REGISTRATIONS | RADIO THEATRE: WORKSHOP FOR ACTORS

RADIO THEATRE: WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS

Leader: Maria "Maryla" Brzostyńska

We are very fortunate — above all because of the people we meet along the way. This acting workshop offer is the result of such a fortunate meeting. Presenting the first, historic edition of a new format: RADIO THEATRE: WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS.

This is a two-day, intensive acting workshop focused on how to create a role in front of a microphone: how to read and analyze a text in terms of character, how to build relationships in an audio play, how to drive emotions and action when you have no set, costume, or "visible" partner — everything takes place in the theatre of imagination.

The work focuses on acting (role, relationships, intentions, emotions, situation); speech technique, correctness of speech and articulation take a back seat. The microphone does not forgive falseness, but it also gives a huge freedom: you can build a character precisely, subtly and bravely — if you know how to run the process and how to listen to your partner, the rhythm of the scene and your own impulses. The result of the workshop is practical experience in creating an audio play: from the first reading and role assignment, through rehearsals and conclusions, to recording the whole piece.

This is actual acting work: with the text, with the team and with concrete acting tasks that in an audio play must operate on completely different principles than on stage or in front of a camera. Participants go through the full process: reading → character building → relationships → rehearsal → recording → playback → correction → re-recording.

PROGRAM

DAY 1

• Establishing relationships, participant introductions
• Specifics of acting work in front of the microphone — limitations and challenges of the theatre of imagination
• The role of adaptation and the audio play director's concept
• First reading of the audio play text — role assignment
• How to build a character based on the text
• How to build relationships between characters based on the text
• How to develop a character based on your own experiences
• How to use cultural patterns (film and theatre creations, art, etc.)
• Individual work on the character — what we know about ourselves
• First rehearsal of the audio play — discussion and conclusions
• First full recording of the audio play

DAY 2

• Playback of the recording from the previous day
• Reflections and comments on the created characters
• How awareness of editing and effects enriches the actor's work
• The role of the engineer and editing and alignment in producing an audio play
• Movement and staging in an audio play
• “Let's play it again” — space, actor and text: preparation for the second recording
• Recording the full audio play

Basic information

Location

• DAY 1 | UTU | ul. Inżynierska 3/16, 03-410 Warszawa
• DAY 2 | OnQ Studio | Grochowska 23, building G, 04-186 Warszawa
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Hours

• DAY 1 | 12:00–17:00
• DAY 2 | 12:00–17:00

Price

• 1400 zł / entire course*
• * possibility to split the payment into 2 installments of 720 zł each.
• The final installment must be paid no later than 7 days before the start of the workshop.

Who is it for?

• for all actors — professional and without institutional confirmation, but with acting experience
• for voice-over artists, dubbing performers, people working with their voice in front of a microphone
• for everyone who feels like an actor

Have doubts whether this is for you?
Write: warszawa@studioasa.com.pl
Or call: 694 329 472

LEADER

Maria "Maryla" Brzostyńska (Ankudowicz)

• Master of Polish philology, University of Silesia in Katowice.
• Postgraduate studies: Knowledge about Theatre, Film and TV (University of Gdańsk); Screenwriting (Collegium Civitas PAN, Warsaw); Management (Teacher's Studies, Koszalin).

In the early 1980s she was a university teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Journalism of the University of Silesia in Katowice, as a senior assistant in the team of Dr. Józef Mądry — head of the Press Analysis Workshop. From the second half of the 1980s she worked at Polish Television (initially TVP Katowice, from 1991 at TVP Warsaw) and cooperates with TVPABC to this day. She co-produced Televised Theatre productions, shows, entertainment programs, concerts and cabarets; she gained directing experience as an assistant to directors such as Barbara Borys‑Damięcka, Olga Lipińska, Edward Dziewoński, Andrzej Łapicki, Andrzej Konic, Laco Adamik, Barbara Sałacka, Barbara Sas‑Zdort, Wojciech Wójcik.

Since the early 1990s she has been a dubbing director at the Television Sound Studios in Warsaw and in studios such as Sonica, Eurocom, BTI and others. She collaborates on the production of Polish animated films at Ego‑film. She debuted at the Polish Radio Theatre directing Marta Fox's audio play "Kanarek umiera pierwszy". She is the author of adaptations for the Polish Radio Theatre; the audio play "Alzheimer we dwoje" by P. Turrini, directed, adapted and musically arranged by her, was honored with a nomination at the Dwa Teatry 2024 festival in Sopot. Since 2024 she has been cooperating with Radio Szczecin, where she produced the audio plays "Upiorna Karolcia" based on Alek Rogoziński and "Shakespeare at the seniors' club" based on Wojciech Kwiatkowski.

Organizational notes / reservation and cancellation conditions

• Confirmation of a place on the workshop occurs only after the payment is posted: the full amount (1400 zł) or the 1st installment (720 zł).
• The 1st installment (720 zł) is the reservation fee for a place in the workshop.
• In case of participant resignation from the workshop, the reservation fee (1st installment: 720 zł) is non-refundable.
• If the participant resigns before March 21, the participant is entitled to a refund of funds paid above the reservation fee, i.e. the 2nd installment (720 zł) — if it has been paid.
• If the participant resigns on March 21 or after that date, the funds paid are non-refundable.
• The participant may transfer (resell) their place to another person on their own, after previously informing the organizer and obtaining confirmation of acceptance of the new participant.
• In the case of installment payment, the 2nd installment (720 zł) must be paid no later than 7 days before the start of the workshop.
• In the event of cancellation of the workshop by the organizer, the participant is entitled to a 100% refund of the funds paid or to transfer the payment to a new date (with the participant's consent).