Theatre / Play Workshop / Class Wheelchair Accessible
[email protected]
(902) 532-7704
For Adults
The workshop is is designed to introduce ways of playing and imagining theatre creation. The exploration is primarily physical in its approach to character creation and in identifying natural instincts for play. There is a focus on freedom through improvisation and accessing a natural pleasure to play and invent. This workshop culminates with short pieces of theatre created by the participants that could be used as starting points for scenes or fuller productions.
Participants should bring clean indoor footwear and a water bottle.
The workshop is free but space is limited. Registration is required.
ABOUT ANN-MARIE KERR
Ann-Marie is an award-winning theatre director, actor, mentor and teacher. Her work has been presented nationally and internationally.
Select directing: 7 Stories (Fountain of Performing Arts, Halifax NS), UnViolin Discordant (Théâtre La Licorne Montreal), One Discordant Violin
(2b theatre company Halifax, tour to 59E59 St Theatre NYC, Mumbai India, Montreal); #IAmTheCheese (Halifax Theatre for Young People/EFT Stages
Festival); Frequencies (Heist, Halifax, National Arts Centre); Concord Floral (Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie); Secret Life of A
Mother (Theatre Centre, Crow’s Theatre); Bed and Breakfast (Soulpepper Theatre Company); A Christmas Carol (Theatre New Brunswick);
Daughter (Theatre Centre; Summerworks, Battersea Arts Centre London; Intl tour); Snake in the Grass (Neptune Theatre); I, Claudia (Globe
Theatre, Neptune Theatre); Stranger to Hard Work (Cathy Jones Eastern Front Theatre, Ntl tour); The Circle (Alberta Theatre Projects); The
Debacle (Zuppa Theatre Company); Invisible Atom (2b theatre company).
Select acting: Essay (Matchstick Theatre, Merritt Nomination for Outstanding Performance by Leading Actor); Adventures (Keep Good
Theatre) When it Rains (2b theatre company, Chester Playhouse); Trippin’ (Halifax Fringe Festival); White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, (DMV
Theatre, Bus Stop Theatre); Funny Money (Festival Antigonish, Winner of the 2013 Robert Merritt Award for Performance by a Lead Actress);
Homage (2b theatre company, tour to Magnetic North Theatre Festival 2010, Luminato Festival 2010); Soul Alone (2b theatre company); The
Long Valley-Stories by Steinbeck (Soulpepper Theatre Company, Toronto, nominated for 6 Dora Mavor Moore Awards); Doctor Chekhov:
Ward 6 (Theatre Smith Gilmour and Factory Theatre); Chekhov Longs- In the Ravine (Theatre Smith Gilmour, Factory Theatre; Winner of four 2003
Dora Mayor Moore Awards including Outstanding Production and Best New Play; toured to Yukon Arts Centre, LSPU Hall St. John’s, NL)
A graduate of Ecole internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq and York University and is the former Artistic Associate of Magnetic North Theatre
Festival. She currently teaches at Fountain School of the Arts and Neptune Theatre; has taught at National Arts Centre, Soulpepper
Theatre Company, National Theatre School, Globe Theatre. She is a 2022 Siminovitch Prize finalist; winner of Dora Mavor Moore and Robert
Merritt awards; and the inaugural winner of the Gina Wilkinson Award for Female Directors. With Susan Leblanc she was a NS Masterworks
Finalist 2012.
THE NEXT GEN THEATRE PROJECT is an initiative of King’s Theatre that includes free workshops for both adults and youth to build on the community’s passion for creating theatre. The aim is to celebrate diversity, resilience & belonging in Kespukwitk. The project is supported by Canadian Heritage’s Celebration and Commemoration Program, Reopening Fund.
[email protected]
(902) 532-7704
For Adults
The workshop is is designed to introduce ways of playing and imagining theatre creation. The exploration is primarily physical in its approach to character creation and in identifying natural instincts for play. There is a focus on freedom through improvisation and accessing a natural pleasure to play and invent. This workshop culminates with short pieces of theatre created by the participants that could be used as starting points for scenes or fuller productions.
Participants should bring clean indoor footwear and a water bottle.
The workshop is free but space is limited. Registration is required.
ABOUT ANN-MARIE KERR
Ann-Marie is an award-winning theatre director, actor, mentor and teacher. Her work has been presented nationally and internationally.
Select directing: 7 Stories (Fountain of Performing Arts, Halifax NS), UnViolin Discordant (Théâtre La Licorne Montreal), One Discordant Violin
(2b theatre company Halifax, tour to 59E59 St Theatre NYC, Mumbai India, Montreal); #IAmTheCheese (Halifax Theatre for Young People/EFT Stages
Festival); Frequencies (Heist, Halifax, National Arts Centre); Concord Floral (Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie); Secret Life of A
Mother (Theatre Centre, Crow’s Theatre); Bed and Breakfast (Soulpepper Theatre Company); A Christmas Carol (Theatre New Brunswick);
Daughter (Theatre Centre; Summerworks, Battersea Arts Centre London; Intl tour); Snake in the Grass (Neptune Theatre); I, Claudia (Globe
Theatre, Neptune Theatre); Stranger to Hard Work (Cathy Jones Eastern Front Theatre, Ntl tour); The Circle (Alberta Theatre Projects); The
Debacle (Zuppa Theatre Company); Invisible Atom (2b theatre company).
Select acting: Essay (Matchstick Theatre, Merritt Nomination for Outstanding Performance by Leading Actor); Adventures (Keep Good
Theatre) When it Rains (2b theatre company, Chester Playhouse); Trippin’ (Halifax Fringe Festival); White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, (DMV
Theatre, Bus Stop Theatre); Funny Money (Festival Antigonish, Winner of the 2013 Robert Merritt Award for Performance by a Lead Actress);
Homage (2b theatre company, tour to Magnetic North Theatre Festival 2010, Luminato Festival 2010); Soul Alone (2b theatre company); The
Long Valley-Stories by Steinbeck (Soulpepper Theatre Company, Toronto, nominated for 6 Dora Mavor Moore Awards); Doctor Chekhov:
Ward 6 (Theatre Smith Gilmour and Factory Theatre); Chekhov Longs- In the Ravine (Theatre Smith Gilmour, Factory Theatre; Winner of four 2003
Dora Mayor Moore Awards including Outstanding Production and Best New Play; toured to Yukon Arts Centre, LSPU Hall St. John’s, NL)
A graduate of Ecole internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq and York University and is the former Artistic Associate of Magnetic North Theatre
Festival. She currently teaches at Fountain School of the Arts and Neptune Theatre; has taught at National Arts Centre, Soulpepper
Theatre Company, National Theatre School, Globe Theatre. She is a 2022 Siminovitch Prize finalist; winner of Dora Mavor Moore and Robert
Merritt awards; and the inaugural winner of the Gina Wilkinson Award for Female Directors. With Susan Leblanc she was a NS Masterworks
Finalist 2012.
THE NEXT GEN THEATRE PROJECT is an initiative of King’s Theatre that includes free workshops for both adults and youth to build on the community’s passion for creating theatre. The aim is to celebrate diversity, resilience & belonging in Kespukwitk. The project is supported by Canadian Heritage’s Celebration and Commemoration Program, Reopening Fund.
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Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
[email protected]
902-532-7704
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