Suzuki and Beyond - Physical Actor Training with Simon Woods

Concept art for the set design of AGAMEMNON.

Expressions of Interest are now open for a 3-day creative development process for AGAMEMNON, a new work directed by Simon Woods.

📍 Cannon Hill, Brisbane. 📅 Friday 30 October – Sunday 1 November

Four Sunday evening Advanced Training sessions throughout October are highly recommended as preparation for the process, though attendance at all sessions is not compulsory.

Participation in the creative development is free; 100% attendance across all three days is required.

Selection will be based on:• Performance experience• Collaborative ability• Previous training experience and level• Suitability to roles within the work

Further information will be added to the webpage soon (see link in bio).

Please get in touch if you are:• Passionate about physically dynamic performance• An artistic explorer• A dedicated practitioner• Curious about creating bold new theatre

⚔️ ANNOUNCEMENT ⚔️
AGAMEMNON
Creative Development Opportunity
Directed by Simon Woods

🎭 Performers Wanted

The original family drama.
A story of an ancestral curse, power, grief, and the futility of revenge.
Adapted from The Oresteia by Aeschylus.

This intensive 3-day creative development (plus read-through and briefing session) will focus on staging a new adaptation of AGAMEMNON through creative exploration, physical theatre processes, and devising techniques led by director Simon Woods.

The development will be linked to an advanced physical actor training series in the lead-up to the project. Attendance at all trainings is recommended, though not essential to be considered.

⚡️ For dedicated practitioners
⚡️ For creative explorers
⚡️ For artists with spirit

Participation is in the creative development is free, however 100% attendance across 3 days is required.

Selection will be based on:
• Performance experience
• Collaborative ability
• Previous training experience and level
• Suitability to roles within the work

This process may include an interview and/or audition.

📍 DATES 2026
• Sat Oct 31 & Sun Nov 1
• PLUS either Fri Oct 30 OR Mon Nov 2 (TBC depending on cast availability)
Brisbane Venue TBC

📖 Read-through & briefing:
Sunday Oct 25 (late afternoon)

If this is of interest, and you wish to explore the application of physical theatre processes to the creation of a new work, please send a brief expression of interest via DM or email: [email protected]

🎭 Upcoming Classes with Simon Woods for Zen Zen Zo Dojo participants 🎭

⚡️ Monday May 18
A Dance of Opposites:
Suzuki/Viewpoints Matrix

💡 Monday May 25
Viewpoints with Lighting Class

🎭 We continue to reflect on the first block of Physical Actor Training in Brisbane and begin shaping the next evolution of the work.

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“I love the physical rigor of it. Simon’s training feels both familiar and new at the same time — like he’s exploring and evolving alongside us. Because of that, the room feels safe for experimentation and discovery.”

⚡️ These reflections have been incredibly valuable as we continue investigating:
• physical and vocal presence
• energy and precision
• imagination and risk
• Suzuki & Viewpoints as a craft base

🔥 The next training block is currently in development.

📅 Dates to be announced soon.

🌱 If you’re seeking rigorous training & creative challenge, expressions of interest are welcome

“The voice work has been really crucial for my self-confidence, not to feel shame (while speaking).

I just feel a lot sharper, more honed, and present.

This training allows me to feel that heightened emotion but be present in it and be like an active participant in it rather than be washed away by it.

The result of these classes has been a renewed creative spirit”.

— Prema reflects on the first block of Physical Actor Training.

This is a training process for performing artists based on the foundations of the Suzuki Method, Viewpoints, Embodied Vocal Practice and Creative Composition led by Director Simon Woods.

New dates coming soon.

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