Would you like to take your place, up on the stage? This course is intended for the beginner, or those with a little experience of, writing and performing for the stage. Learn how to connect with, and hold, an audience. Have fun while you build confidence and self-esteem as part of a supportive group, with the aim of taking you out of your comfort zone, to where the magic happens!
Even if your end game isn’t a stage performance, there are many situations where these skills will be useful. Experience benefits to your mental health and wellbeing, as you interact with fun and laughter. The course will provide you with the tools you need, to present yourself, with confidence, in front of any audience.
By the end of the course you will have a 5 minute performance, to showcase to an invited audience.
We will nurture a safe and non-judgemental space for experimentation, and offer peer feedback.
The next 6 week Performance Skills Workshop will be held at the Caroline of Brunswick Pub, Ditchling Road, Brighton 7-9pm starting on Mon 9 September 2019. On week 6, Mon 14 October, we will have an hour run through, then a performance to a private audience of friends and family.
Here are some testimonials and articles, about the course.
https://broadwaybaby.com/features/can-performance-skills-help-everyone/2112
https://stemmemagazine.com/2019/02/14/performance-skills-workshop-with-annabelszki/
Workshop participant Aiden Bex summarised the six week course:
“It's a really friendly, supportive, and safe space. As a result of the activities, it isn't long before the group has bonded and people are no longer feeling very self-conscious. It also helps that Annabel is more than ready to throw herself into the activities and lead by example.”
“In a group of four students, it has been evident that we all started the workshops at different stages and levels of ability. However, Annabel has done well to keep things very level and to tailor things to suit all students' abilities without it having a negative impact upon the group dynamic. In other words, the more advanced have felt suitably challenged and the less advanced haven't felt lost or out of their depth. Each student has been continually working on their own individual areas and has been learning all the time, even though the group has been of mixed ability.”
Here are some video links, where workshop participants share their experiences.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9p4t27292m0bpmn/Sally%20post%20gig.AVI?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oe2avtwu9p254q2/Emma%20post%20gig.AVI?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g2b1yh291ifcjw2/Jilliana%20vdo%20testimonial.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5jtj011kdh0lgp/Adriana.AVI?dl=0
THE FACILITATOR
Annabel Pribelszki (Annabelszki) is a Brighton-based performance artist who has performed internationally (Dublin, Edinburgh, Prague, Paris, Berlin, Bali, Michigan, NYC, Toronto, Zurich, Sydney). She delivers a fusion of spoken word, stand-up, sketch comedy and cabaret. She tears down the fourth wall and embraces the audience's ideas, which are used as ideas in spoken word pieces, as well as audience members being invited up on the stage, as part of sketches. Her work is political and feminist, taken from a lesbian perspective.
Annabelszki has over twenty years experience as an educator. Her workshops have run successfully in Brighton since October 2018.