Facilitated by Emily Pearlman
Rate for 4-week course: $120.00
THURSDAY - March 7, 14, 21, 28, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Mississippi Mills Public Library
Overview
How do the events in your life sit beside each other to lend insight into something bigger? In this course/participatory lecture series, vulnerability, humour, and connection are guiding values as participants dive into personal moments big and small. Working from creative prompts to accumulate material, participants will learn storytelling structure and performance techniques to help them deliver their own story with a sense of confidence and play. Perfect for anyone interested in telling stories.
What will we do in the series?
Accumulate personal storytelling material through writing and telling exercises and prompts
Explore how narrative structures, multi-sensory recall and editing for performance can build confidence in your material and ability to tell it
Receive one-to-one feedback with the instructor
Share your story with the group in a supportive environment
Who is this series for?
Everyone is welcome. This workshop aims to build confidence in your ability to speak your own words out loud and take ownership over shaping your own narrative.
Who is the teacher?
Emily Pearlman is an award-winning theatre artist and educator who makes live experiences that bring together intergenerational groups of people and develops their relationships to place and each other. She has co-created over 30 performance works in collaboration with theatre makers, dancers, musicians, audio-makers, schools, and communities. She is an Artistic Associate at the Ottawa Children’s Festival, has taught new play development and solo theatre creation at The University of Ottawa and Algonquin College, and has toured four of her own solo storytelling shows across Canada.
Presented with support from the Mississippi Mills Public Library, and partially funded by the Municipality of Mississippi Mills.