Dynamic Stage Acting

What makes theatre unique and distinct from film? What special skills do we need to make a play an exciting event for an audience? With this workshop, we will dissect the integral parts an actor needs to connect with an audience. Experimentation is the key, and we will learn from each other.

Yes, text is important, but what lies beneath? We will use the skills necessary to find the truth of a character, and how you the performer, connect with that. If you can't truly be yourself, then how can you ever portray anyone else?

Liz Kirkman is a writer/performer/director who thrives on devised, physical and community theatre work. Having completed her BA (Hons) in Theatre, she performed her self-written/directed, and much acclaimed show "Junk", detailing her aunt's real-life experience as the first female undercover police officer in NZ. Within the academic field, Liz tutors on Creative Processes at Massey University, has toured King Lear and Macbeth through secondary schools with Kore Theatre and in '09 was Artist In School at Tikipunga High in Whangarei .