Three day Chekhov Workshop in Galway
“ALL ART ASPIRES TO THE CONDITION OF MUSIC”  WALTER PATER
When we as actors start work on a play, we need to consider our role within that world and the atmosphere of the entire piece of work. We need to have a “hunch” as Peter Brook called it, as to where it is going and what feelings or sensations we want it to carry. We need to have a sense of The Whole Thing.
If you imagine a play as a vessel then the plays thoughts, sensations , characters and feelings and story pour into that cup. How many times have you seen an actor, allow their ego to get the better of them and go against the play, their scene partners or the production? When all is harmony , we, the audience , come out with something powerful, joyous, whatever the target of the whole thing might be. In each moment of the action, the actor must be clear where the next unit is going. To understand that the play is one quilt , not merely disparate patches. To have an eye to the ending as the beginning of the play unfolds. In terms of architecture, which floor of the building are we on? And where are we to go next?
Michael Chekhov’s work on form and composition , from the form an actor’s body makes, to the form of an exchange or speech or a scene, to the whole form of the vessel of  the play itself , requires a strange mixture of freedom and discipline. Characters go on a journey and productions go on a journey…
Led by Max Hafler and Declan Drohan , this three day workshop in Galway Ireland will help develop your ability to see these structures and forms without them being restrictive to your Creative Individuality.
Email chekhovtpi@gmail.com to book your place.