Workshop on 'Getting into Character': Call for Applications

Toto Funds the Arts

in association with Our Theatre

invites applications for a workshop on

Getting into Character

by Anmol Vellani

Venue: Our Theatre, #298, 3rd floor, 8th A Main Rd, 4th Block- Koramangala, Bengaluru, 560034.

Dates: August 17 &18 (Saturday & Sunday) 2019.

Time: 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

This two-day workshop on character building in theatre is intended for aspiring and practising actors. Participants will be guided to search for clues in a play to develop a perspective on its characters. They will also be introduced to exercises that help to physicalise a character as well as find the character within themselves and in the external world. Exercises to ‘perform’ their character outside the context of the play will enable participants to discover how fully they have internalised the role they are playing.  

Eligibility and deadline

The workshop will be restricted to 20 participants between the ages of 18 and 40.

To apply, please send a bio-note and a short statement of interest. Please apply only if you are comfortable acting in English. Applications should be sent latest by Saturday, 3 August 2019 by email to sarita.tfaindia@gmail.com 

Selected participants will be sent two short plays prior to the workshop, which they will be expected to read. They will also need to articulate keywords for the character assigned to them, based on a set of questions. In addition, they will be asked to memorise some of their character’s dialogue before the start of the workshop.

Fee:  Rs 3,500 (inclusive of tea/coffee and snacks; participants are responsible for their own lunch.)

About the facilitator

Anmol Vellani is the founder and former executive director of the India Foundation for the Arts, an independent philanthropic organisation. He has directed theatre productions in different languages and locations in India and abroad. Anmol works regularly with performing artists on such subjects as voice, character building and script analysis, and conducts creativity workshops for corporate executives and management students.