Sat, Aug 16
|LabO Theatre
GNATA Workshop: Your Body Is Your Costume
Use your body to inspire emotions, characters, locations, genres, find the game, support other players, and more!
Time & Location
Aug 16, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
LabO Theatre, 60 Waller St, Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2, Canada
About the event
In improv, we usually don't have costumes, or props, or sets. But we can create the illusion of all these through our physicality. Getting more active makes your improv more watchable and engaging for the audience. In this workshop, you'll learn how to use your body to inspire emotions, characters, locations, genres, find the game, support other players, and more. Highly recommended for improvisers of all experience levels.
About the Facilitator
David Raitt has been improvising since 1996. He's an alumnus of The Second City Canadian National Touring Company (4 years) and multiple ensemble contracts with the Toronto Mainstage. He especially loves physical comedy and is the author of "The Improv Illusionist," the first book dedicated to physical improv (Bloomsbury/Methuen Drama). Currently a performer, director, and instructor with the Oakville Improv Theatre Company in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Dave also plays and teaches internationally. Recent appearances: Nottingham, UK (Robin Hood International Improv…