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Mime & Play: A Physicality Course for Performers - 4 Weeks (Mon Eves)
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When: Mon, 1st Sept 2025 • 7pm - Mon, 22nd Sept 2025 • 10pm
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Where: Theatre Deli, London
- Run by: David Hoskin
A practical, playful deep-dive into mime, physical storytelling, and embodied performance. Whether you're an improviser refining your object work, a stand-up sharpening your act-outs or a performer exploring new ways to build character through movement, this course equips you with tools to move with clarity, find joy in play and fully engage with your body on stage.
We've run evening workshops on this before but this course goes deeper, offering a richer toolkit and space to build week by week through solo and ensemble play! This is for everyone, from complete beginners to seasoned professionals looking to build their repertoire of skills.
Who is this for?
- Improvisers – Create believable environments, handle invisible objects with clarity and find the game physically. (e.g., convincingly making a cuppa, playing invisible tennis).
- Stand-ups – Strengthen act-outs, sharpen physical punchlines and add comic rhythm through the body. (e.g., miming drinking at a bar).
- Clowns/Characters – Develop non-verbal storytelling, physical presence and characterisation.
- Actors, dancers, and physical creatives – Explore transformation, ensemble movement and learn how to command scene authenticity.
What to expect?
- Creating the Invisible – Establishing weight, texture, object reality and world building.
- Physical Clarity – Isolation, detail and heightened spacial awareness to enhance storytelling.
- Embodying Actions & Environments – Bringing authenticity and forward thinking to scenes.
- Comedy & Character – Physicality as a tool for comic rhythm.
- Play & Complicité - Ensemble rhythm, the pleasure of performing and the joy of the game.
What You'll Learn
- The Body as Storyteller - Foundations in physical awareness, object work and environmental clarity
- Character Through Physicality - Building characters through movement and tension
- Comic Rhythm & Ensemble Play - Timing, tension and complicité
- Silent Scenes & Physical Storytelling - Integration and performance
Why This Course?
Accessible, energising, and deeply rewarding, this course offers performers a chance to go beyond voice and words. It's a chance to deepen your physical vocabulary and rediscover the joy of telling stories without words.
Dates
- 1st September 2025 - 19:00 - 22:00
- 8th September 2025 - 19:00 - 22:00
- 15th September 2025 - 19:00 - 22:00
- 22nd September 2025 - 19:00 - 22:00
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What People Say About Our Classes
★★★★★ "Blinding workshop packed with opportunities to try stuff out in a comfortable yet challenging way."
★★★★★ "I really enjoyed the course! Charlie explained the concepts well and there lots of opportunities to practice the ideas"
★★★★★ "I had so much fun! Viki made us feel very welcomed and the improv activities were accessible and linked to mindfulness and listening skills. I would recommend joining their classes if you are keen to develop your improvisation skills or just to have a total blast!"
★★★★★ "So engaging and really feel like I understand how to bring clowning and improv together"
★★★★★ "Had an amazing time. Really good addition to improv experience!"
★★★★★ "Viki held the space in a way that was both playful and therapeutic, allowing for creative expression and learning in a calm and mindful setting."
★★★★★ "It was a great group and the exercises were really fun"
★★★★★ "Great workshop, great teachers, great work."
★★★★★ "The workshop was so much fun!"
