Shakespeare’s Archetypes – Extreme Shakespeare!
And ’tis a kinde of good deede to say well,
And yet words are no deeds.
William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, iii, 2.
Intensive workshop for actors and singers, exploring archetypes and Shakespeare’s text. Archetype training is fully embodied, physical and vocal, a way of experiencing different ways of being, of thinking, of imaginative self expression.
Refresh yourself with an immersion in Shakespeare’s words in the company of Hero, Fool, Huntress, Mother, Sage and Trickster (and others).
Using cue scripts, and Original Shakespeare Co’s “rules of the game”, we’ll play with Shakespeare and allow Shakespeare to play (with) us.
This workshop is open to professional, experienced performers and teachers, drama students, as well as students preparing for drama college auditions.
Sunday 31st May
10 am to 4 pm
24 Hope Street
Liverpool
£30
Booking essential, limited places (10)
Tickets : [email protected]
“Flloyd is a committed and passionate advocate for the power of the actor. Her knowledge of the literature, theory, practice, and history of the theatre (and of the use of the voice in particular) is deep and comprehensive. Working with Flloyd is like hanging out with an old and dearly loved friend, a friend who will help you to improve and inspire you to greater creativity with laughter and a fierce love of the art form.” John Graham (actor and Professor of Drama)
“Flloyd is a fantastic actress and director… which naturally lends its way to her being a brilliant teacher. I’ve worked with Flloyd as a director first, then I had the opportunity to share the stage with her! But I mostly loved working with her as a student through her Archetypes and Being in Voice classes. She encourages you to explore your imagination through movement and voice. She actually pulls your voice inside out so that you are not only using your “voice”, but the voice within that wants to rise to the surface! I miss her and her classes, very much and only wish I could steal her away and permanently place her in Houston, Texas!” Lyndsay Sweeney (actress and drama educator)
Flloyd Kennedy – TMT artistic director and workshop leader – Liverpool-based, Australian-born actress, director, voice artist, performance poet, singer-songwriter, voice/speech/accent/acting/clown coach and producer of audio fiction. She took part in the British folk revival in the 60s, performed street theatre, cabaret and fringe theatre in Scotland throughout the 1980s and 90s. She was Artistic Director of the small scale independent company Golden Age Theatre for 5 years, touring classic and contemporary work throughout Scotland. Flloyd was awarded her doctorate in 2014 for her dissertation on “Shakespeare’s Voice: a theory of the voice in performance”. She has performed, directed and taught voice and acting skills at colleges and universities in the UK, US and Australia. Her private practice Being in Voice offers voice/accent/acting skills online and in person in Liverpool.
Flloyd writes, performs and produces the audio fiction comedy “Am I Old Yet?” short-listed for an Independent Podcast Award 2024 (fiction category) and for a Golden Lobe Award 2025 (fiction). She is also the writer producer of the limited series audio fiction comedy “Baked Off! Live, laugh loaves”. Flloyd is a member of the Fable & Folly Network (“where fiction producers flourish”).
She also voices various characters in fiction podcasts, including The Inspector Billings Mysteries, Community Cat, Dracula 2024 and Blood Rock Springs.
Flloyd is a proud member of British Actors Equity.