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English Improvisational Theatre Workshop

with Stephen Thornton at EVOÉ Escola de Actores
Produced in partnership with Fluxus Stage

In this 8-week workshop we will dive into the world of improvisational theatre. Using theatre games and improv exercises students will learn the theory and skills behind improvised Monologues and Scene Work. We will be using these skills in preparation for the student to perform the longform improv format: “That makes me think of…” Which is inspired by Del Close's hypothesis of developing group-mind between the players and the audience.  You'll learn it and then you will perform it in the last class, in front of family and friends invited by the students. 

This course aims to develop essential skills to improve your comfortability and presence on-stage, gain further trust in your intuition, express and communicate your thoughts clearly through your artistic voice and simply be present. How to be ok without not knowing. Learning the difference between discovering and inventing. 

This workshop is for anyone who wants to take a leap into the unknown and see what type of theatre happens when you have no script to follow and instead follow your intuition and play. 

USEFUL INFORMATION:

• Open to all interested parties, with or without prior experience in improv.
• For the class, students should bring comfortable clothing that allows for movement.
  
  

  Stephen Thornton’s Biography:

  Stephen has been working in improvisational theatre for 25+ years. While living in New York City he studied improv at various schools, studios and theatre companies such as: The PIT, UCB, AND Theatre Company, IN Studios, Gotham City Improv, and The Treehouse Theater.  Independently, he has had the privilege to study with some of the most prominent improv teachers from New York and L.A. including: David Razowsky, Jeff Michalski, Michael J. Gellman, Gary Austin, Scotty Watson, Jeff Wirth, Hal Peller and Mik Kuhlman. A graduate of the Acting program at the New York Film Academy in 2006. 

  As a teacher he has taught and coached various forms of improvisation at improv and theatre institutions. In Lisbon, ACT: Escola de Actores, Teatro Contra Senso, The Irreverent Improv Festival, and Fluxus Stage. The Barcelona Improv Group (BIG) in Barcelona. In New York, The Armory, AND Theatre Company and the Treehouse Theater. 

  As an improviser he has performed in the United States, Portugal and Spain, in theaters like: The PIT, UCB, The Magnet, The Tank, and The Annoyance in New York City, Fluxus Stage, Espaço Evoé, The Irreverent Improv Festival, and ODD Trindade in Lisbon, and the BIG IF 6 in Barcelona.

  He has also been in various sketch shows as an actor and writer for Gotham City Improv in NYC. As an actor he worked in New York stage and film productions and since he moved to Portugal, he has been working in commercials, soap operas and series such as Netflix’s “Rabo de Peixe.

  He is currently living and teaching in Lisbon, Portugal. He is the co-founder of Fluxus Stage, where he continues to research and develop his unique style and technique of approaching improvisation. He is the co-founder of Jelly Jam, Lisbon's oldest English Improv Jam and is a co-founder, director and a performer in the long-form improv group BAD J. JR!.