Commedia Workshop

(Although you don't have to be an actor - it's good for all kinds of performers and creators- and -as anyone who has splashed around in the comic world for long knows - you will also find beautiful and moving moments of tragic humanity!)

It uses half-masks (which means you can talk!) and it is based on a theatrical style from the Renaissance. But it is not the Renaissance! So Virginia has developed a particular approach to Commedia to make it truly contemporary - so you can use it in clown, stand-up, plays in any period, you name it! In this workshop you will learn and grow lots in these two categories:

1. Skills to create physically and vocally inventive and engaging characters that are based on archetypes. These archetypes exist across time, place and form (TV, theatre, film etc.) and represent a kind of cheat code to playing characters in almost EVERYTHING.

2. An approach to improvisation/collaboration where you will learn to create a lot of super funny and beautiful material very quickly for your use as an actor, stand-up, writer, singer/musician, etc.

And it is so fun to do and to watch. We tear open the door to the comic world and reveal how beautiful and hilarious we all are. My current favorite students quote "my face hurts from laughing so much!"

Get the full explanation on YouTube and Instagram @virginiascottcomedy as well as www.fizgigstudio.com. There are videos!