November 8th 1-3pm

$25

With Nick Ford

Farce is fast, chaotic, and gloriously difficult to control. People appear at exactly the wrong moment, misunderstandings multiply, and characters scramble to keep everything from falling apart.

In this two-hour workshop, we’ll explore how a simple improvised scene can build into farce. We’ll look at how strong character wants, entrances and exits, physicality, and escalating complications can create momentum and turn an ordinary situation into comic chaos.

At the heart of farce are characters who desperately want to maintain control while everything around them makes that increasingly impossible. The more seriously they take their problems, the more fun we can have making those problems worse.

Through exercises and scene work, we’ll play with the building blocks of the form and finish by trying to put them together.

Come ready to move, make bold choices, and embrace the chaos.

Bio:

Nick Ford is a story-focused, emotion-driven improviser and teacher based in Prague, specializing in narrative, surreal, and experimental longform. He has trained with artists and institutions including Inbal Lori, Flock Theater, and The Free Association.

Nick has performed internationally in Taiwan, Georgia, the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Poland, and Czechia. He was recently seen teaching and performing at the International Improv and Playback Theatre Festival in Abuja, Nigeria, and performing at the Sofia International Improv Festival in Bulgaria.

As a teacher, Nick focuses on storytelling, emotional connection, and bold choices. He currently teaches Improvisation for Film Actors at the Prague Film Institute.