Bristol Physical Theatre Project facilitates training for performers and the wider community. The project’s approach to theatre making concentrates on physical ensemble devising and stems from the idea that the performer’s creative input is crucial in the process of theatre creation. The project provides a range of practical theatre-making and performing skills which can later be applied to the individual artistic practice and further training.
About the founder: BPTP is founded by performer and theatre-maker Ignė Barkauskaitė, a Lithuanian-born theatre-maker, performer, and musician, based in Bristol since 2008. Her practice explores lived migration, mental health, the natural world and a relationship between personal and collective memory through mixed mediums – movement, poetry and sound, often in co-creation with others. Her role in collaborative work ranges from being a deviser, dramaturg and movement director, or a combination of these. In 2017 she founded Bristol Physical Theatre Project which facilitates theatre-making and ensemble-based training for professional performers and the wider community. She has also worked as a visiting tutor/workshop facilitator at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Bristol School of Acting and the University of the Arts London.
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