The Art of the Monologue

Literature Live!  and  Avid Learning  present an exciting live masterclass with Theatre Director, Actor and Business Communications Coach  Yuki Ellias  which is sure to bring out your dramatic voice! Be it a Shakespearean soliloquy, the stage whisper as an aside or a dramatic apostrophe, learn the various nuances and creative variations of this particular type of dramatic device. Understand how these figures of dramatic speech are created to seamlessly fit into the story narrative and plot lines, and how they contribute to a character’s development and are indicative of personality or a particular psychological state.

• Study monologues from classic and contemporary plays
• Discuss monologue structures and the purpose they serve within stories
• Practice creating a monologue for a characters
• Experiment with using monologue structures, storyline context, character motivation and character voice