Dates: January 8th, January 9th, January 10th
Location: ND2, Floor One, 1 Triton Square, London, NW1 3HG
Time: 10.30 - 17.00

A 3 day workshop led by the world renowned and award winning theatre company Complicité.

This masterclass will focus on play between actors - leading to the preparation of short pieces inspired by film narratives and Calvino's "Marcovaldo" stories. 

Participants will work on some of the core skills a Lecoq training aims to instil in the performer. White expressive masks will also be used to explore highly physical characters, as well as work on scene transitions, and the Chorus.

The masterclass will be largely physical.

Complicité is an international touring theatre company, based in London. Founded in 1983 by Annabel Arden, Fiona Gordon, Marcello Magni and Simon McBurney, the Company is now led by Artistic Director McBurney OBE and Producer Judith Dimant MBE.

The Company has played in more than 40 countries across the world, won more than 50 awards and been described as

"...the most influential and consistently interesting theatre company working in Britain." The Times

Complicité began life as a collective and this spirit of collective enquiry, of collaborative curiosity, has driven the work throughout its history.

The Company is famous for making its work through extensive periods of research and development which brings together performers, designers, writers, artists and specialists from diverse fields to create the works – a process now known simply as ‘devising’. These many diverse Associates - as they’re known – have developed and evolved a shared creative language, which provides an anchor for the explorative work that the Company has become famous for and which foregrounds every piece they bring to the stage. This focus on a collaborative devising process has meant that Complicite has also become famous for a distinctive, visually rich stage language, which layers physically beautiful performances and tightly choreographed ensemble work with innovative lighting, sound and video design. The main body of work has been of devised theatre pieces and adaptations and revivals of classic texts but the Company has also created opera and worked in other media, with radio productions of Mnemonic and John Berger’s To The Wedding, a collaboration with

Major Productions include: The Encounter, A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, Beware of Pity, The Kid Stays in the Picture, A Dog's Heart, Endgame, Shun-kin, A Disappearing Number, Measure for Measure, The Elephant Vanishes, The Noise of Time, Mnemonic and The Street of Crocodiles.

For Complicité - Eric Mallett:
Eric trained at the renowned Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris and has been an Associate of Complicité for many years. He has performed in many of their productions including “Lionboy” (Tricycle Theatre, New York and world tour), “The Street of Crocodiles” (National Theatre, West End, UK and world tour), “Mnemonic” (New York), “The Visit” (National Theatre and American tour), “The Phantom Violin” (Almeida Theatre, Queen Elizabeth Hall and European tour) and “The Lamentations of Thel” (Almeida Theatre). Eric has just returned from working in Amsterdam as Associate Movement Director for Dutch National Opera’s acclaimed new opera “A Dog’s Heart” (directed by Simon McBurney). His other theatre work includes playing Dromio of Ephesus in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “The Comedy of Errors” (Stratford-upon-Avon, Young Vic, UK and world tour), and playing Pinocchio in “The Adventures of Pinocchio” (Lyric Hammersmith, directed by Complicite’s Marcello Magni). He has performed in “Running Wild” (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), “The Jungle Book” (Young Vic), “The Miser” (UK tour and Young Vic), and in “The Taming of the Shrew” (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield). He also enjoyed a long run in the role of Zazu in Disney’s award-winning West End musical “The Lion King” (Lyceum Theatre). Eric has also worked as Assistant Movement Director on “London Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony” (directed by Danny Boyle), and as Movement Director for Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “Spring Awakening” (directed by Tim Supple). His television work includes playing Donald in Granada TV’s “Angels”, “A Touch of Frost”, “Peter and the Wolf” and “Brum”.