THE SHAPE OF FUN: BODY, ARCHITECTURE & THEME

THE SHAPE OF FUN: BODY, ARCHITECTURE & THEME

Bold Theatre

8 November, 2025 - 10 November, 2025, 10:30 - 17:00

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What is the shape of fun? How do we use shape and rhythm to fascinate our audience? Charm them? Make them laugh? Disgust them? Hunt for dynamic and fascination personas by changing your body’s architecture. Evoke provocative and ridiculou... more What is the shape of fun? How do we use shape and rhythm to fascinate our audience? Charm them? Make them laugh? Disgust them?

Hunt for dynamic and fascination personas by changing your body’s architecture. Evoke provocative and ridiculous themes! What does it take to keep the mask of this new form alive in the space?

8th & 10th November (9th Nov costume finding day)

Students in this class will explore:

TECHNIQUE
Tension
Fixed point
Contrasting Dynamics of Space/ Weight/ Time
Engaging rhythms.
shapes that “pop”
RAPPORT
Do you compel or repel the audience?
How can you manipulate us?
THEME
What themes does the shape evoke, or
Starting from theme, what shapes can express that theme in a fertile way?