Physical Theatre & Mime Workshop

A 3-hour intensive physical theatre and mime class for performing artists and any people wishing to develop their physical skills and awareness.

Participants are taken on a journey of play and exploration, developing spontaneity, freedom, playfulness and presence - plus mime techniques, via games and improvisation.

- movement analysis
- illusionary mime
- physical comedy
- slow motion
- states of tension
- isolations and robotics

For ages 16 plus.
Bookings Essential
Spaces are limited.

For further information, contact Fergus directly:
info@fergusaitken.co.nz - 021 386 487.

Workshop leader Fergus Aitken has over three decades experience in over a dozen countries worldwide.
An international award-winning entertainer, he has performed in Russia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Fiji and Australia.

Recent workshops have included Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Riverside, Nelson, Christchurch, Queenstown and Dunedin. In 2020 Fergus has trained members of several improv troupes, Covert Theatre in Auckland and SpontaneoUS in Palmerston North, as well as Stage & Screen Acting students at Whitireia Performing Arts in Wellington.

Fergus has trained in mime, physical theatre, circus and clown, in the UK and in NZ. His teachers include Robert Bennett, Desmond Jones, John Wright, Simon McBurney, Les Bubb, John Bolton, Deb Pope, Giovanni Fusetti, Thomas Monckton, Fraser Hooper and Ira Seidenstein.

There are two free places available.
To apply for a scholarship place, please submit a letter, detailing why you feel you should be offered a free place.

For further details on the scholarship places, please contact info@fergusaitken.co.nz