 |  | NEW!!
SUNDAY YOUTH THEATRE | | | Starting
Sunday November 9th at 7.30pm. Join our performance company in preparing exciting
drama work for festivals in 2009! | TADAA
welcomes children, teenagers and young adults with 5 different classes tailored
to suit different age groupings.
The objective is to have fun, but alongside this, students will gain confidence,
improve social skills, learn about theatre styles, arts and techniques, develop
voice and movement, and improve their communication skills. The
activities, skills and themes are designed to inspire, challenge and motivate
all, whatever the age! TADAA
Drama classes include:
| TADAA
Tots & Kids (all ages up to 5) Time: Wednesdays,
10.00am - 11.00am Venue: Waterlooville Community Centre Started
Wednesday 8th October. go
to fees... |
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Kids
and confident tots take their first dramatic steps onto the 'TADAA' stage,
experiencing a sense of audience and performance. Parents are welcome to watch,
join in or leave their child to explore a world of fantasy, fairy tale, heroes
and villains. Kids play drama-based games, develop their use of voice and movement,
and take part in role play exercises. Instruments, puppet play, rhymes, costumes
and masks enhance their first experience of drama! |
| ACT
I (ages 6 to 10) Time: Saturdays, 12.00pm
- 1.00pm Venue: Waterlooville Community Centre Started
6th September. go
to fees... | | |
Students
will continue to develop the skills of the actor, considering stage presence,
vocal clarity, diction and projection during voice exercises. Drama activities
allow students to feel comfortable exploring movement in order to create character
or express mood and atmosphere. Simple drama techniques are learnt and used in
a dramatic context, and devised, improvised or scripted work is presented to the
group each week, allowing students the opportunity to receive constructive positive
feedback. |
| ACT
II (ages 11 to 16) Time: Saturdays, 1.00pm
- 2.30pm Venue: Waterlooville Community Centre Started
6th September. go
to fees... | | |
Students
train to become sensitive and powerful performers, developing the use of voice
and body further through practical exercises and dramatic assignments. Drama styles
explored include improvisation, stylised drama and physical theatre, naturalism,
melodrama and farce, Epic Theatre, Musical Theatre, Shakespeare, mask and Commedia
dell'arte. More complex drama techniques, forms and structuring methods are learnt
and used in a dramatic context, and work is presented to the group following rehearsal
and refinement, allowing students the opportunity to receive feedback. GCSE Drama
syllabus work is covered, though additional support can be offered on specific
areas if required. |
| ACT
III (ages 17 and over) Time: To be confirmed
Venue: Waterlooville Community Centre
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Students
are self-reflective, sensitive and confident performers who are prepared to experiment
with more challenging concepts and ways of working. As well as exploring the important
work of infamous drama practitioners, further practical work based on the styles
of physical theatre, naturalism, absurdism, Epic Theatre, Musical Theatre, Shakespeare,
Theatre of Cruelty, Theatre of the Oppressed is produced, performed and evaluated.
Drama is filmed and kept so that each student has a 'showreel' DVD of their work
at the end of each term. Students develop audition pieces and continue to develop
public speaking skills. GCE Drama and Theatre Studies syllabus work is covered,
though additional support can be offered on specific areas if required. |
| YOUTH
THEATRE (ages 11 to 18) Time: Sundays, 7.00pm-
8.30pm Venue: Waterlooville Community Centre Starts
9th November. go
to fees... | | |
Join
our performance company in preparing exciting drama work for festivals in 2009!
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here to see the latest Drama Club Fees |