Easter, Summer and Sunday Workshops
Loughton Campus
This year we celebrate 20 YEARS of East 15's legendary Youth Theatre Workshops!!
Summer Term begins 28th. April 2013 – Now Booking!
About the workshops
East 15
Acting School's Easter, Summer and Sunday workshops have become firm favourites
with countless numbers of young people between the ages of 8 and 16 who are
interested in discovering more about the world of theatre. Some students have
developed their passion to such a degree that they have successfully auditioned
to join our undergraduate programmes and become full-time students at our hugely
respected
Acting
School.
Performing is something that almost every young person enjoys. As well as providing a professional training environment under the guidance of experienced staff, we hope that East 15 also provides another vital ingredient in our workshops. We make the learning fun!
Location;
The Hatfields Campus in Loughton is an idyllic place to spend time developing skills. With a tutor/pupil ratio of 10:1, students learn how to use their own intuition and creativity, develop self awareness and confidence and their life skills, all through performance. Using the same spaces in which we train our full time Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, Youth Theatre Workshop students are able to use our studios and The Corbett Theatre.
Successes:
Truth, feeling and depth of character have been some of the core principles of East 15 for over 50 years. The combination of improvisational brilliance and classical technique together with the theories of Stanislavski, Darwin and Laban continue to be behind the success of East 15 graduates that include actors Alison Steadman (Gavin and Stacey)and Annette Badland (Dr Who), the Oscar nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours and The Reader). Recent graduate successes include roles onstage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at the Nation Theatre, as well as film roles for Arsher Ali (Four Lions) and Reece Ritchie (Prince of Persia) and TV successes for Philip Hill-Pearson (Shameless) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners). These, along with BBC Radio 4 dramas, TV commercials and stage productions of The Lion King, The History Boys and War Horse, to name just a few, all serve to show the enduring success of East 15 training.
Productions: All Easter and
Summer workshops culminate in a performance for parents and friends, with Sunday
workshop performances on the final Sunday. Technical support is provided by
East 15 undergraduates.
All our tutors are CRB checked by the police. Recreation assistants look after the younger age groups during breaks and all other groups are monitored.
SUNDAY THEATRE WORKSHOPS TIMES and FEES
All Sunday Workshop groups operate a full day from 10.00am until 3.30pm over a nine week term. Fees are £180 per term
Our week-long Summer & Easter Workshops run from 10:00am until 5:00pm (Mon-Fri) Fees are £200. The Musical Theatre Workshop runs for six days. The fee for this course is £220
Pre-Booking is essential for all courses and Early Booking Discounts are available
NEW FOR 2013. To meet a growing demand, we are now introducing a course for over 16s: Targeted at dedicated students who want to develop their skills and imagination through devised theatre.
All courses culminate in a short showcase for family and friends on the last Sunday of each term
SUNDAY THEATRE WORKSHOPS TERM DATES
The Summer 2013 Term will run from 28th. April - 23rd. June .
EASTER AND SUMMER THEATRE WORKSHOP DATES
Summer Workshops 5th. - 9th. August & 12th - 16th. August
Musical Theatre Workshop 19th. - 24th. August (SIX DAYS)
NEW - MUSICAL THEATRE 11 -16 years
The
Musical Theatre course
leaders are:
Director: Lucy Skilbeck
Lucy Skilbeck worked an Associate Director with Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really
Useful Group on Whistle Down the Wind, the Beautiful Game and Bombay Dreams
(West End and Broadway). She has also worked extensively as a director in London
including at the National Theatre and currently directs 39 Steps in the West
End.
Musical Director: Stuart Barham
Stuart Barham studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has been
musical director for productions in London, regional theatres and Europe. West
End credits include Guys and Dolls (also National Theatre), Me and My Girl and
Follies, Oh Calcutta, Cats and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He
has also conducted opera and ballet for the London City Ballet, sung on cruise
ships and has worked with Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlish, Willy Russell, Peter
Hall and Richard Eyre. He co-wrote The Two Most Perfect Things for the Jermyn
Street Theatre in 2011 which was revived at the Riverside Studios and the
Edinburgh Festival in 2012.
Choreographer: Sheila Irwin
Sheila Irwin has
choreographed, acted and directed at most of the regional UK theatres and London
for over thirty years. She has choreographed for Opera North, Welsh National
Opera, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Swedish National Theatre and Triumph
tours. TV appearances include The Bill, Coronation Street, Miracles Take Longer
and plays for BBC drama. Teaching includes LAMDA, the London Dramatic Academy
and East 15.
NOW - for over 17's auditioning for full time courses
TOWARDS ACTING SCHOOL
“The course was invaluable. I can honestly say that it led me to feeling more secure in my decision to audition for drama schools.” Nathan Parkinson
New 9 weeks intensive course
begins
Sunday September
22nd. 2013
In response to demand, we now run an additional Theatre Workshop course especially
designed to help progression toward a full-time education in acting.
Course Fee is £190.00 per term Times; 10.00am to 3.30pm
For more details click here
To apply: complete the booking form here or ,contact East 15 on 020 8508 5983 or e-mail tas@essex.ac.uk
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