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Saturday A choice of  either the 10:00 – 1:00 or 2:00 – 5:00. Children ages 6 – 13 (school years 2 – 8) Group C = School years 2,3 & 4 Group B = School years 5 & 6 Group A= School years 7 & 8 Wednesday Evenings 6:15 – 9:30 Teenagers ages 13 – 16 (school years 9 – 11) Group C = School year 9 Group B = School year 10 Group A= School year 11

Workshop Structure

 

Classes are made up of 1 hour of Acting - Singing - Dance

These are taken by qualified motivated and caring staff who have all been C.R.B cleared and bring training and understanding to the special challenges of the theatre. 

Classes are structured according to school years rather than age. We feel this suits the school and the pupils best. Pupils are kept within their own school year and not with older or younger pupils. 

Pupils will receive tuition in Various Acting Techniques, Mime, Physical Theatre, Vocal work, Script Work, Devising, Contemporary & Street Dance, Singing, which all contribute to Confidence Building and Life Long skills.

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Workshops

After nearly 14 years at the players drama school we feel we have the right combination.
This is done through a creative drama process with the emphasis being on both Theatre Training & Self Development.

Self Development
Speaking and listening skills therefore developing Good Communication.
Aware of themselves as creative beings.
Appreciate their own capabilities.
During a creative experience their ideas flow rapidly.
Organizational skills in devising.
Organizational skills as a ‘team leader’
Interacting and solving problems with others in the devising and the experience.
The ever changing devised situations gives pupils good practice for communication in everyday life.
Responding thoughtfully and respectfully to people and situations therefore developing mutual trust.
Creative experience affirms their individuality.
Making decisions and acting on them.

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Theatre Training

In each of the three crafts pupils will learn according to their age group. Each class is structured according to school years. Here are just a few samples of what a typical workshop will cover.

Acting
Character development – playing roles to stretch their abilities and develop their skills.
Understand inner and outer characteristics of characters.
Dramatic Conflicts.
Understanding plot structure.
Expressive use of body and voice.
Speech.
Abstract work.
Devising drama in pairs, groups or solo work.
Introducing Scripts and monologues.
Costume

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Classes

Singing Classes (or make a noise)

These classes are designed for pupils to enjoy using their voices and discover what sounds, noises they’ve not made before - again the emphasis on self development. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never sang before or feel you can’t sing the reason we introduced singing to the school was to strengthen your voice as an actor but if you manage to hit the right notes as well then your on your way to being a singer too – fantastic.

We don’t believe in just one style of singing but many so pupils can experience and enjoy the varied sounds their voices can produce. Therefore they will cover songs from ‘Musical Theatre’, Chart music, Songs from past decades and different countries as we believe in many styles not just the one. The theatre again is a great platform for pupils to develop their voices so they can be heard.

Dance Classes 

As all classes these are tailored to suit all pupils needs. Exploring body awareness pupils will learn basic dance techniques, spatial awareness, Different Rhythms and Styles to varying music as in the singing class.
Dance classes were introduced to help the acting department when pupils are on stage so that they feel more comfortable with general movement. But more often then not pupils find they love the dance styles introduced even if already trained in a technique. These classes definitely make sure pupils get their weekly dose of exercise.

Master Classes

We occasionally bring guests in to hold Master Classes in Physical Theatre, Acting, Percussion etc… so pupils have the opportunity to work with those that are working in the business.

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