Workshops
Be part of SPUNK and create your own workshop program.
SPUNK is also higher education. With nine public one-day and half-day workshops, we offer improv performers and interested people a forum for exchange, further learning and intensive improvisation work with great international trainers. The workshops will take place on Saturday – Sunday, October 8th & 9th and Friday – Sunday, October 14th – 16th in the workshop rooms of the Theater im Zollhaus and töpferei.
«STRONG PARTNER» 🇬🇧
with Beata Różalska
1 of a 1.5 day workshop from 10:00 to 17:00
«INVENT THE GAME OF THE SCENE » 🇬🇧
with Juš Milčinski
full day workshop from 10:00 to 17:00
«GO FOR THE CORE» 🇩🇪
with Gerit Scholz
full day workshop from 10:00 to 17:00
«TWO-PERSON SHOW» 🇬🇧
with Matt Higbee
full day workshop from 10:00 to 17:00
«NEVER WALK THROUGH A MIME TABLE AGAIN» 🇬🇧
with Katy Schutte
half day workshop from 10:00 to 13:00
«Dumb-Stupid-Fun» 🇬🇧
with Matt Higbee
half day workshop from 10:00 to 13:00
Terms and agreements (in German)
For all SPUNK-Workshops our Terms and Conditions apply (in German): pfirsi.ch/agbs
«MAGICAL TEAM PLAY» 🇬🇧
with Katy Schutte
Physicality is the building block of dynamic and engaging ensemble scenes. Whether you’re a newcomer to improvisation or a veteran of the art, getting back into your body and being hyper aware of the physical choices made around you allow for incredible group work. With everyone playing almost the whole time, this class gets you back into your body; creating powerful, beautiful stage images. Tell your onstage stories through safe, magical team play.
FRI, 14.10.2022
- 13:00 to 17:00
- Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)
«DER SIEG. DIE NIEDERLAGE. DAS PUBLIKUM…» 🇩🇪
mit Tobias Zettelmeier
Du liebst Impro-Wettkämpfe? Du wunderst dich, warum die einen vom Publikum geliebt werden, und die anderen gehasst? Dieser Workshop gibt Mittel und Wege, wie man mit dem Gefühlen des Publikums umgeht, Entscheidungen beeinflusst und Momente manipuliert. Bei diesem Workshop geht es darum, es selbst zu bemerken und aus zu probieren, mithilfe von gefaktem Impro, schnellen Elementen des Theatersport und des Maestro, zeigt dir Tobias Zettelmeier das Spiel im Spiel. Es gibt keine Garantie, dass du danach jemals einen Wettkampf gewinnst, aber du wirst verstehen, wie das Publikum funktioniert und welchen Einfluss du darauf hast.
FRI, 14.10.2022
- 13:00 to 17:00
- Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)
«DECONSTRUCTION» 🇬🇧
with Jochem Meijer
Everything you say is worth being heard. Everything that you do is worth being seen. Make sure that people hear and see everything that you do and say.
This is a workshop where we will take a look at the core building blocks of a scene. We will focus on movement, dialog and connection with scene partners. We will work on each of these element separately to give them the attention they need. We will deconstructed scenes and shine a light on every move, every line of dialogue, every emotion. We will make the scene go slower, but more intense and interesting by doing just on thing at a time.
SAT, 15.10.2022
- SA: 10:00 to 13:00
- Theater Ida
«STRONG PARTNER» 🇬🇧
with Beata Różalska
Caring. Strength. Balance. Inspiration. Temperament. Calmness. Awareness. Partner. If you usually give the space to others and keep following, take the stage now. If you usually lead, give the stage and help to deal with the spotlight those players who stay in the shadows. If you want your partner to feel safe on stage with you, become united. Inspire yourself with your partner, that will give you power. Use your temperament to support and create. Look for the balance. Find it and create it.
SAT, 15.10.2022 & SON, 16.10.2022
- SA: 10:00 to 17:00
SO: 10:00 to 13:00 - Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)
«RAN ANS EINGEMACHTE!» 🇩🇪
von Gerit Scholz
Der Begriff „Talking Heads“ ist vielen in der Improszene bekannt. Oft erklären wir Figuren lieber, als sie zu sein. Spielen Emotion, statt sie zu fühlen und wissen in einer Szene dann irgendwie nicht genau worum es eigentlich geht. In diesem Workshop lernen wir, wie wir von „redenden Köpfen“ zu „fühlenden Körpern“ werden können und warum es wichtig ist, einfach mal die Klappe zu halten und dem Moment zu vertrauen.
Vorkenntnisse: Für Spielende mit sicherer Basis.
SAT, 15.10.2022
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)
«INVENT THE GAME OF THE SCENE» 🇬🇧
with Juš Milčinski
The term “game” can describe many things – board games, children’s games, video games … they all have a lot of things in common: they’re usually fun, have a set of rules and have patterns. It’s the same with games within an improvised scene! We’ll often hear improv teachers say “find the game of the scene”, which is a terrible way of describing the process, because it suggests we’re too stupid to invent it ourselves (if I paraphrase Susan Messing). In this workshop will find ways of exploring “the game” and have lots of fun with patterns!
SAT, 15.10.2022
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)
«TWO-PERSON SHOW» 🇬🇧
with Matt Higbee
Grab a partner and let’s make a show. This workshop covers various ways to structure shows and rehearsals for two players. You and your partner receive personal feedback, tactics for editing and navigating as a duo, and guidance to build a show all your own.
SAT, 15.10.2022
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)
«NEVER WALK THROUGH A MIME TABLE AGAIN» 🇬🇧
with Katy Schutte
Fly a jet, drive a mega-robot, stroll through verdant gardens or throw a can of beer to your flatmate. Learn how to create environments and objects that the audience will really see and remember as if your blank stage was a film! Use imagined surroundings to find out about your character. Discover the secrets to recalling where you and the rest of your team ‘put’ everything and never walk through a mime table again.
SON, 16.10.2022
- 10:00 to 13:00
- Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)
«DUMB-STUPID-FUN» 🇬🇧
with Matt Higbee
This workshop is all about using your intelligence to play silly and smart at the same time. Dumb gives us simplicity. Stupid delivers silly playfulness. Together they give us ways to make any scene fun. Join this workshop to reconnect with the joy of improvisation.
SON, 16.10.2022
- 10:00 to 13:00
- Theater im Zollhaus or töpferei
(we will inform you shortly before the workshop)