Date: Saturday November 30th
Time: 1.00pm - 3.00pm
Venue: Par Scout Hut, 15 Moorland Rd, Par, PL24 2PA
Who? All aged 16+ are welcome. No experience necessary.
Fee: £5 p/p

/Bookings OPEN email Alister at info@prodigalupg.com to book your place.
To find out more about the company www.prodigalupg.com/upg

2PK Winter Workshops

These monthly sessions will introduce participants to the fundamental movement language of performance-parkour, through games, techniques and group improvisation. The work will take place indoors (unless/until participants want to go outside) using UPG sets and equipment. Throughout these sessions we'll also be looking for potential future collaborators/performers.

Joining the team intermittently to lead these workshops is Mailk Diouf, who is also a stunt performer, working regularly in the French film industry.

About Urban Playground

Miranda Henderson & Alister O’Loughlin

Miranda trained as a dancer in the UK and at the Duncan Conservatoire, Prague. Alister trained as an actor in the UK and as an apprentice of Dah Teatar, Belgrade. In 1999 they together returned to the UK and founded Prodigal Theatre with the aim of creating physical adaptations of classic texts. In 2006 they established a second ensemble; The Urban Playground Team, coining the phrase Performance-Parkour to describe its unique blend of free running and dance. The UPGTeam has toured internationally ever since.

Malik Diouf

Director of Parkour, Performer, Teacher

Malik filmed the original UPG performance for his documentary on the development of Parkour in 2006 and subsequently joined the team. As one of the original Yamakasi group members, Malik is a co-creator of L’Art du Deplacement (Parkour) and appeared in the Luc Besson movies the Yamakasi and Les Fils Du Vent before founding Gravity Style in Paris, France. Gravity Style takes in teaching, performing and design of apparel for Parkour.