Led by Aitor Basauri
June 26 – July 2
How do you make a show from scratch? This workshop is designed to equip performers with tools to take material from early conception through production.
In this workshop, we open up our creative toolbox and show you how to create material from the smallest seed of an idea, how our greatest ideas are right under our noses (if only we knew how to look), how to build a number or scene, and how to keep the work fresh both in rehearsal and in performance. We look at the context of the spaces we are creating for, from purpose-built theaters and cabarets to variety stages, circus tents, and street corners. We investigate the fundamentals—such as the use of costume, props, lighting, and sound—and we explore more advanced concepts, such as writing tools, devising games, character, group dynamics, status, narrative, dramatic structure, musicality, and physicality.
Cost
Now through May 1 (Early Bird Rate):
– Workshop with standard double-occupancy room: $720
– Workshop with single room: $1,080
Starting on May 2:
– Workshop with standard double-occupancy room: $800
– Workshop with single room: $1,200
Multiple Workshop Discount (5%) is available for participants taking more than one workshop.
Register Today
There are three steps to register:
1) Make a deposit via Eventbrite to reserve your slot in the workshop via.
2) Fill out an application via a Google Form. Applications include the submission of a resume and headshot.
3) Read the General Info page to learn everything you need to know about workshops at the Barn.
Aitor Basauri
Aitor Basauri is joint artistic director, performer, and co-founder of Spymonkey. He is a performer, director, and one of the most eagerly sought-after teachers in the world for clown and physical comedy, a visiting tutor at the École Philippe Gaulier in Paris and Cirque du Soleil’s Cirque du Monde Foundation in Las Vegas. He teaches clown around the world in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Zurich, New York, Los Angeles, Colombia, and Mexico.
About Spymonkey
Since their inception in 1998 Spymonkey has created some of the most outstandingly original comedy theater, including Stiff, Cooped, Moby Dick, Oedipussy, and The Complete Deaths.
Television and stage appearances have seen them work alongside Sacha Baron Cohen, Naomi Campbell, Miranda Hart, Sandi Toksvig, Ronnie Corbett, Fiona Shaw, and Nick Frost.
Widely acknowledged as world leaders in the fields of clown and physical comedy, they are sought out as teachers, consultants, and directors for their insight and experience in creating brilliant, original, and singular work by organizations such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
Their expanding program of professional masterclasses and workshops regularly sell out in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and London.