Once Upon a Time...
Once Upon a Time...
6 MAR 2025
with Sara de Sable
4 week course
Once Upon a Time…. There Was a Story!
Thursdays 6 to 27 March 2025
19:00 to 22.00
Ch. de Boondael 283, 1050 Ixelles
€130 for the course (4 weeks)
€115 for university students, jobseekers and people under 28 (Use CONC15 at checkout)
We all love a good story, an exciting plot twist and a happy ever after; We love it when all loose ends are tied, all questions are answered, and all promises fulfilled.
Unfortunately this can be quite the challenge whenever you're dipping your toes into any type of narrative longform. In this bubble, Sara will take you on a journey to explore, and try out, different story structures. We will take a closer look at the time jumps, and how we can use them to create a dynamic storyline. We will also dig into a more personal source of inspiration. All of us also have a thousand stories to tell, but how do you get into that treasure trove? How do we use our own experiences as an ingredient to feed the stories on stage?
By the end of this bubble, you will have several exercises that you can use to practice your own (narrative) longform.
Come learn how to tame your plot monsters, and let your organic storytelling unicorns flourish!
What you’ll learn
To find the story together organically with your fellow improvisers
Different types of story structures you can add to your toolkit and whip out when needed
About your own strengths, points of improvement and tendencies when playing a longer improv format
How your character's evolution fits in the story
Be aware of the bigger picture, while still experiencing the joy of playing improv
Different ways to wrap up a story and make it make sense
A couple of vways to get the right inspiration to kickstart your imagination
Who this is for
This is one of our Bubbles. These courses are intended for improvisers who already have an understanding of the basics, perhaps (but not necessarily) through our own Starting Steps courses and then have taken some other basic intermediate courses too, to have strong foundational skills. If you’re wondering which course is right for you, then feel free to email us.
This particular course is suitable for intermediate and advanced improvisers and we particularly welcome performers who are in a troupe or forming one. Or any improvisers working on a show- this will turbocharge your production values!
About the teacher
Sara de Sable
Sara de Sable is a Dutch/English theatrical improviser, writer and community artist living and working in Brussels.
She studied Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, but always experimented with the performative elements of visual arts, and with her own body as visual material. She is a professionally active improviser in and around Brussels, and teaches improv and art in the socio-artistic sector.
She's also part of writers collective De Letteristen in Ostend.
Sara is part of several improv teams and shows, teaches at Improbubble, and also often hosts improv jams.
She has an improv duo show with a local musician, called SPLONK!, where an exchange between sound, music and visual art and the audience's input are the focus. Sara has made several visual site-specific/interactive installations in public space over the last thirteen years. She also teaches improv to youngsters, kids, and people who are learning Dutch.
With a love of authentic, quirky and vulnerable improv, she is not afraid to show herself on stage and invite you into her universe.