This workshop offers a rare and exciting opportunity for professional actors to experience Theatre Gargantua’s critically acclaimed method of creating imagistic, physical, music theatre.

Participants will be instructed in Theatre Gargantua’s distinctive style of creation, including training in movement, voice, and text exploration & creation. Working closely with Theatre Gargantua’s core creative ensemble, actors will be given tools to develop original movement and vocal compositions, and will learn how to integrate these creations with text.

Perfect workshops for established and emerging artists!

DATES AND RATES: (two, three-hour workshops available)

April 11– 9:30am-12:30am

April 12– 9:30am-12:30am

Non-Equity Members: $95

Equity Members: $75

Please specify which workshop you would like to attend. Space is limited to 8 participants per workshop. Workshop confirmation is on a first come first serve basis, so apply early!

Please note: This course is physically demanding.

SUBMISSION DETAILS: Interested actors please send Head shot and Resume to info@theatregargantua.ca by April 1st, 2012.

SUMMER WORKSHOPS: If you can’t attend this round of workshops, we are offering more 1-day intensives workshops and our new 4-day intensive workshop during July/August 2012.

Check out the Current Cycles page for all of the details on IMPRINTS, including reviews and images.

“Theatre Gargantua is top-of-the-line when it comes to multi-disciplinary works…Dazzling technical wizardry…Imaginative physicality…provocative… The way the projections and lights work together is masterful…” – The Globe and Mail

“Thought provoking… compelling.  Breathtaking.”  Lynn Slotkin

Stay tuned for the upcoming developments on our 10th cycle of work.

IMPRINTS 2011. Photo of Ron Kennell,  Photo by Michael Cooper.

TO SEE VIDEO ENTER PASSWORD: Imprints

The original music in this video was created by the IMPRINTS ensemble during a rehearsal jam session. Enjoy!

Credits: Michael Spence 

The INSIDE Scoop on Ron Kennell

1. In IMPRINTS I am playing
Than and Others

2. The Nickname I had as a child was
Ralphie

3. The first Role I played was
a Chef in Grade 1

4. A character I have loved playing is
Claire in The Maids (at Buddies in Bad Time Theatre)

5. The best piece of advice someone once gave me was
READ, READ, READ – Everyday, Everything

6. The book beside my beside table right now:
The view from the Center of the Universe

7. The last song I downloaded or listened to was
GOTYE. Somebody that I used to know

8. My favorite moment in rehearsal so far is
learning the lifts

The INSIDE Scoop on Cossette Derome 

1. In IMPRINTS I am playing is                                                                                                         A GHOST!

2. The Nickname I had as a child was                                                                                   “Come back here”

3.     The first Role I played was                                                                                                     The dude from the Pit and the Pendulum

4.     A character I have loved playing is                                                                                    Martha in a student production of Who’s Afraid of Virgina Wolf

5. The best piece of advice someone once gave me was                                                            Don’t have a back up plan

6. The most challenging thing about working on this show and a new work is
 Pretending that screw ups were on purpose

7.     The book beside my beside table right now                                                                          The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews

8.     The last song I downloaded or listened to was                                                                        Show and Lights by Explosions in the Sky

9.     My favorite moment in rehearsal so far is                                                                              Watching Jacquie try not to crack up laughing during a recording session

Stephanie Belding shares with us this week…

The INSIDE Scoop on Stephanie Belding

1. In IMPRINTS I am playing
Lily

2.The Nickname I had as a child was
Steph. Really. Not that exciting. Sometimes Stevie. Never Steffi though. Didn’t stick.

3.The first Role I played was
Mary in the Xmas pageant

4. A character I have loved playing is
“Mom” in 2 weeks, Twice A Year @ LKTYP

5. The best piece of advice someone once gave me was
Karen Wood: “Buy art”

6. The most challenging thing about working on this show and a new work is
Developing the physical world + supporting the text in a happy marriage

7. I would rather eat my face then______ on stage
(Not a fan of eating my face but I’d prefer to) not injure myself during a show while on stage

8. The book beside my beside table right now is
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell,  + the latest issue of bicycling w/ an amazing piece on Eddy Merckx “the Cannibal”the best cyclist ever!

9. My favorite moment in rehearsal so far is
When we find that perfect moment, text  + movement. And Laughter.

Each day starts with a warm up and rehearsal of our physical vocabulary to prepare for the physical world of IMPRINTS. As well as being movement oriented, Theatre Gargantua creates original music. The original music in this video was created by the IMPRINTS ensemble during a rehearsal jam session. Enjoy!

Credits: Stephanie Belding, Kathleen Harrison, Bruce Barton, Sheree Tams, Michael Spence, Cosette Derome, Conor Green, Kat Sandler, Jacquie Thomas

THEATRE GARGANTUA in association with Factory Theatre
presents the WORLD PREMIERE of

IMPRINTS

Written by Michael Spence

Directed by Theatre Gargantua Artistic Director Jacquie P.A. Thomas

CLICK HERE TO VIEW IMPRINTS PRESS RELEASE: SHOW RUNS NOV 9-26

Theatre Gargantua wants YOU to be a part of a FREE innovative new action forum!

Are you looking to be challenged?
Are you looking to challenge?

THEATRE GARGANTUA’S EMERGING ARTIST ROUNDTABLE
Led by the core members of Theatre Gargantua, including Artistic Director Jacquie P.A. Thomas, the sessions will focus on learning about how to carve a place for your own work in the Canadian Theatre landscape.

SESSION DATES:
4PM-6PM: FRIDAY SESSIONS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
OCTOBER 21, 2011
*NOVEMBER 18, 2011
DECEMBER 16, 2011

*Special Invitation to IMPRINTS on November 18th at 8pm included.

OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:
• Meet fellow emerging artists from other universities
• Provocative discussion sessions with professional artists
• Networking and collaborative creation opportunities
• Workshop and performance discounts
• Audition and resume consulting
• Artist mentoring

IT’S FREE. REFRESHMENTS SERVED. SPACE IS LIMITED

HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit your resume and a letter of interest that includes your main theatrical interests, school, degree program and year of school you are currently enrolled.

DUE: SEPTEMBER 16TH AT 5PM

EMAIL SUBMISSION to info@theatregargantua.ca ATTN: ROUNDTABLE APPLICATION

For more information, please email stacey@theatregargantua.ca, or call 416 260 2660

Read more about last year’s Emerging Artist Roundtable here!

Please forward this widely!