Mike Tweddle studied in the school of Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He is trained in movement-based theatre at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He is artistic director of London-based Temple Theatre, an international theatre company, for whom I’ve directed the following productions: Out of Chaos – a devised show that has toured five countries, winning 1st Prize at the Bilbao Act Festival and Audience Prize at the Berlin 100º Festival; Hippolytus – a new adaptation of Euripides’ tragedy that toured the UK; and Pillow Talk – a devised performance that played in London and on tour in Spain.

Other directing work includes Oh My Green Soap Box for Jumbled theatre company, which won 1st Prize at the Berlin 100º Festival, and Seven Degrees of Tropical Entropy for the Latin American Theatre Festival (London). I have assistant directed for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, and I am a director and workshop leader for the National Youth Theatre.

Workshop – ‘Generous Performance’

In this workshop you will develop your connection with other performers and with the audience, engaging your powers of imagination and curiosity. We will explore exercises, games and improvisations that enable us to create generous performance: in other words theatre that excites and moves the audience, theatre filled with humanity, playfulness and dynamism.

Ensemble work is the most important element of my productions, and in the workshop you will learn to move, speak, think and feel as a group, not just as individuals.

However, another vital ingredient in my work is the honest, vulnerable and unique personality of each actor on stage. In the workshop you will learn how to allow these qualities to emerge, creating performance that has a personal connection to you and a very powerful effect for the audience.

Curiosity, openness, listening, and rhythm are all fundamental stage skills, and they can and must be developed to create truly generous performance. The games and exercises used in the workshop will challenge and improve these techniques.

The workshop will provide a safe and supportive space to take creative risks and make mistakes with a feeling of joy!

The workshop is suitable for students, amateurs and professionals from the age of 18+. You don’t need to be good at English to take part. Please bring with you loose, comfortable clothing for movement work. I look forward to meeting you and sharing my approach and passion for theatre with you.