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The Thursday Group is a Melbourne-based theatre ensemble. In psychophysical theatre slow-burn laboratory we co-devise actor's theatre. Co-facilitated by Matthew Crosby and Tessa Marie Luminati, we explore Suzuki Training, Grotowski, Michael Chekhov and our own variations in the Small Hall North Melbourne. We are interested in an open conversation with the Melbourne community, our peers, students, teachers, theatregoers and with our friends around the world. Join the conversation!

Orpheo Machine, 2021 | Photo: Oscar Socias

Currently, the group is developing Falling Heads—arising from Akutagawa Ryunosuke's 1917 The Story of a Head That Fell Off, using our psychophysical practice techniques, the play investigates the colonisation of tribe by tribe, the ideological control of the body, and the dream of a united persona.

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Join our Summer Psycophysical Theatre Intensive in January

Synthesis of Suzuki Training, Grotowski and Thursday Group variations:
Matthew Crosby and Tessa Marie Luminati will facilitate 6 sessions in January 2025 in The Thursday Group studios in North Melbourne.

The intensive will explore the synthesis of actor training disciplines, Suzuki Method of Actor Training, Grotowski impulse and self-devising techniques and Thursday Group variations. In this workshop, participants learn the core Suzuki Training exercises and create bridges between these and Grotowski's embodied impulse work. During the workshop we will co-devise performance arising from practice investigations. Be ready for intense physical, vocal and imaginative training and exploration.

Sharpen your skills, discover energetic performance modes, come join the conversation! 🌞
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Come join us. Monday Sessions training and improvisation, Workshop intensives, Open Rehearsal of performance development, Performance.

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