Masterclass with Kristin Linklater

VOICE

Kenneth Street Hall
Saturday 20th from 10am until 1pm / Sunday 21st from 10am until 1pm / Monday 22nd from 10am until 1pm

DNA 2007 INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASSES - WORLD-CLASS PRACTITIONERS DELIVER THREE DAYS OF INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS. THERE ARE TWENTY PLACES AVAILABLE WITH EACH OF THESE LUMINARIES, AND DELEGATES CAN SIGN UP FOR THE FULL THREE-DAY COURSE AT A FEE OF £75. (PLEASE NOTE: ON REGISTRATION A £25 DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED TO SECURE YOUR PLACE). Please contact Fenella Kerr on 07946 710099 if you have any questions or email info@dna2007.info. You can download a booking form here - dna2007 Masterclasses.

Kirstin is currently head of acting for Columbia University’s graduate professional actor-training program. She has taught voice, text and Shakespeare in the United States since 1963, at New York University, Emerson College, the Stratford Festival, Ontario, the Guthrie Theatre and from 1978 to 1990 for Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. She has worked with experimental and classical theatre directors from Joseph Chaikin to Peter Brook and Tyrone Guthrie.

She has been the artistic director of her own Company of Women dedicated to changing the harmonics of Shakespeare within the cathedral of the culture. Her book Freeing the Natural Voice (pub. 1976) has sold over 100,000 copies and has been translated into German and Russian. The revised and expanded edition was published November 2006 (Nick Hern Books) and is being currently translated into French, Korean, Spanish and Finnish. Her second book Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice: An Actor’s Guide to Talking the Text was published in 1992. She teaches in Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Australia, She is also an actress.