Creativity Lab

Unblocking expression through automatic writing and improv techniques

Tuesdays in GΓ³tico District, Barcelona

About the Lab

We are all naturally creative. It’s a matter of plasticity, nurturing the creative muscles that allow us to enter flow-states with more ease and joy.

Through a nimble, interdisciplinary approach to writing, play, and experimentation, together we’ll develop our ability to:

  • Improve our relationship to the imagination

  • Play with ideas and stories with greater fluidity

  • Calm the inner-critic and perfectionist

  • Enhance curiosity, presence, and joy in the creative process

Whether you're developing particular creative projects, have been thinking about it, or just want to bring more spontaneity into your life, the Lab welcomes all backgrounds and experience levels. Bring yourself and see what shows up!

Details

Day: Tuesdays

Times: English 19:00-20:30 , Spanish 20:30-22:00

Location: Arts de Lavanda, C/ del ParadΓ­s 6, Barcelona

Cost: First workshop free. 4-session pack for €50 (to use when you choose), or €15 drop-in. Payable by Bizum or cash.

Languages: Instruction in English or EspaΓ±ol (see offerings on Meetup). Spanglish participation welcome in any workshop, and you can choose any language in which to write. The instructor is native in English and fluent in Castellano.

 

About the Instructor

Jo Garrity is a Californian improviser, writer, and filmmaker based in Barcelona. Working backwards, Jo learned of improv while working as a research intern at Saturday Night Live. Watching weekly shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, he learned gradually that improv was not exclusively for Extreme Extroverts or Professional Actors. In 2010, he stepped nervously into his first class at the YWCA Berkeley, catching a bug that has plagued him through the training programs of Bay Area Theatre Sports Improv (SF), the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (NY), and the Groundlings (LA). He earned an MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside, where he majored in screenwriting with a minor in creative nonfiction. He writes essays, poetry, and screenplays, including his personal tragicomedy, Twinsburg.