About this Event
" Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu's brand of storytelling is enchanting and captivating" - Selina Jones, Actress (HBO's Raised by Wolves)
Overview
TELL ME A TALE is a course for any person who is interested in developing their skills in telling stories live
This includes but is not limited to :
- Actors
- Poets
- Performers (Singers, Rappers, Dancers etc.)
- Orators (Public Speakers, Managers, Youth Mentors, Preachers etc.)
- Anyone interested in storytelling or performing!
Storytellers will work with Olivier nominated director and theatremaker , Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu and a number of special guests, will lead you through 8 fun, energetic and revelatory sessions that will teach you how to use energy, intention, comprehension and imagination to become a better storyteller.
This session
This Session with Guest Artist will help you develop skills in expanding what your voice can do in storytelling through exercises designed strengthen your breath work and emotional connection to your voice. In addition, you will learn how to empower your singing by honing in emotionally and imagintively to narrative of songs.
Want more?
This session is part of collection for the 2024 Course which can be viewed here.
This includes
Session 1: Imagination, Improvisation & Purposeful Storytelling
Session 2: Character & Multi-rolling
Session 3: Storytelling through voice & song with John Pfumojena
Session 4: Storytelling in Freestyle Movement with Gaby Nimo
Session 5: Story Structure, Solo shows & Devising
Session 6: Autobiographical Performance Poetry with Yomi Sode
Session 7: Text, Analysis & Audience
Session 8: Live Lab
Storytellers can either drop in to one session or do all 8 for a discount! By the end of each workshop, you will be able to utilise and recall core storytelling skills that can be adapted to whatever walk of life you need.
In addition, you will be lead in a safe, supportive and spirited space where you will connect with like-minded people & grow! You can be a professional or enthusiast, all are welcome and all will develop.
"T his is where practice makes better. Left with so much understanding and the whole experience was joyful" - Charity Muiruri , Actor & Youtube Influencer
Storytellers can either drop in to one session or do all 8 for a discount! By the end of each workshop, you will be able to utilise and recall core storytelling skills that can be adapted to whatever walk of life you need.
In addition, you will be lead in a safe, supportive and spirited space where you will connect with like-minded people & grow! You can be a professional or enthusiast, all are welcome and all will develop.
"T his is where practice makes better. Left with so much understanding and the whole experience was joyful" - Charity Muiruri , Actor & Youtube Influencer
About Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu is an award-winning Theatremaker with 10 years’ experience in creating theatre works for the British Stage. He has worked with spaces such as The Young Vic, National Theatre, Bush Theatre and am associate artists of The Gate Theatre and Brixton House.
In 2019, Tristan won the JMK Award for the revival of Little Baby Jesus by Arinze Kene. In 2022, he won the award for Best Director (alongside Ryan Calais-Cameron) at the Black British Theatre Awards and was nominated for an OIivier for Best Production & Best Supporting Cast for the West End hit " For Black Boys by Ryan Calais Cameron." His casts have won The Stage Debut Awards twice (2019 and 2022) and was nominated for Most Promising Playwright at the Offies in 2018.
About John Pfumojena
Known on stage as John Falsetto®️, is a Zimbabwean Composer, Mbira & Marimba Master, and Vocalist published by Warner Chappell Music. Currently a Visiting Fellow at Exeter College, University of Oxford focusing on Theatre, Music, and Intercultural Collaboration. He has been awarded the OBIE Special Citation Award in New York for his work on the globally acclaimed stage play The Jungle, and is the recipient of an Honorary award for Cultural Ambassadorship by the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK. John’s musical work has seen him nominated for the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland - Best Music, and The Black British Theatre Awards -Best Musical Director & Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.
Video by Jack Matthew, Photos by Salim Sai
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mountview, 120 Peckham Hill Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 20.00 to GBP 80.00