I’ve seen a lot of performances, trained in a lot of different performance styles and learned a lot of stuff, went around the world, met a lot of amazing people and created some really cool productions with youth ensembles.
I’ve done a lot of stuff and learned a lot of stuff and think I explain it all pretty well.
I think about performance - a lot - which means I think about people a lot.
I’ve been teaching, learning, and making performance for a long time, which means I practice working with people – a lot.
I learned about people by teaching. I learned a lot about myself by training. I learned the most when I did both poorly and failed miserably.
I want the people I teach to show other people, it helps in understanding the work more. I want them to share the knowledge, interpret and adapt anything I can share to their own practice, as all artists do; as all teachers do – with acknowledgement, understanding and respect.
The thing I love about performance is how it nails down a moment, a thought within a concept, within a breath, within a word, within an action, within in relationship. Then it’s gone. Ephemeral. That’s everything.
It is transformative. That’s the goal of both education and art.
What’s important is that it’s a live encounter between people. Just our interaction sparks imagination and creativity. The dynamic of our relationships in training, rehearsal and through performance, extending out to our audience, forms community.
Together we create and when we create, we grow.
Hi, I’m Simon Tate, but you can call me Tatey.
What I do
From 90-minute, one-off workshops in particular training and performance styles to day- or week-long intensives and anywhere in between, I can provide workshops in more than just Physical Theatre, catered for secondary and tertiary students’ needs, or Teacher’s Professional Development.
Student Workshops
Contemporary Performance, Physical Theatre, adaptation of existing text and Butoh are a speciality as well as coaching in the creation of Solo and Collaborative performance projects.
Artist Residencies
Reinvigorating teacher practice, extending your knowledge or adding a new form to your teaching arsenal, Professional Development explores the practice of teaching with a three-pronged approach of providing practical workshop material, theoretical context and a deconstruction of pedagogy and teaching philosophy.
Professional Development
Lessons for Actors That Work for Real People Too
Tatey’s thoughts on performance, art, and training to be a decent person…
Past Projects at high schools
Student shows that I’ve collaborated on with schools.
Inner conflict makes for interesting tension within the core of an actor’s character. Often its stillness is mistaken for a solid basis or core when really it is the ongoing dynamic between two forces in opposition.