That’s why we shout and scream at each other. Clears the air. A kind of truth begins to emerge. We see clearer. Tagora presents “The Argument” by William Boyd. Tickets now on sale. Pip and Meredith have had a bust-up. It was only about their opinion of a film, but it’s led to more significant …
Calling all actors
Tagora is happy to announce that after his very successful weekend workshop two years ago, Niall Costigan has been able to escape the rigours of stage and screen, and join us once again. On this occasion he’ll be concentrating on two aspects of performance: voice work… …and the creation and development of tension within a …
Improvisation is back!
The improv workshop, led by Nikki Lynn Michaelson, is back again starting September, and we’re eager to see you there, whether you’re a new face or a familiar participant. Improv is theatre without a script, which could mean anything… What we do in the workshop varies, but we always start with warm-ups for team-building, focus, …
There are a lot of things I don’t like in a play
Our special correspondent reports from Antwerp It had been a long journey. Not just the 470-plus kilometres that separate Antwerp from Strasbourg – a distance traversed by the Tagora team over the last few days, whether by car, train or, for the more courageous, Flixbus – but also the evolutionary path that had started some …
FEATS: a preview
Tagora presents a “pre-FEATS” evening The Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) will be held in Antwerp from 17 to 20 May 2024. Tagora will be taking part in the main festival on Monday evening with The Poorly-Written Play Festival by Carolyn Gage, and also in the fringe on Saturday with an improvisation show …
Solidarity in music
The Council of Europe Amicale and Support Action Ukraine are organising a charity concert, “Stolen Childhoods”, in support of Ukraine. To mark the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe, 120 talented young Ukrainians come together from the four corners of Europe to give a breathtaking performance under the baton of dynamic conductor Oksana Lyniv. …
Improv is Back!
Improv workshops, led by Nikki Lynn Michaelson, are returning to Tagora. These workshops will be held every Tuesday in the rehearsal room at the Council of Europe, from 6pm to 8pm, in accordance with the school calendar. These two-hour sessions will be comprised of theater games and longform improvised scenes in pairs and in groups. …
Play-ing at home
Tagora is about to launch a new series of Sunday morning online play readings. Our first work will be Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance (see below for more details). The play has six characters – four women and two men – but anyone who wants to read a part will have the opportunity to do …
Announcing “The Poorly-Written Play Festival”
Rehearsals are getting under way for a short play, The Poorly-Written Play Festival, by Carolyn Gage. It will be Tagora’s entry in FEATS, the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies, which takes place in Antwerp in May 2024. We hope also to perform it in or around Strasbourg. In the play, members of an amateur …
Tagora on tour ’24
All right, so it’s not exactly a long tour: only one stop if truth be told. But it is in Antwerp, a great place to visit; it’s for FEATS; and, for the first time, Tagora is proposing both an entry in the main festival and a contribution to the FEATS fringe. The Festival of European …