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As with many companies over recent years we realise the importance of
developing the audience of tomorrow. One way this can be done is by working
directly with school children and students through workshops. These can be
tailored directly to a specific play and text, or they can be more general.
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Many actors
today can produce exciting and varied workshops for students. On our last
trip to Bahrain, Martin and Leda gave two completely different types of
class. Leda was asked to do something specifically for the students at The
Children’s House. |
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Although they were still quite young, their tutors decided that they
should work on
Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', which they had been studying recently.
Leda decided to
look at the role of twins in the plot structure. |
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Martin was asked to work with more mature students at St Christopher’s
School. They wanted to work on physical theatre and specifically, how it is
used in John Godber’s plays. Here are some of the comments expressed by the
students later.
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 ‘ Martin Barrass really
opened up my eyes to a world of physical theatre and perfect mime like I’ve
never seen before’.
Philippa Nilson-U6F
'Martin Barrass and Leda Hodgson demonstrated a whole new world of drama,
with regards to physical theatre and script work’
Sam Gale-L6B The
workshop was very beneficial in that it emphasised the importance of
physical theatre: for example, what a small gesture can add to the drama’
Chirag Patel- L6 J
‘Personally I felt that the workshop was very beneficial to me because it
emphasised the importance of physical theatre in a play such as ‘April in
Paris’. Using the scripts also taught me how to interpret different texts on
stage and explore character’.
Jessica Nilson-L6F |
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‘Martin Barrass and Leda
Hodgson provided an energetic and varied workshop. They clearly engaged the
interest of the students and communicated the skills of bringing a text to
life using physical and vocal techniques. A thoroughly useful and enjoyable
two hours.’
Mr Michael Thomas, Head of
Drama
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