Working in Animal - London Workshop Weekend! - 6-8 February 2026

Gabrielle with Hawk

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Working in Animal with Gabrielle Moleta -

Blurring the lines between the human and the non-human animal

6-8 FEBRUARY 2026

A weekend workshop with Gabrielle Moleta in her detailed method to creating character through working in animal. Back by popular demand!

“To act is to transform” and this approach gives the actor/performer a physical method of work, with an animal or bird as the source.  You can read about the approach,  ‘Transformation and Imaginative Improvisation’, here.

Timings:

Friday 6th February 6.30pm- 9.30pm

Saturday 7th February 10- 2pm

Sunday 8th February 10- 5pm    

£209 (or £159 Early bird if paid by January 12th)

Gabrielle has an uncanny and astute knowledge of the body (and body-mind relationship) as a performance tool and is a master at guiding actors in how to access new ranges in their own work. Her work in (Animal) Transformation is unlike any I have come across. - Fay Simpson, Lucid Body founder

What we will cover:

·       Physical preparatory exercises

·       Approaches to animal observation

·       A step by step approach to working in an animal

·       Developing the human from the animal

About Gabrielle 

Gabrielle works as a movement coach and director, and has been helping develop actors and performers over the past two decades. She gives masterclasses internationally, and has taught at leading conservatoires in the UK. She teaches regularly at RADA and Gaiety School of Acting - The National Théâtre School of Ireland, and is part of the movement faculty at Shakespeare’s Globe. In her Transformation work she carries a unique legacy passed down from teacher to assistant, from Jacques Copeau through Michel Saint Denis, John Blatchley and Catherine Clouzot.You can read more about her coaching work here.