An advanced training for people who have completed Holly’s 5-day fooling workshop.

Calling all fools! An invitation:
> to gather together in a post-covid world
> to rekindle our fooling practice
in this BRAND NEW week-long Site-Responsive Fooling workshop.

We’ll revisit the basics, invite our bodies and hearts to unfurl, we’ll reignite our imaginations and take inspiration from the world around us to find out who we are now.

We’ll play indoors and outside, finding masks from objects, architecture, plants and animals. We’ll use all of our senses to explore various sites in and around the training space, discovering the stories waiting to be told.

There will be a mix of solo, pairs and group activities, guided meditations, personal reflections, plenty of “stage” time and structured feedback.

This workshop aims to support you to:
> Spend time with the voices in your head
> Discover ways of gaining personal insight through creative interactions with objects, architecture, plants, animals and people
> Continue to develop your knowledge and skills in solo improvised performance
> Generate raw material to use as the basis for creating devised theatre
> Open up to the potential of creating site responsive / site specific performance
> Continue to develop a sensitive, connected and alive style of performance
> Continue to explore how to safely bring your authentic feelings into your performance / interactions with fellow humans

Fooling has formed the foundation for most of Holly’s performing / directing work since she began her training with Franki Anderson, over 20 years ago. Over the years, Holly has woven in many strands of her professional training and experience, including mindfulness, dramatherapy, dance-movement, voice work, communication skills training, creative writing and sacred clown, to develop her own version of the form. Holly is artistic director of a public performance company of fools called Beyond The Ridiculous.

This workshop is inspired by the many discoveries made by Holly and the fools of Beyond The Ridiculous during their outdoor fooling forays throughout the pandemic.

You need to have completed Holly’s 5-day or 3-day Fooling course to attend this course.

DETAILS

Dates: Monday 18 - Friday 22 April

Times: 10am-5.30pm each day

Venue: Central Bristol (venue details will be sent to you once your place is secured)

Numbers: There are 8-10 places on this course to ensure plenty of dedicated playtime

Cost: 450 standard / 400 low income / 350 in education or on benefits

Applications: There is an application process for this course so Holly can create a balanced group in terms of age, gender and experience. Apply now!

Deadline: 14th March 2022

Covid Policy

This workshop is designed with covid safety in mind, all activities will be offered at distance in a well-ventilated space. In order to make it as safe as possible, we will ask you to agree to the following on the application form:
> Please do a lat flow test on all days of the workshop
> Please bring a mask - we may use them when doing breath work to minimise the risk
> Wash your hands often - we’ll provide hand sanitizer
> As the space will be well ventilated, you will need to bring layers to keep warm
> Please do not attend if you have covid symptoms or a positive lateral flow or PCR test
> In signing up to the weekend, you need to agree to have your details shared with NHS track and trace in the event of a covid outbreak
> If you have a positive covid test within 14 days of coming to our workshop, please let us know, so we can let all the other group members and the NHS know
> Even with all these preventative restrictions in place, we cannot guarantee a covid-free environment. Your health is ultimately your responsibility

Cancellation Policy

> If you need to cancel your place before the course begins, full refunds can only be given up until two weeks before the course starts
> Should you need to cancel your place after this date, 50% of your payment will be retained, unless your place can be suitably filled
> For drop-outs within 72 hours (3 days) of the start of the course, your full fee will be retained
> In the event of you needing to self isolate because of suspected or actual covid, you will be able to get your money back
> In the event of another national or local lockdown, this course will be moved to new dates
> If you are unable to attend the rescheduled dates, then we will offer a refund