ANTI ACTING

From : March 14, 2026

To : March 14, 2026

Start time : 11:00 AM

End time : 2:00 PM

Theatre Group : Indriyaan Theatre Group

Faculty : Ashwin Agrawal

Venue : RDX Studio
191 Aram Nagar 2, Versova
Mumbai - 400061, MAHARASHTRA, India

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Stop pretending. Start living.

Most actors are trained to pretend-to manufacture emotions, to indicate feelings, to perform ideas of humanity rather than embody real ones. ANTI ACTING is the radical alternative: a systematic approach to living truthfully under imaginary circumstances, built on the foundational principle that before you are an actor, you are a human being. Your humanity is not an obstacle to overcome-it is the instrument. This workshop teaches you how to tune it.

Based on the book (in Publishing) "ANTI ACTING: The Actor's Blueprint for Authenticity" by Ashwin Agrawal, this one-day intensive distills decades of training-from the Meisner Technique to masterclass film analysis-into a practical, repeatable process used by actors who disappear into their roles. No emotional gymnastics. No traumatic recall. Just a clear, compassionate path from pretending to being.
Learn:
1. 9 steps to break the script
2. 7 Pillars of the character
3. Live breakdown of scenes from oscan winning films and how those actors prepared for their roles. (Movies like Moonlight, Nomadland, Joker)

WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEAVE WITH
A clear, repeatable process for breaking down any script

Tools to build rich, specific characters from the ground up

Exercises to strengthen imaginative capacity and emotional availability

Techniques for truthful screen acting, calibrated to shot size

An understanding of how Oscar-winning actors prepare-not through tricks, but through craft

A personal "Living Memory Bank" starter for a character of their choice

The confidence to walk into any audition room as a self-sufficient artist

Theatre Workshop Fees : 499

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