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Workshops with Sean McCann in 2012
Tue 27 March, 19.00-21.00: Musical Impro for beginners
In this 2 hour workshop, you will learn the basics of improvising musicals. No experience is
necessary. The focus will be on improvising songs. Come ready to sing - the workshop is
hands-on and practical, and there will be an improv musician present.
Wed 28, 19.00-21.00: An introduction to improvising in genres
The aim of this workshop is to teach you to improvise scenes and longforms in the style of
Shakespeare - in a way that makes your cast look and sound like Shakespearean actors.
Thu 29, 19.00-21.00: Advanced musical impro
This workshop goes beyond the basics learned in Tuesday’s session and is open to
participants from the first workshop and improvisers with some experience with musical
improv. Learn how to improvise songs in various genres in an ensemble.
Saturday 31: Improvising a musical longform (11am-5 pm workshop for experienced improvisers)
At the end of this workshop, you will have improvised a full musical. We will learn how to
improvise opening scenes, how to improvise songs, how to build the story in a style true to
the musical genre and how to make your improvised musical look and feeel real. Again,
come ready to sing - the workshop is hands-on and practical, and there will be an improv
musician present.
Sunday 1: Improvising in genres (11am-5pm workshop for experienced improvisers)
This workshop is for Shakespeare enthusiasts and improvisers who wish to improve their
skills in performing in different literary styles. The focus will be on improvising a full-length
Shakespeare play, breaking away from the pressure to be funny and creating a play that is
true to the genre and has good storytelling as its highest aim.
Registration
Weekday (2 hour) workshops are €25.
Weekend (11.00-17.00) workshops are €50.
There is a maximum of 20 participants per workshop.
All workshops take place at Crea studios.
Register by emailing Kiki Hohnen.
This workshop is made possible thanks to a grant by AllImprov.
About Sean McCann
Sean is a professional improviser, teacher and lecturer of Literature, Theatre and Film, and
is based with the award-winning The Sticking Place. He is a
founding member of the critically acclaimed Showstopper - which he has played London's
West End and toured internationally since 2008. He
teaches regularly at many of the UK's drama schools, film schools and universities. He
regularly plays in Canada for all 50 hours of the World's Longest Impro show - the
Edmonton Soapathon - with the Die - Nasty company. He has just finished directing
Norway's new impro musical "Instant Broadway" at Andre Theatre, Oslo.
Sean also has a lot to offer for improvisers wishing to increase their genre skills. He
trained with the legendary Ken Campbell and with Ken founded The School of Night
(who performed at this years’ IMPRO Amsterdam festival).
The School are currently the only Bardic impro troupe in the World, and have appeared
internationally at venues including Second City Toronto, Elsinore Castle Denmark, and
Shakespeare's Globe. The School improvise in any poetic metre, and literary style, and
specialise in improvising Shakepeare PROPERLY - using the original language, verse
forms and mythology - developed out of research at Shakespeare's Globe.