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The Heart of Story: Crafting Narrative for Puppet Theatre Course

William Steele

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10am-5pm daily. What is the heart of your story? The art of satisfying dramatic story telling is often related to structure. This happens because THAT happened. Characters change and develop and as they learn we the audience learn with them.

Most stories have a 'message' or 'subtext' within them through which the plot flows and the characters change. Finding this subtext or 'heart' of your story can be the crucial jigsaw piece in which your plot and decision making revolves. Puppetry can often be less wordy than other forms of theatre, or sometimes even completely non verbal. So how do we convey all the above without long lengthy monologues?!

In this workshop you will learn how to quickly adapt existing stories as well as build new narrative structures. You will also start to plot the beginning of your very own piece of puppet theatre around a subtext meaningful to you and produce preliminary designs for your concept ready to take away and continue developing with confidence!

William Steele is a puppeteer, facilitator and producer who trained at Northumbria University in Drama and Scriptwriting. He then went on to study improvisation at the Danish School of Improvisation and is also a 2018 graduate of the Curious School of Puppetry. William is the creative director of Life and Limb Puppets, which produces touring puppet theatre such as 'Dragon', alongside applied puppetry workshops such as the 'Curious Beasts' schools programme.

Mon 21st April, 10:00am
Tue 22nd April, 10:00am

Locations

Great North Museum: Hancock

Great North Museum: Hancock, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

420 mins

Ages 16+ / adults

Great North Museum: Hancock

£120 (includes both days and materials)

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