Aisling Leyne and Mark Smith
Aisling has worked with some of the foremost companies and festivals across the UK. She is an experienced puppeteer, performer and voice actor. She teaches puppetry across the UK and is a core facilitator in the new improvised puppet show Talk to the Hand premiering at LiF.
Mark is a multi-award-winning actor and director and has worked for over twenty-five years as a professional devisor, director, improviser, storyteller and workshop teacher. He has produced worked for venues, festivals and companies - regionally, nationally and internationally. He has a passion for developing new work through collaborative theatre making. Mark continues to direct and perform improvised theatre.
Mark is a multi-award-winning actor and director and has worked for over twenty-five years as a professional devisor, director, improviser, storyteller and workshop teacher. He has produced worked for venues, festivals and companies - regionally, nationally and internationally. He has a passion for developing new work through collaborative theatre making. Mark continues to direct and perform improvised theatre.
Playing with Puppets
Who: Aisling Leyne and Mark Smith
What: Playing with your Puppets Where: LJMU - Joe H Makin Drama Centre (Next door to Unity Theatre) When: Saturday the 22nd of April – 10-12pm Tickets: Workshop ticket (individual workshop) £15/£20 – 20 available per workshop Day ticket (workshop + shows) £50 – 20 available (booked in advance) |
This practical workshop will guide participants and enable them to develop the synergy that exists between the improviser and the puppet.
We draw upon acting and storytelling techniques and together you will discover the two-way relationship that exists. Working spontaneously, we will learn how voice and story conveys character and meaning through the puppet. This two-hour workshop does not require you to have had any experience of puppetry. |