Working Shakespeare's Words

This workshop will provide inspiration for those who have already worked in Shakespeare, and access for people new to his words.  Exercising with Shakespeare’s text re-charges all other work by flexing the voice and sharpening our awareness.  Among the things this workshop will explore …

How freeing your voice can free you into creativity with Shakespearean and other heightened classical text.

How the text will do much of the work of entering the psychology of the character provided you are in the right sort of zone.  

How realism and naturalness can only be found through a voice that is truthful.

A style that relates to today's diverse society - and  how this is compatible with the formal qualities in the writing. 

You will need to have a short piece: no need to be off the book but please be off the page!

‎William Trotter‎‎ works with voice and its relationship to language as a creative component of both the actor's development and the rehearsal process. He started and led ‎‎On Voice‎‎, the regular voice-text sessions of Actors Guild GB sponsored by Spotlight, and started and developed the Actors Center Shakespeare Speaking Laboratory. He has directed workshops for Escape Artists, Graeae, Mind the Gap, Magic Circle, The Royal Scottish Conservatoire, for the actor-director workshop of the Tamasha Theatre and for the Theater Arts Group in Bucharest. The theater schools he has taught at include ArtsEd, Central, Drama Center, East 15, and ‎‎LAMDA.‎‎ He trained at Central, Bristol and Exeter Universities and was on the British Voice Association's training working group.