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FRANK TOTINO IN LONDON 2015

I am pleased to announce that I have organised for Frank Totino to come to London for his Second ever Improvisation/Performance UK workshop. From 15th of October, Frank will be in London for a 4 day workshop.

Full Details - http://www.williamreay.com/index.php/frank-totino-workshop

Frank’s web site - www.franktotino.com

Frank’s Bio

Frank is an expert on Keith Johnstone Performance methods having worked with him and his concepts since 1976. Native to Canada Frank Totino has worked in theatre for most of his life as an actor, director, teacher & musician. Frank works with Performance groups of all kinds, from television comedy companies to dramatic theatres, educational institutions and corporate organisations.

Frank has been a colleague and friend of Keith Johnstone since 1976. His first collaboration with Keith was in a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. He assistant directed and performed the role of Death in The Live Snakes and Ladders Show, by Johnstone.

He was part of the first Loose Moose theatre company which developed Theatresports and other performances under the artistic direction of Johnstone.

Johnstone directed Frank in The Last Bird, Hamlet, Waiting For Godot, The Birthday Party and many other pieces. Frank performed and directed in the Impro shows at Loose Moose and developed new scripts for production, publication and experimented with live broadcasting of Improvisation for television.

Frank as Lucky in Waiting for Godot directed by Keith Johnstone
He has a Master’s degree in directing and travels much of the year teaching. He is one of few people who are recommended by Johnstone regarding his knowledge and approach to the theatre. While much of Frank’s work has been in Canada, he lived in Europe for several years aboard his wooden sailing boat UBO.

Arriving there in the early 90’s he directed plays in Norway and Sweden and taught workshops in other countries in Europe. It was in Sweden that he began associating the ideas of Impro to the burgeoning management consultation field.
Today Frank again lives in Calgary, Canada and works with Keith Johnstone Workshops Inc. as a producer. The latest DVD’s of Johnstone teaching Trance Masks, with Steve Jarand, and teaching Impro: transformations are produced by Frank.

Frank Totino - 4 Days
Date: 15th October - 18th October 2015
Venue: TBC (central London)
Cost: £280 (A non-refundable deposit of £60 is required when accepted on the course)
Rough times: 10am-5pm (Confirmed nearer the date)

What can you expect of a Frank Workshop?
Frank’s techniques specialize in releasing an individual’s spontaneity within performance and communication.

Frank on Performance/Spontaneity

We spend our lives improvising. It doesn’t matter how much we plan, we find ourselves having to improvise our way through the changes in that plan. The study of performance is the study of authentic behaviours. When we become aware of behavioural processes, we have the opportunity to focus our attention on the authenticity. Creative Process is what happens when we manage to get our identities, our egos, out of the way so that we can perform creative acts, free from judgement of the self. Ideas arrive in our minds, unbidden, spontaneously in the same way that emotions suddenly manifest. We don’t decide to fall in love, or to become angry or sad. We might resist the impulse of the emotion, but it just happens. We may evolve whatever it is into a more developed state, but initially, we are not controlling our emotions. Likewise, we don’t censor ideas until after they have arrived in our consciousness. We adjust them or revise them according to our intentions.

Frank’s work enables people to be more active and flexible.

How to apply:
Please email [email protected] your details and a little bit about yourself and why you want to work with Frank. As Frank sets no boundaries on who gets to work with him the course places will basically be given on a 1st come 1st serve basis. The non-refundable deposit will be required on receipt of confirmation of acceptance to the course.

The remainder of the cost must be paid by the 14th September 2015.

posted by Jimmy on 21 May 2015


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