Tightlaced Theatre

Hello my dears, I’m sending this message to everyone who is either a Facebook friend of Tightlaced or has been involved in our previous activities. Tightlaced is undergoing a revamp. It’s still a new writing company, but now we’re building a pool of actors who train together regularly and work in a particular way.

As many of you know, I’ve just come back from London, where I was training at Mountview. During my training I began working with Aileen Gonsalves, an inspiring director and actor who is now Head of MA Acting at Arts Ed and Artistic Director of Butterfly. Following a career which saw her working with companies like the RSC and the Young Vic, Aileen went on to develop a rehearsal technique which encourages actors to be responsive, affectable and to put their performances in each others’ hands to create theatre which is truly in the moment and different every time.

So how is it done? Come along and find out… I am going to be running regular training sessions at Art’s Complex (Fort Tightlaced, Studio G21) for theatremakers who are interested in learning this new way of working. They’ll be free to attend and will take place three times a week. I am asking that people commit to attending at least one training session a fortnight – more if you like! Regularity will keep our skills sharp and helps to build up trust.

Sessions will run as follows:

Monday evenings, 7pm – 10pm.

Thursday mornings, 10am – 1pm

Saturday afternoons, 2pm – 5pm.

The first session will take place on Saturday 3rd December. If you can’t make that date but are interested, just get in touch and come along to another session. I hope you’re all well and that you can make it along to learn more!

Love and laces,

Jen