Workshops
The DIRECTOR.
It’s your life, your theatre. You’re the director, the script writer, the stage manager. YOU get to say how it goes.
A 2 day programme creating a new future for your life.
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players …”
as Shakespeare wrote in Act 2 scene 5 of ‘As You Like It’. But do you ever wonder if you are playing your role to the full?
There is such a thing as ‘The Actor’s Nightmare’. In this nightmare you get to spend the whole night searching for a script that you never find, knowing all the while that you are due for your entrance onto the stage at any second - and you’ve completely forgotten your lines. Does life ever feel a little like that? Are you not quite sure what role you’re playing? Have you forgotten your lines? Does it feel like you may never quite make it to the stage?
My husband Michael (michaelbottcoaching.com) and I were both professional actors for many years, playing a huge variety of roles to thousands of people in theatres all over the country, including the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In an intensive two-day programme, we will bring all our training and experience to bear and create a unique window into the workings of your life, using the theatre as an analogy of life. In Shakespeare’s own words from Hamlet, the purpose of the theatre …
” … was and is to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature - to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.”
Michael and I will hold the mirror up to your life - and if your make-up has been laid on a bit heavy, if you’ve been wearing the wrong costume or even if it turns out you’ve been over-acting somewhat, we will help you to recognise and be your authentic self, so you can be the star in your own life. If you’ve ever felt you’re stuck in Act 2 of your life - Act 1 is in the past - and you’re wondering when Act 3 is going to show up, we’ll show you that you have been mistaking Act 3 for a re-run of Act 1. We’ll show you that Act 3 has got nothing to do with Act 1 and not only that, but you also get to write and direct Act 3 yourself. You will start to appreciate that ‘being,’ not pretending, is the key to a great and memorable performance - both on stage and in life. You will be left with a clear sense of purpose and role in life and the confidence and authority to play that role to the full. In short, you will discover that ‘You are the one you’ve been waiting for’.
TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAMME WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, PLEASE CONTACT ME