Our practical creative learning offer comprises workshops and talks/Q&As. A range of digital learning resources can also be found in the learning resources section of this site. Our basic year-round offer is laid out below. We also create bespoke workshops, masterclasses & talks to accompany our touring productions, or by commission. Please contact us if you have a specific creative learning request you would like to discuss.
All of our workshops and talks/Q&As can be adapted for different ages, stages, and settings – from primary to secondary schools, colleges, universities, post-grads and early career artists, through to adult education and community group settings.
Workshops
- Staging the Cinematic
A fun, practical workshop. Participants learn more about ITD’s blending of the languages of theatre and film. Taking a classic movie scene as a starting point, groups create a short improvisation before layering in ITD’s methodologies and offering provocations. The session introduces some of ITD’s foundational techniques, explores what makes the storytelling mediums of theatre and cinema unique, and what can be gained by combining them.
→ 10 – 30 participants
→ 14+
→ 1.5hrs – Half day (3hrs)
→ in person only - Performing in a Digital Landscape
Explores ITD’s blend of creative technology and performance. The workshop can be tailored to your group’s needs or interests, and can include elements of acting for camera, working with green screen and projected backdrops, and interacting on stage with live camera feeds. The session provides a deeper insight into imitating the dog’s creative process – incorporating live performance, camera operation/lighting, and aspects of design for camera.
[NB: Access to a projector and screen or a wide-screen TV is required for this workshop]
→ 10 – 30 participants
→ 14+
→ Half day (3hrs) – Full Day
→ In person only
Talks
All of our talks can be delivered in person or online.
- 25 Years of Making
As the company approaches its 25th birthday, we look back at the history of ITD: From the early years of devising work as a young company to the paths the work has taken since in its exploration of the relationship between theatre and technology.
→ 30 – 45 mins
→ 14+
- Meet the Makers – Q&A Session
A Q&A session with one of our Artistic Directors. This can be focused on our style, aesthetic or creative processes for an A-level, BTEC or similar group using ITD as a case study, or be focused around a specific production for a school/college, undergraduate, or adult education group.
→ 30 – 45 mins
→ 14+
Fees for workshops and talks/Q&As vary depending on length and location. Please contact ben@imitatingthedog.co.uk to discuss your needs.
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