Complicité - Practitioner Resource
Studying Complicité offers pupils a unique insight into contemporary theatre and their power to push creative boundaries. The company’s innovative use of physical theatre, multimedia, and storytelling challenges traditional forms and encourages students to think beyond text-based performances, embracing a more holistic approach to theatre-making. Complicité’s collaborative methods teach pupils the importance of ensemble work, improvisation, and collective creativity, showing them how actors, directors, and designers can shape a performance together.
Contents Include: Introduction, Influences, Simon McBurney, Director’s Vision, The Role of the Ensemble, Physical Theatre, The Master & Margarita, The Encounter, Mnemonic, Mask Work, Multimedia, Object Manipulation, Binaural Technology, Metatheatre, Choral Speaking, The Rehearsal Room, Fragmentation, Viewpoints, Sensory Theatre, Simultaneity, Adapting Literature, Storytelling with Props & Fourth Wall.
Studying Complicité offers pupils a unique insight into contemporary theatre and their power to push creative boundaries. The company’s innovative use of physical theatre, multimedia, and storytelling challenges traditional forms and encourages students to think beyond text-based performances, embracing a more holistic approach to theatre-making. Complicité’s collaborative methods teach pupils the importance of ensemble work, improvisation, and collective creativity, showing them how actors, directors, and designers can shape a performance together.
Contents Include: Introduction, Influences, Simon McBurney, Director’s Vision, The Role of the Ensemble, Physical Theatre, The Master & Margarita, The Encounter, Mnemonic, Mask Work, Multimedia, Object Manipulation, Binaural Technology, Metatheatre, Choral Speaking, The Rehearsal Room, Fragmentation, Viewpoints, Sensory Theatre, Simultaneity, Adapting Literature, Storytelling with Props & Fourth Wall.
Studying Complicité offers pupils a unique insight into contemporary theatre and their power to push creative boundaries. The company’s innovative use of physical theatre, multimedia, and storytelling challenges traditional forms and encourages students to think beyond text-based performances, embracing a more holistic approach to theatre-making. Complicité’s collaborative methods teach pupils the importance of ensemble work, improvisation, and collective creativity, showing them how actors, directors, and designers can shape a performance together.
Contents Include: Introduction, Influences, Simon McBurney, Director’s Vision, The Role of the Ensemble, Physical Theatre, The Master & Margarita, The Encounter, Mnemonic, Mask Work, Multimedia, Object Manipulation, Binaural Technology, Metatheatre, Choral Speaking, The Rehearsal Room, Fragmentation, Viewpoints, Sensory Theatre, Simultaneity, Adapting Literature, Storytelling with Props & Fourth Wall.