Masterclass

An Actress prepares… but did she choose to be Queen?
In a world seemingly hell-bent on competing for the spotlight how does one, anyone, maintain sovereignty in the knowledge that only few can shine? How exactly can an actress prepare for a lifetime of acting? Taking his cue from the theatre of Bette Bourne and the Bloo Lips and influences drawn from the teachings and writings of the mother of the acting method, Stella Adler, England’s stately homo Quentin Crisp, the histrionic plays of Maxwell Anderson, Machiavellian and Marxian analysis and of course Oscar Wilde, For Civic Room’s Hubris William Joys presents Masterclass exploring notions of the actress and majesty, authority and teaching, hierarchies and matriarchy.

William Joys (b.1989) is an actress based in London. Through channelling characters he arouses suspicion around theatre’s, and the arts in general, claim for authenticity in favour of ‘artificial’ construction.