Skill Sharing
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Training is important to us as professional artists, and we often prepare for a show by training with specialists such as Joe Dieffenbacher a clown for Mother Country, and John Rudlin a commedia specialist for Threshing About. In turn we pass on our skills through courses and workshops, seeking to create the right workshop for the right group rather than having a one size fits all approach. |
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workshops with regional amateur groups such as The Bradninch Players and
Red Spider Theatre in Lewdown. Developed by request they usually take
place over four or so regular evenings and can explore subjects such as
clowning, improvisation and movement, devising a show, and interpreting
texts. We can also arrange technical workshops to help groups learn how
to best use their newly acquired equipment.
Sometimes a relationship
with an amateur group develops into a collaboration on a production
as with Ploughshare theatre and a touring production of Chekhov's Cherry
Orchard. |
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young people we run residential workshops varying in length from 1-3 weeks
where in an intensive environment we teach skills often leading to a production/
presentation such as Vermin. These sometimes have an European perspective,
being run at Centre Selavy in
rural SW France
In summer 2002
we developed a programme of work with Connexions, the youth
and
careers service agency, and running a series of schools workshops for
schools in Portland Dorset with DEPARTURE Arts. In 2003/04, we have
been working with DAISI (Devon Arts in Schools Initiative) on a
project focussing on Macbeth. |
