The Tableau Technique
The Tableau Technique: Building a Story for the Stage
A practical approach to structuring performance from the first moment to the final resolution
A conversation with Nigel Harvey from Nigel Harvey Productions
Sunday 21 June · 12:00 -1.00 PM
Every piece of theatre works because of structure.
Join Nigel Harvey, a creative director, as he introduces his five-step Tableau Technique: a clear and practical way to build performance.
You Will Discover:
How to establish the fundamentals of storytelling in a theatre.
How to develop the narrative.
How to identify the characters and their motivations.
How to create tension, and how to bring the story to a climax.
Why you should identify how the characters react, and what those reactions reveal.
and how to tell the entire story that the audience understands.
And how to use The Tableau Method to uncover the creativity.
What You Will Gain:
A practical way to structure and build performance — one that supports creativity while ensuring the story remains clear, dynamic, and engaging for an audience.
Who is it for?
Simply curious, performers, directors, writers, and theatre-makers, students, if you want to enhance your storytelling in any form and want to create work that connects and holds an audience, this is for you.
The Tableau Technique: Building a Story for the Stage
A practical approach to structuring performance from the first moment to the final resolution
A conversation with Nigel Harvey from Nigel Harvey Productions
Sunday 21 June · 12:00 -1.00 PM
Every piece of theatre works because of structure.
Join Nigel Harvey, a creative director, as he introduces his five-step Tableau Technique: a clear and practical way to build performance.
You Will Discover:
How to establish the fundamentals of storytelling in a theatre.
How to develop the narrative.
How to identify the characters and their motivations.
How to create tension, and how to bring the story to a climax.
Why you should identify how the characters react, and what those reactions reveal.
and how to tell the entire story that the audience understands.
And how to use The Tableau Method to uncover the creativity.
What You Will Gain:
A practical way to structure and build performance — one that supports creativity while ensuring the story remains clear, dynamic, and engaging for an audience.
Who is it for?
Simply curious, performers, directors, writers, and theatre-makers, students, if you want to enhance your storytelling in any form and want to create work that connects and holds an audience, this is for you.