David Glass

Devising Theatre Workshop 2023

Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre invited the world-renowned theatre master David Glass to teach a Devising Theatre Master Class in Macau from 2017 to 2018. The three-phase master class attracted theatre artists from Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France, and Mainland China. This year, at the age of 65, David is embarking on a "re-connect" journey after the pandemic to visit the theatre groups he has worked with around the world and restart their collaborations with renewed creative energy.

David will hold an intensive Devising Theatre Workshop on 23rd and 24th May in Macau. He will also hold a talk titled "An Unnaturalistic Life" on 22nd May* to share his life story, including his experience as a disciple of those theatre giants in the 1970s, and turned out teaching more than 120,000 people in over 70 countries in the past 40 years. It is a story about life, as well as creation, dreams, struggles, and inspiration. Workshop participants will have reserved seats for the talk for free.

*The talk originally scheduled for 25th May has been rescheduled to 22nd May to accommodate David's schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Photos from "Tarkovsky's Last Days of Europe", showcase of master class by David Glass. Organized by Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre in 2018.

About David Glass

David Glass is an International award-winning solo performer, theatre director, writer, designer, lighting designer filmmaker, teacher and creative thinker. He is one of the UK’s most prominent Theatre Directors and one of the principal founders of the Physical / Visual, Devised, Adapted Ensemble and Applied theatre movements. He is recognized as one of the worlds leading theatre teachers, directors, writers and creative thinkers and has taught and influenced three generations. Training at the Lecoq school of physical theatre he also studied with Decroux, Grotowski, Alvin Ailey, Mike Alfreds, Ed Berman, Peter Brook and Augusto Boal.

In 1998 he established the Lost Child Project using theatre to create a platform for street children around the world to voice their stories. Taking place in 22 countries The Lost Child Project, helped establish a highly creative approach to Arts In Development. In 2000 he established the Centre For Creative Development in Cambodia training aid agencies in Creative Practice in partnership with VBNK (Cambodian learning organization). Here he developed a five-stage practical Creative Process that is now used across the world. Through his forty years of work, he has been one of the founders of the Physical/Visual, Devised and Applied Theatre movements.

Past students of David include Emma Thompson, Stephen Daldry (Billy Eliot), Simon McBurney (Theatre de Complicite), Amit Lehav (Gecko Theatre), Jim Chim (Theatre Ensemble Hong Kong), Tina Ellen Lee (Opera Circus), Tom Morris (War horse), Adam Sunderland (Sticks Theatre), Hayley Carmichael and Paul Hunter (Told by An Idiot ), Lloyd Newson(DV8), Liam Steele(Physical Director), Tina Ellen Lee (Opera Circus) and Olivia Yan (O Theatre). He has been influential in shaping the creative lives of performers such as Kathrine Hunter, Anna Marie-Duff, Sarah Parrish, Caroline Quentin and Gong Lee. Always a maverick David is often sighted by Theatre Leaders as a defining force in world theatre. He has spearheaded collaborative practice that has helped shape the creative approaches of his early collaborators Rae Smith (Designer), Jamie Vartan (Designer) and Paule Constable (Lighting Designer). Whilst many of the artists he has influenced have settled in the mainstream, David has always looked for new creative avenues unconcerned by fashion or commercial success.

More about David: www.davidglassensemble.org

In this workshop, the participants will explore the tools of eliciting, image-making, emergence, story structure and theme, to develop skills in the creation of original and authentic theatre. Integrating at a foundational level David Glass's celebrated five-stage Creative Practice. The participants will also learn experientially the tools and frameworks for original theatre making. Key areas will be:

• Ensemble and group creative practice

• Emerging material

• Analysis of material-ideas, images, dramatic situations, characters, expressive mediums

• The arc of choosing material: Interesting, Resonant, Relevant and Appropriate.

The workshop is rigorous, playful and practical. Over the 2-day intensive workshop, the participants will learn the fundamentals of Devised Theatre and will come away with tools and skills they can use immediately in creating work.

Testimonials from artists around the world:

"David Glass is one of the world’s great theatre teachers. He is of the most inspiring and creative teachers of performance skills that I have had the pleasure of working with."

Mike Alfreds, Theatre Director (RCS, National Theatre, The Globe, Founder of Shared Experience)

"David Glass’s Creative practice and Lost Child Project is a unique and courageous exploration of the archetypal experience of being human."

Peter Brook, International Director

“David Glass’s aims are true...his climate emergency work "Requiem For Change" is brilliant and ground breaking. One of our great artist teachers.”

Mark Rylance (Olivier and Academy Award Winner)

“David is one of the world’s great teachers and artists of our time who has never been afraid to examine truth in all it’s manifestations; both beautiful and ugly, and has touched thousands of souls in a life long quest to connect and build meaningful relationships. He has a rare gift.”

Amit Lahav, Artistic Director Gecko Theatre

“David Glass is a brilliant and inspiring teacher and director”

Leon Rubin, Principle of East 15 Acting School UK

“A shining talent. One of the great masters.”

Lindsay Kemp, Director, Teacher

"David Glass is a wise, passionate and provocative elder of the theatre, a theatrical Heyoka who guides his students into a liminal space, a space between the world of forms and the world of dreams. "

Mark Winstanley, The Performer's Playground

【Workshop Target Participants】

Theatre creators, teachers, or anyone who is interested in improving their creative abilities.

【Workshop Agenda】

23 and 24 May 2023, 10:00-17:00, with 1 hour lunch break. 12 class hours in total.

【Workshop Language】

English, with Cantonese and Mandarin assistance.

【Workshop Fee】

MOP$3600. Enroll and pay on or before 23 April will enjoy the Early-bird discount price at MOP$3240.

【Agenda of the talk "An Unnaturalistic Life"】

22 May 2023. Time to be confirmed

【Fee for the talk "An Unnaturalistic Life"】

MOP$100. Participants of the workshop will be free to join.

【Enrollment】

Fill out the form below. Or send your CV to rollingpuppet@gmail.com. We will send you confirmation and instruction for payment.

【Venue】(Tentative)

House of Puppets Macau (address: No. 28A, Rua dos Negociantes, Coloane)

【Enquiry】

Kevin Chio | +853 66373246 | rollingpuppet@gmail.com

【Notes】

- Candidates will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve principle. Enrollment will stop once all the quotas are filled.

- Accepted participants are required to pay within one week.

- No refund unless in the case of force majeure or a circumstance not attributable to any party.

- Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre may use the film, photograph and any performative pieces created in the entire project for future marketing, promotional and educational purposes.

- Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre reserves the right to change the rules above or the conditions of the workshop. We will announce the changes on our Facebook Page. If there is any discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

【Organized by】

Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre

House of Puppets

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