Dame June Bloom (aka Flloyd Kennedy) reflects on life, love, growing old disgracefully with the help of Shakespeare's sonnets and a ukulele. Full running time 1 hour. Booking details at www.thundersmouththeatre.com
Extracts from the Brisbane showcase performance, 12th January 2015.
#TheAdventuresofTroytheHorse continue, as he stops off to pay tribute to the Bard of Avon. #GiftsofWar
We went to Stratford upon Avon for the weekend, and busking was open to all, at certain places throughout the town. Here Flloyd and Roderick performed in the Riverside Park, outside of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Thunder's Mouth Theatre production. 11 Nov 2010. Geoffrey Rush Drama Studio, University of Queensland. Script by Flloyd Kennedy, with William Shakespeare. Cast: June - Flloyd Kennedy; Jerome - Tony Brockman; Musician - Jeffrey Turpin. Presented as part of the requirements for PhD, practice as research, University of Queensland.
work-in-progress presentation of The Fall of June Bloom, by Flloyd Kennedy with William Shakespeare. The performers are Flloyd Kennedy (June), John Graham (Jerome) and Micha Espinosa (Kate/June's inner voice). Presented at the VASTA 2009 conference "Original Voices" at Pace University, NY.
Our national anthem is in need of an update. This is in respect to Reza Barati, the young Iranian who fled persecution in his own country, only to find it at the hands of Australian government representatives on Manus Island. Lyrics: Australians all, let's not rejoice We're neither young nor…
"Fried Green Tomatoes", "Defying Gravity"
"A Tender Thing" by Ben Power. Rehearsing for Full Circle Theatre, May 2013
Scene from "A Tender Thing" by Ben Power. Rehearsing for Full Circle Theatre production at Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse.
Flloyd explores Ira Seidenstein's latest Red Nose exercise for clown training. I.S.A.A.C. (International School for Actor And Clown) June-July 2012, Brisbane. www.iraseid.com.au. www.being-in-voice.com
Ira leads the 4 minute exercise plan, followed by the 4 Articulations. I.S.A.A.C., Brisbane, June 2012. www.iraseid.com.
imagery for Man Catches Fish, forthcoming production of www.atpseattle.com for Nanaimo Festival.
Performers 4 Peace, members of the Brisbane Chapter of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom. Performance co-devised by the group, facilitated and directed by Anna Yen, lyrics by the group, music by Flloyd Kennedy.
Ira Seidenstein introduces The Path of Honour, with the Whisper exercise, Laurel & Hardy exercise and Lucille Ball & Vivian Vance exercise, at the QCR3 showing on 20th Jan 2012. Students: Julian Renlong, Flloyd Kennedy, and Anne Chapponay. Brisbane, Qld.
Jai Luke and John Latham rehearse for Just Clowning, soon to be at the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and much, much more...
Duet with Anne Chaponnay and Flloyd Kennedy. Part of Ira Seidenstein's QCR3 Intensive "Shakespeare's Clowns", Brisbane January 2012. www.iraseidenstein.com
Ira demonstrates the positions to prepare the body for the splits
Flloyd Kennedy (www.being-in-voice.com) explains why we sometimes feel silly, or goofy when we work on our voices, making unusual sounds, and how it is the actor's job to deal with this comfortably and effectively through training.
