Code of Conduct
Wir haben einen Code of Conduct entwickelt, damit sich alle beim Festival wohl und sicher fühlen und das meiste aus dieser intensiven Zeit mitnehmen können. Bitte lies und beachte unseren Code of Conduct. Er vermittelt einen Eindruck von unserer Festival-Philosophie und unseren Werten.

Stornierung des Workshopplatzes
Bis zum 31. Juli kannst du deinen Workshopplatz stornieren und wir überweisen dir die Festivalgebühr abzüglich einer Bearbeitungsgebühr von 30 Euro zurück. Bitte kontaktiere uns per Mail. Wenn du deinen Platz nach dem 31. Juli stornierst, können wir deinen Teilnahmebeitrag abzüglich einer Bearbeitungsgebühr von 30 Euro nur dann zurück erstatten, wenn wir deinen Platz nachbesetzen können - du kannst dazu gerne auch eine Person vorschlagen.

Haftung
Es kann keine Haftung für selbstverschuldete Unfälle, Garderobe, Schaden am Eigentum und abhanden gekommene Gegenstände übernommen werden.

Das Level-System ermöglicht homogene Workshopgruppen zu erhalten. Dadurch soll es gelingen, dass alle das Beste aus ihrer Workshop-Erfahrung herausholen können. Bitte schätze dazu ehrlich und selbstkritisch ein, welches Level am ehesten deinem entspricht. Wir behalten uns vor, Buchungen, deren Level nicht zum angegebenen Level des Workshops passen, wieder zu stornieren.

This extended workshop aims to assist improvisors in becoming more charming & lovable on stage - even when playing the villain! Examine the parts of yourself that you may have deemed "wrong" or "bad" and find the levity hidden underneath. Bring a sense of play to seemingly unpleasant characters and taboo subject matters. Step outside of your own perspective to see the world through your character's eyes. Through a series of scenes/ exercises we will draw out our silly and serious impulses to give humanity and humour to the varied characters we create.

Lindsay Mullan is a Canadian Comedy Award- Nominated and Canadian Podcasting Award- Winning actor, improvisor, instructor, podcaster, and creator. She is an alumnus of the Second City Toronto Mainstage, an alumnus of the internationally-acclaimed improvisation theatre, Loose Moose, and a graduate of the Mount Royal University Theatre Arts Acting Program. Lindsay has worked as a performer for over almost two decades in various mediums (Theatre, Film, Television, Web, and Podcasting). As an artist she strives to create original and truthful work that tickles the funny bone and pulls at the heartstrings. Lindsay is currently based in Toronto.

For more about Lindsay visit www.lindsaymullan.com

Maybe you are a bit like me? I want the audience riveted, moved or even unbridled, hurdling through the galaxy when they see a scene. I want them talking about one another after they have left the theatre.
What makes the audience move closer to the edge of their seats? What makes them squeal with anticipation? Roar together with laughter? What makes them sigh in unison? What makes them look for each other’s expressions? Maybe this is ambitious? The good news is, it is often the same exact thing that makes playing the scenes such a joy and feel like every moment is fluid and obvious. It is what makes the work theatre. It is what gives the work a chance to be art. This workshop will look at all the components of a scene and particularly what the characters are involved in, do, suffer and solve: Game and Relationship, the two mechanisms we actors discover that can be separate and autonomous operating the scene alone or they can work in beautiful harmony combined accentuating, aggravating or foiling each other.
This workshop will work on the skills to strengthen work on game and relationship in scenes. Identifying the differences and similarities, and when the two blend seamlessly into one. Through very practical exercises and scene work the course will explore how to let the game become something you and your partner can obviously discover and joyfully heighten. Through scene work and exercises we will explore the ease, focus and confidence necessary to allow relationships to unfold. Being committed and vulnerable together for the audience will give them characters that lure them in and make them care.

Andrew Hefler is a beast performer, director and trainer working in theatre, music, film and television for nearly thirty years. He’s an actor at the National Theatre of Hungary, who has performed in more than one-hundred episodes of television, over 60 commercials, more than 20 films and sold the rights of 3 TV series. He’s also the founder of Grund Theatre and a long-standing member of the improvisational trio Scallabouche. As chief trainer and training designer, Andrew is providing skillbuilding for over 100 companies and thousands of people in communication, improv and acting, including media professionals and politicians in 15 countries, as well as universities, NGOs and charitable organisation.

For more about Andrew visit www.andrewhefler.com

Comedy or drama? Villain or hero? Educational or entertaining? Dumb or wise? While at first glance, stories, characters, scenes and actions might seem easy to label, we know deep down that there is more to them. A scene or a moment can hold multiple tones. There might be humour in tragedy, poignancy in farce, wisdom from the fool. This workshop will train us to find nuance in scenework. We will play with subtleties, less obvious tones and work on seeing things from different perspectives. Revealing these nuances can help us see things through other's eyes and discover new angles. Because people, problems, theatre and life are hardly ever black and white.

Lisa Rowland's first love is performing. Her background in scripted theater gives her a strong grounding in truthful performance and the allure of discovery and delight that improvisation offers has kept her scriptless since she began improvising professionally in 2006. Straight out of Stanford University, where she performed with the Stanford Improvisors, she joined the mainstage company at BATS Improv, Northern California's most acclaimed and longest running improvisational theatre company. At BATS, she created the renowned format The Bechdel Test, a show which puts complicated, multi-faceted women in the center of stories and has been performed worldwide.  She is a founding member of Improv Playhouse of San Francisco and Awkward Dinner Party. In 2012, Lisa was voted Best Actor by the SF Bay Guardian's Reader Poll.  She has traveled the world to perform on international stages with international casts and finds particular delight in the global improv community.

For more about Lisa visit www.lisarowland.com

Foto credit: Lisa Keating