The Pleasure to Play - Summer School
A 3-week summer school exploring complicité, scene work, clowning and intra-cultural actor training!
Jan 2026
Description
🔥 THE PLEASURE TO PLAY – SUMMER SCHOOL INTENSIVE 🗓 3 WEEKS — 15 DAYS OF TRAINING
📍 Melbourne Actors Guild | 🎟 Limited to 16 Participants | With Kristine Landon-Smith & Fabio Motta
Join us for a transformative 3-week acting intensive exploring The Pleasure to Play—a joyful, embodied approach that combines clown, text work, and complicité. This training is ideal for actors, clowns, creatives and performers seeking greater presence, authenticity, and freedom on stage and screen.
🎈 WEEK 1: Finding Complicité Discover the joy of ensemble play, improvisation, text, and clown. Rooted in Philippe Gaulier’s teachings (Le Jeu), this week places the actor at the centre—inviting spontaneity, vulnerability, and deep connection with the audience.
🎭 WEEK 2: Chekhov & Clown Dive deeper into text and complicité with a focus on Chekhov. Through games, scenes, and advanced clown work, you’ll explore intra-cultural methods and develop a richer, freer relationship with character and performance. (Prerequisite: Week 1 or previous Pleasure to Play workshop).
🎭 WEEK 3: Tragedy & Clown Routines Explore the emotional depth of Greek Tragedy and Shakespeare, while building your own structured clown routine. Learn to stay light, open, and playful—even in the most heightened theatrical worlds. (Prerequisite: Weeks 1 & 2). Saturday 24th will be a open rehearsal to an invited audience to showcase work from the program.
✅ What You’ll Gain: Authentic stage presence Tools for ensemble & solo work Confidence in both comedy & tragedy A structured clown routine A unified, embodied acting practice
🕐 Mon–Fri, 10:00–17:00
🎟 Early Bird: $2500 + GST (by Oct 18, 2025)
🎟 Full Price: $3000 + GST
🎟 Week 1 Only: $1000 + GST Week 1: 5th - 9th, Jan , 2026
Week 2: 12th -16th, Jan, 2026
Week 3: 19th - 24th, Jan, 2026
Contact Details
Melbourne Actors Guild, Acland Street, St Kilda VIC, Australia
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