS, please sign up here as a subscriber.   To subscribe, click here and complete the simple form.