We are pleased to announce our summer retreat The Artist Within - Ways of Seeing, taking place in Berlin in September 2025 for theatre practitioners and creators seeking time and space to develop their craft and creativity.
The workshop is an opportunity and place for artistic practice, research and expression, professional and personal growth, igniting artistic inspiration, and unlocking ideas that may be harnessed and developed further. Actors, writers, directors, dancers; it is for those interested in connecting with and delving deeper into their creative potential.
With a focus on taking our environment into our work, we will be generating material in and outside of the studio, in the urban city of Berlin with its unique architecture. How does a city influence how you move and feel? Where do we find the extraordinary in the ordinary? Looking at composition, physical theatre, devising, embodiment of materials and music as a stimulus for writing and creation.
Ways of Seeing is a space for innovation, investigation and curation. Participants will undergo a series of exercises each day in the studio, in group and solo work. There will be presentations, sharing of the work and feedback, working towards artists leaving the retreat with seeds, that they can plant wherever they choose.
Workshop leaders
Heather Ward and Yarit Dor
Dates
4 day intensive 10am - 4pm, Monday 22nd - Thursday 25th September in the studio, within the beautiful gardens at Eden Studios, Berlin, Germany, followed by a site seeing day with planned itinerary for artists on Friday 26th September.
We have access to the studio until 10pm so some evenings we will use the space for performance presentation or rehearsal, and offer optional activities such as group discussion/debate and night time meditation/free writing exercises by candle light. Maximum 20 artists.
Fee
£275 due early May. (Early bird £200 if paid for by end of March). Deposit of £100 to be taken to secure place when offered. Accommodation and travel not included and to be organised individually by participants (we can assist in recommendations and connect/coordinate the group).
If you are interested in applying please contact us at: info@directorscuttheatre.co.uk.
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