Semester 2 2010 Workshops
Semester 2 Enrolments Close Friday 16 July 2010
Semester 2 2010 Workshops (15 weeks)
Term 1: Monday 26 July – Friday 26 September (9 weeks)
Term 2: Monday 11 October – Friday 19 November (6 weeks)
Semester 2 2010 Workshop Performances
Week 14: 8-12 November (during or after workshops)
SPECIAL PROJECT: The Quilt at NMA
Participants will devise a Museum Theatre piece which will be included as a part of the Museum Theatre Festival from 3-6 November.
SPECIAL PROJECT: Writers Unite!
Write your own short play and then have it performed in 2011!
Embark on a long distance scriptwriting journey with the young writers from other youth theatres across the country. Young playwrights will write short plays based on a chosen theme and in 2011 the youth theatre companies will perform their own and each others work. If your play is chosen by another youth theatre you may have the chance to travel to see your play performed!
Backstage Madness!
Lighting, sound and stage management. Are you fascinated with Theatre but not so keen to be in the spotlight?
Back Stage Madness is a practical workshop exploring what makes a production actually tick. Through an exploration of Lighting, Sound and Stage Management, participants will learn how to run a theatrical production, design, rig and focus lights, set-up and run sound equipment, create digital sound scapes and stage management – creating the prompt book and calling the cues for a show.
Acting For Camera
Lights! Camera! Action! Acting for the Camera requires a very special skill set, different to the needs of the stage actor.
In this practical workshop, the participants will develop specific techniques for working in film and television – from hitting your mark to camera techniques and etiquette of the film set. Participants will also gain exposure to TV Presenting and will create a short show reel of scenes and presenting work.
Shakespeare Showdown!
Participants will explore Shakespeare’s characters and the language, relationships and interplay that make them memorable.
Heroes and villains will face off in a showdown as the fools cause chaos from the sidelines. This workshop will break through the language barrier as the rhythm, purpose and longevity of Shakespeare’s language is analysed using First Folio texts. Participants will improve their acting skills through in-depth exploration of voice and character development.
Impro Militia!
Your country needs you! Join the Impro Militia - an improvised army of rag tag comic soldiers who are drawn together to save the environment!
The Impro Militia will develop their acting skills and draw on a broad selection of dynamic improvisation exercises to devise an improvised show for public performance. Utilizing only found objects which are readily available, the Impro Militia will go on a perilous journey to solve the world’s environmental crisis and rescue the planet with the help of suggestions and objects from the audience!
Storm In A Teacup! at Belconnen
Participants will develop their acting and stagecraft knowledge through drama games and exercises that focus on building fundamental theatrical skills.
This fun workshop will include brainstorming and story creation as each week the participants join forces to devise an original performance that takes a quirky look at the world and our place in it.
Little Actors at Belconnen
This is a fun workshop for little actors who want to explore the magic of drama.
Participants will actively engage their imaginations through playing drama games and exercises. Over fifteen weeks participants will learn about focus, given circumstances, space, time, voice, movement and improvisation as they create characters and explore the art of storytelling.
Mystery and Mayhem
Meet the Poncenbys: the world’s most dysfunctional and unlikeable family.
Trouble is brewing as they plot and plan for their long-awaited family reunion. People are disappearing! Strange events are taking place! Alarming odours are permeating the floorboards! Participants will develop their performance skills as they create an original theatre performance filled with mystery, mayhem, and all round tomfoolery.
Follow Your Nose!
Participants will gain in-depth insight into character development, voice, movement and interactive performance as they explore the world of red-nose and contemporary clowning.
Using their red noses as their guides, participants will explore relationships between people, places and objects, and improvise their way to a group-devised orginal clowning performance. Laughs are guaranteed as exaggerated characters and wondrous discoveries collide in a world where anything is possible.
Make it up
Participants will play drama games and engage their imaginations by improvising characters and stories.
Favourite children's characters and stories will be explored as participants develop their acting, voice and movement skills, using their personal favourites as inspiration for the creation of their own fantastic characters and exciting tales.
Kerfuffle!
A fun workshop for little actors to take a storybook and transform it from the page to the stage!
Participants will develop their performance skills through playing drama games and exercises. They will focus on creating great Aussie characters and exploring the art of storytelling as the bring to life Muldoon and Rudd's Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle.*
