“Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.”

Workshop 1 – 14th June

First read through and discussions.

Topics discussed included:

To cut or not to cut
What is missing? What would you add?
What is the world of the play?
Multi-roling and doubling options
Who is Timon?
Acts and scene divisions
The ending
Bend-a-gender
Staging
Genre
Apemantus – Evil Monkey/Janitor?
Flavius and the Servants

Workshop 2 – 28th June

Masterclass: Listening and Arguing – Tobias Deacon

Employing techniques to open our ears and sharpen our tongues to Shakespeare’s dialogue. Starting with group work to establish the world of the play – how the words attune our senses to the story and the people in it – followed by working in pairs on some of the tastiest arguments in the play.

“Lips, let sour words go by and language end.
What is amiss plague and infection mend!
Graves only be men’s works and death their gain!
Sun, hide thy beams! Timon hath done his reign.”