FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS
Using the story of Beowulf that so inspired him, Bryan will explore and share various approaches to physicalizing a text and how best to shape a story in space. Bryan will be joined in this process by Michael Barker-Caven, Artistic Director of the Civic theatre.
Bryan is an actor, director, movement director and more recently “writer” having penned and performed the award winning Beowulf: The Blockbuster, earning Bryan a STAGE award for acting excellence at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Other notable performances include Barabbas’ Johnny Patterson : The Singing Irish Clown for which he received the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor and “B” in Company SJ’s production of Beckett’s “Act Without Words II ” which toured most recently to The Barbican in London.
Bryan is a graduate from the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin and has taught Movement/Physical Theatre at Trinity College Dublin, NYU / Tisch School of the Arts and at the Accademia dell ’ Arte in Arezzo, Italy.
Michael is a 10 times Irish Times Awards nominee with multiple acclaimed and award winning productions for such producers as Landmark Productions, The Gate, The Abbey as well as internationally. Between 1995-2004 he was Artistic Director of The Theatreworks Company, which specialised in staging large scale epic tales through the medium of image based, physically story telling.
Limited availability. Only 12 places available.
