Applications are now open for the summer youth theatre courses. Below is a run down of what each group will be working on.
You can apply online, or by downloading an application form and sending it to Friargate Theatre. The deadline for applications id Monday 16th April.
JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE
Pull The Strings
Sock, shadow, table top. Bring to life a wide variety of puppets with Junior Youth Theatre this term.
Have fun while you create characters, make your own puppet, and turn a mop into your Great Aunt Mildred. Discover what it takes to become an excellent puppeteer while developing your character building and storytelling skills. This term – you pull the strings!
16th April – 2nd July
(Except Bank Holidays – 7th May, half term – 28th May & 2nd July)
Cost: £80 (Bursaries are available, please ask)
SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE
Site Works
‘All the world’s a stage’
As You Like It. Act II Scene VII (Shakespeare)
This term will challenge you to create theatre in and for unconventional spaces. Inspired by work from site-specific theatre companies such as Coney, PunchDrunk, and Blast Theory, we will head out of the theatre to find our own stages. Throughout the sessions there will be opportunities to work with existing text, sharpen up your writing skills, and devise your own site works.
17th April – 26th June
(Except Half Term – 29th May)
Cost: £80 (Bursaries are available, please ask)
ACTING UP!
Weird World
What if… we are not alone? What if… you found you had a hidden power? What if the rest of the world became disabled…but you were not?
This term, building on last term’s work, we’ll be exploring some weird worlds from speculative fiction – HG Wells, John Wyndham, and many others – dramatising surprising short stories and working towards a scripted summer show to be performed on the 11th and 12th of July.
18th April – 27th June
(Except Half Term – 30th May)
Tech rehearsal: 10th July
Performance Dates: 11th – 12th July
Additional Saturday rehearsals TBC.
Cost: £70 (Bursaries are available, please ask)
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