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[Patricia Joyce]

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Need a creative jump start?

" Keith Johnstone suggests a hundred practical techniques for encouraging
spontaneity and originality by catching the subconscious unawares. ( He has)
an inexhaustible supply of zany suggestions for unfreezing the petrified
imagination."  - Daily Telegraph

Keith Johnstone is coming to Toronto May 27, 2002 to offer a one day
workshop to interested actors, writers and directors. This is a 5 hour
workshop with one of the world's foremost experts in improvisation. This is
a unique opportunity as Keith has not been to Toronto since the eighties.
Theatre professionals from all over the world seek out Keith's extensive
knowledge of theatre and improvisation on a regular basis. ( see
www.keithjohnstone.com)

"( Keith's) book is set to be a bible for those of us interested in creating
real theatre."
- Phelim McDermot, Improbable Theatre, London, England

If you have read any of Keith's books ( Impro, and Impro For Storytellers)
then you will know that his approach to theatre reaches far beyond it's
immediate applications to public improvisation. Keith's perspective will
change your approach to acting and story telling and even give you new
insight into daily interactions with other human beings.

" Keith Johnstone is the most important 20th century innovator in Drama
training. His revolutionary theories are changing the way we think about
education."
- Patricia Ryan, Head of Acting, Stanford University

The Workshop:
When: Monday, May 27th 10am - 4pm ( one hour lunch break)
Where:  TBA
Who: open to Equity and non - Equity members, actors, directors,
playwrights, SM's etc....no improv experience is necessary.

Cost: Equity members $150
Non - Equity members $165
Class size:  Maximum 20 participants

*** Auditors are welcome for $50 ( Equity), $60 ( non-Equity)
if the venue is large enough to accommodate.***

Please contact Rebecca Northan via email at:
tsclass at hotmail.com

Registration closes April 30th.

***A $50 deposit will be required to secure
a spot in the workshop. This fee will be refunded in the event of a withdraw
before May 15th.   A waiting list will be established if necessary.

KEITH'S BIO

Keith is one of the few internationally recognised authorities in the
field of improvisation, great chunks of which he created, including
improvisation forms that include Theatresports, Maestro Impro,
Gorilla Theatre, and The Life Game . Theatresports is known
world-wide, and London's Improbable Theatre Co. (directed by Phelim
McDermott) recently toured Great Britain with the Life Game to
excellent reviews.

His books Impro, and Impro For Storytellers, have been translated
into many languages.

He worked at London's Royal Court Theatre for its ten most
revolutionary years (1956 to 1966), beginning as a reader of plays
and ending as an Associate Director (with William Gaskill).

He has taught at many European Theatre Schools, including six years
at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and each spring for fifteen
years at the Stattensteatre Skole in Copenhagen.

Places where he has taught since Nov. 98. include San Francisco,
Brisbane, Sydney, Seattle, Vienna, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, London,
Hong Kong, Austin (Texas), and Tokyo. He has recently returned from
lecturing at the Deuches Institute for Provocative Therapy, and from
teaching 'clinic clowns' in the Bavarian Alps.

He founded the Theatre Machine improvisation group, the International
Theatresports Institute, and was the Co-founder of Calgary's Loose
Moose Theatre.

He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary.

Contact Rebecca Northan at:  tsclass at hotmail.com before April 30th.