Portia Coughlan For Free
Free events exclusively for 25s & under
Event details
Thu 9 Nov 2023
On Thursday 9 November, we will be holding free workshops and a free performance of Portia Coughlan exclusively for those aged 25 and under. Scroll down for more information on each event.
Tickets for all events go on sale on Thursday 2 November at 5pm.
All events as part of Almeida For Free are free and exclusive to audiences aged 25 and under.
PORTIA COUGHLAN For free Performance
This free performance is exclusively for those aged 25 and under
Thu 9 Nov 7.30pm
Read more about our production guidance and warnings>
Picked by Vogue, Time Out and Evening Standard as a show to see this autumn.
There’s a wolf tooth growin in me heart and it’s turnin me from everywan and everthin I am.
A young woman unravelling.
A twin reappearing.
A family torn asunder by the living and the dead.
Today is Portia’s birthday. But it’s not a day for family and celebrations. Because Portia is making terrible choices, lurching between past and present, and wondering if the hand of fate has already set her course.
Tormented by her dead twin Gabriel, who disappeared into the depths of the Belmont River 15 years ago, she wreaks havoc on all she loves in a desperate bid to save herself.
Carrie Cracknell (Oil; The Deep Blue Sea) returns to the Almeida to direct Alison Oliver (Conversations with Friends) in Marina Carr’s heart-wrenching modern Irish classic about destructive families and obsession.
Tickets are free and exclusive to those aged 25 and under, limited to 2 per person. Proof of age must be brought to the performance for each ticketholder.
We have a limited amount of extra tickets available for youth groups who would like to attend. Please contact participate@almeida.co.uk if you would like to request tickets for your group.
Captioning
This performance will be captioned. To book and for further information please contact the Box Office on 020 7359 4404 or email boxoffice@almeida.co.uk.
Talkback After the performance
A post-show talk will be held in the auditorium with the cast. Free to same-day ticket holders.
You can find the full production information about Portia Coughlan here>
COSTUME DESIGN WITH EVIE GURNEY – HYSTERIA AND ARCHETYPES OF FEMALE MADNESS
Thu 9 Nov 11am (approx. 2 hours)
Location: Almeida Theatre Auditorium
Tickets for this event are limited to one per person
Join Evie Gurney, Costume Designer for Portia Coughlan, for this workshop exploring the costume design development for this production. Focused on portrayals of hysteria and archetypes of female madness, it will include practical design exercises and a discussion about career progression as a costume designer.
No previous experience is necessary, this event is aimed at anyone aged 25 and under with an interest in costume design.
Movement Direction with Ingrid Mackinnon
Thu 9 Nov 11am (approx. 2 hours)
Location: New Unity (277A Upper St, London, N1 2TZ)
Tickets for this event are limited to one per person
Interested in movement direction? Join Portia Coughlan’s Movement Director Ingrid Mackinnon (Sunset Boulevard; The Effect) for this physical session exploring her practice.
Please dress in clothes you can move in, as this will be a physical workshop. There will also be time at the end of the session to ask questions.
Accessing Psychological Depth: A Workshop for Actors and Directors, with Hana Pascal Keegan
Thu 9 Nov 2pm (approx. 2 hours)
Location: New Unity (277A Upper St, London, N1 2TZ)
Tickets for this event are limited to one per person
Based on the rehearsal process used for Portia Coughlan, this workshop equips both actors and directors with approaches and skills to rehearsing and mounting material with psychological depth and complexity.
Led by Portia Coughlan’s Assistant Director Hana Pascal Keegan, participants will explore a series of exercises, culminating in the drafting and redrafting of select scenes from the text. The workshop will offer actors and directors experience in table work and rehearsing a scene.
During this workshop, participants will be working physically and with text. This event is aimed at anyone aged 25 and under, with an interest in directing, acting or theatre-making.
