In 1949, Joseph Campbell publish his seminal work “The Hero With A Thousand Faces” which explored the nature of stories and myths throughout the span of our civilisation.

He posits the theory that every story shares the same fundamental narrative structure - the story of the hero!

“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.”

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. 1st edition, Bollingen Foundation, 1949. 2nd edition, Princeton University Press. 3rd edition, New World Library, 2008.

In this session, Scott Harrison will explore the main aspects of Monomythic Story Structure and how this can be used as part of a comprehensive approach, to access better vocal, physical, and dramatic choices within Musical Theatre Singing Performance.

We will look at how you can apply this approach to students of different levels and ages, and how Karl Jung’s ‘archetypes’ that are used by Campbell are a useful starting point to character creation and initial decision making with regards to vocal qualities.

In this session, Scott will demonstrate the work with 2 different students, and participants will be encourage to take part in giving feedback to the students.

This session was originally scheduled to appear as Scott’s guest speaker presentation at Eurovox 2020 which was unfortunately cancelled by the current pandemic. So grab your chance to see this work online!