Character Based Improvisation workshop

The workshop explores the Character-based Improvisation Process, a means of creating detailed, complex characters, whether it’s for conventional scripted material, ensemble scenes or improvised dramas – the process can be used to create entire films as well. (It’s how British director Mike Leigh creates his films.)

The CBI process allows actors and filmmakers greater creative freedom; it empowers and liberates: actors achieve performances that are spontaneous, immediate and truthful; directors are able to maintain a creative overview and to build on what the actor does.

Both actors and filmmakers benefit from the creative partnership formed through CBI Process.

The Character-based Improvisation (CBI) Process begins with the director working directly with the actor, one-on-one, to create a character. As the name implies, improvisations are at the heart of the process.

These are based on reality and observation, and investigate the character’s emotional and psychological condition in a series of evolving situati…