A practical approach to structuring performance from the first moment to the final resolution.

Every piece of theatre works because of structure.

In this workshop, director Nigel Harvey introduces his Tableau Method: a clear and practical way to build performance using five essential stages.

Together, these form the backbone of any story that an audience can follow and engage with.

★★★★★ “A Wake-Up Call To A Sleeping Civilisation”

★★★★★ “Enlightening”

★★★★★ “As lyrical as it is poignant”

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“The drums are beating, and the masters are meeting… It’s another day in the meeting room, but this meeting is no ordinary.”

The Father leaves a meeting knowing what he cannot bear to say.
The Mother pleads for what cannot be stopped.
The Son dreams of glory belonging to more than one story.
The Leader calmly discusses the next move.

Through a father, a mother, a son, and a leader, the play reveals how embedded thoughts — seeds of conflict and unresolved ideas — raising one question:

Will these connected events keep giving rise to the same Bastard?