Using a mixture of drama skills, theatre
games, voice work, mime, improvisation, hot-seating and role-play,
our workshops promote learning through informal discovery and
participation. They are designed to assist your students explore
new ideas. Whatever your subject, from PSHE to History, from English
to Science, our workshops can help you.
You may want a workshop to run in conjunction
with a particular performance, as a means for your students to
explore topics and ideas touched upon in our plays. Or maybe you
would like us to design a workshop, on a topic of your choosing
and give your students the opportunity of working with professional
actors. Whatever your reason, we have the workshop for you!
We offer 3 levels of workshop for students
of all abilities.
BRONZE - An introductory workshop
- for students with little experience of drama - using a range
of drama activities. We start with a short physical warm-up session,
followed by some vocal exercises and drama games, which include
observation exercises, concentration & memory games , mime & physical
theatre, team & group work, culminating in a short improvisation.
For a maximum of 25-30 students
SILVER - An intermediate workshop
- for students with basic drama skills wishing to explore a specific
theme, either through improvisation or scripted work. This workshop
incorporates many of the features of our Bronze Workshop but develops
the themes further. With scripted work, the pupils will not only
meet various characters but also think through the twists and
turns in the plot for themselves, discovering characters’ motivations
for their actions and words. For a maximum of 25-30 students
GOLD - For students studying for
GCSE or A Level - working with our actors in a performance. We
take a unique approach to understanding the text through pupils’
interaction with professional actors and examine plot and character.
Some pupils will take part in the story and represent characters,
whilst others will join in with group activities related to the
story. They will explore character motivation, themes, morals,
empathy, language and directorial approaches, both physical and
interactive. For a maximum of 30-35 students
