Next Melodrama Workout

Come Play! Grand Guignolers Physical Theatre Melodrama Workout: French Revolution Theme PLAY BIG * PLAY FIERCE * PLAY TO SURVIVE

THURSDAY * AUGUST 4th  THEME: FRENCH REVOLUTION - THE GREAT FEAR + celebrating August 4, 1789 feudalism abolished in France Grand Guignolers next Melodrama Physical Theatre Workout incorporates the spirit of the French Revolution - the setting of their next big production.  Join them for a physically theatrical workout to get you out of your head and into your body - grand gestures, stakes, full heightened physical expression.  All levels welcome.     Melodrama is the most expressive of Western theatre forms, the one closest to the theatrical impulse, based in heightened physical gesture, high emotional stakes, bold characters, spectacle, the struggle of virtue and evil, and all to music.  The workshop is somewhere between Artaud's "athlete of the emotions" and cops & robbers.  It's cathartic, powerful and FUN!       Sign up to secure your spot.  $18/workout.  THURS. AUGUST 4th 7:30-10 at ArtWorks Theatre.  6569 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90038.   No parking in lot.  Free street parking after 7pm.   Feel free to bring drinks/treats to join in post-workout festivities! Classes taught by Debbie McMahon, Director/Creator Grand Guignolers.  Feel free to email with questions. Attire: workout clothes. hair secured off face. no dangling jewelry. TICKETS HERE Come play! WWW.GRANDGUIGNOLERS.COM

Au Revoir, Louis XVI!

Bastille Day Bash!

Come on out and celebrate Bastille Day like you never have before!

Grand Guignolers Physical Theatre

Melodrama Workout: Bastille Day Eve

PLAY BIG * PLAY FIERCE * PLAY TO SURVIVE

WEDNESDAY * JULY 13th FOCUS: BASTILLE DAY EVE On the eve of Bastille Day, our friends at Grand Guignolers are offering another Melodrama Physical Theatre Workout that incorporates the spirit of the French Revolution. The Revolution will be the setting of their next big production. Join them for a physically theatrical workout to get you out of your head and into your body - grand gestures, stakes, full heightened physical expression. All levels welcome. Melodrama is the most expressive of Western theatre forms, the one closest to the theatrical impulse, based in heightened physical gesture, high emotional stakes, bold characters, spectacle, the struggle of virtue and evil, and all to music. The workshop is somewhere between Artaud's "athlete of the emotions" and cops & robbers. It's cathartic, powerful and FUN! Sign up to secure your spot. $18 WED., JULY 13th 7:30-10 ArtWorks Theatre, 6569 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90038. No parking in lot. Free street parking after 7pm. Feel free to bring drinks to join in the post-workout Bastille Day Eve celebration! Classes taught by Debbie McMahon, Director/Creator Grand Guignolers. Just back from leading a Guignol workshop at Dell'Arte International! Feel free to email with questions. Attire: workout clothes. hair secured off face. no dangling jewelry. TICKETS HERE Come play! WWW.GRANDGUIGNOLERS.COM