Paja Neuhoferova

Embark on a magic journey into the scenes where there are fewer words but the same amount of fun. Silence, tension, timing and playing with rhythm will be your main tools. Discover how to play with silence on a stage, how to start a scene without using words and make it believable, enjoyable and feel confident in it. Through exercises, games, movement, scene work and some basic mime techniques, practise turning those panicky moments on stage without any words on your tongue and a million thoughts in your brain into your superpower!

Paja Neuhoferova is a performer from the Czech Republic who is now based in Wellington. A graduate from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Pada has a background in dance, movement, physical theater and mime. She was a member of the improv theater group Paleťáci in the Czech Republic. With them she has led several workshops focusing mostly on self-development, authenticity and spontaneity on stage, as well as how to use the power of movement, mime, and object work in improv scenes. Here in Wellington she enjoys improv through Basejump Comedy and Improv Connection. She is also a member of The Hall Monitors improv group.