Würzburger Improtheaterfestival e. V.

About the workshop: “Acting is in everything but the words” (Stella Adler, The Art Of Acting). These words will be the motto of this workshop. So many times as improvisers we rely on words alone to tell the story or to express our emotions, forgetting that our body is already telling a story and is already showing an emotion. We will challenge ourselves with every improviser's nightmare: how to improvise without words. In the workshop we will explore ways to listen to our bodies and trust our impulses and try to feel the impulses of the scene partner and group. We will limit ourselves to minimal talking in the scenes and we’ll rely on the expressiveness of our body movement.

The workshop will be in English.

👥 Participants: There will be a maximum of 14 participants in the workshop.

🏋 Sara Šoukal (Slovenia) is a well seasoned theater artist with years of experience. As an actress and as a pedagogue she is most active in the field of theatrical improvisation, for which she says is her first love. She fell in love with improv when she was 9 years old and they have been together ever since. Her improv aesthetic is poetic, physical, dream-like and full of details. Nothing escapes her eye. She tends to break patterns, she challenges herself and others with bold offers that are out of the box. Sara is one of the most active and prominent improvisers in Slovenia, working also abroad, in many impro collectives, theaters and associations. She is also the artistic director of Naked stage festival of improvisational theater in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Sara taught and/or performed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czech republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, U.S.A., etc.

🗓️Schedule

• Sat, 21st of November: 10am-1pm and 2.30-5.30pm (6 hours)
• Sun, 22nd of November: 10am-2pm (4 hours)