Building A Universal Character is an intensive series of workshops on the physical and vocal vocabularies available to the actor in creating a role. Working beyond the text, through games, exercises and targeted improvisation, the actor discovers choices which surprise and delight the audience. Through non-verbal, gestural and contextual vocabularies, the actor creates not only a single character from a single culture but a real person with recognisable qualities who fits into any culture. The spirit is expressed in every second of being. Transcending the every day, the multi-vocabulary actor creates characters who are real, truthful, and continually surprising, creating layers of meaning for actor and spectator.
Dr. Michael Devine has directed nearly fifty professional productions in nine languages, including work with national theatres in Canada, Serbia, Kosovo, Romania, and Hungary.
He has been a featured guest artist at major international theatre festivals including MESS (Sarajevo), FITS (Sibiu), FIST (Belgrade), and others across Europe and beyond. His performance creation and actor-training system, BoxWhatBox, has been presented in more than twenty countries across five continents. Michael is the Founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Alternative Theatre Training (CATT), an international actor training intensive conducted annually in intercultural contexts.
Classically trained at LAMDA (London) and HB Studio (New York City), he continues to develop the BoxWhatBox methodology, including his forthcoming book BoxWhatBox: Holistic Acting for the 21st Century.
is an Irish freelance director, tutor, workshop leader and consultant. She trained in the UK and Ireland and is currently based in Copenhagen. Previous work includes Det Norske Teatret Oslo and Teater Momentum Odense where she was Co-Artistic Director of the theater with Jens August Wille and directed DK Ultra and Vejen til Gudhvorhver. She regularly devises physical theatre productions at Den Danske Scenekunstskole Odense and has also directed at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and at the KHIO State School Helsinki. Caroline was Artistic Director of Locus Theatre Company Ireland for many years working in Cork and Dublin where many of her productions were created through the process of Devised Theatre. Caroline recently re-established Locus Theatre Company in Denmark and the first project was a collaboration between Denmark, Norway and Iceland to develop a show called Seemingly Someone. Locus were Theatre In Residence at Københavns Musikteater to develop a show entitled 3 Nights in October 2016. Caroline teaches Viewpoints/Devising in state schools in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Germany and Ireland as well as workshops for professional actors, dancers. directors, set designers, musicians, playwrights, dramaturgs etc. She holds a BA Contemporary Arts UK, Certificate in Drama Therapy (UK) and an MA in Drama Studies (Dublin).
A visual record of laboratory work, rehearsal processes, and international collaborations.