We offer full and half day practical workshops which explore the creative choices behind current RSC Productions.
We believe students have the best possible introduction to Shakespeare if actively introduced to the themes, characters and language before seeing a production. Depending on your students' knowledge of a play, school workshops can offer a first introduction, or a more in-depth insight to the play and creative choices made for this production.
All workshops take place at The Clore Learning Centre (formerly Waterside Space), Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Production-based workshops
Full- and half-day practical sessions which explore the creative choices behind current RSC productions.
The sessions are designed to deepen your students' knowledge and understanding about the play and its performance possibilities. We design the workshops to be suitable for your students, from Key Stage 2 to undergraduate, with or without prior knowledge of the text.
Workshops are available on:
The Mouse and his Child
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Julius Caesar
Much Ado About Nothing
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
The Comedy of Errors.
Available from the second preview performance, Monday - Friday throughout UK term-time.
Maximum 30 students.
Half-day workshops run 10am - 12noon, 1 - 3pm or 4 - 6pm.
Cost: £185 per workshop (£165 RSC Education Members)
Full-day workshops run 10am – 3.30pm or 1 – 6pm
Cost: £325 per workshop (£305 RSC Education Members)
Shakespeare workshops
Develop your students' confidence,understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare by working alongside RSC artists to increase knowledge of characters, plot, language and key themes of any Shakespeare play of your choice.
We design the workshops to be suitable for your students, from Key Stage 1 to undergraduate, with or without prior knowledge of the text.
Available Monday - Friday throughout UK term-time.
Maximum 30 students.
Half-day workshops run 10am - 12noon, 1 - 3pm or 4 - 6pm.
Cost (until 8 October 2012): £185 (£165 RSC Education Members)
Cost (from 8 October 2012): £205 (£185 RSC Education Members)
Full-day workshops:10am – 3.30pm or 1 - 6pm.
Cost (until 8 October 2012): £325 (£305 RSC Education Members)
Cost (from 8 October 2012): £350 (£325 RSC Education Members)
'Is all our company met?' - A day in the life of the rehearsal room
Designed for Key Stage 3 - 5 students (maximum 30 students per workshop) with the focus on a Shakespeare play of your choice.
A unique opportunity for students to develop their research and performance skills.
The day will start in the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) and move on to the rehearsal rooms of the RSC in search of a deep understanding of Shakespeare's plays in performance.
Working as an ensemble of actors on the first day of rehearsals, students will:
- Take part in a seminar-style illustrated talk on the play in performance with SBT
- Research a specific production in the SBT theatre archives
- Work practically on scenes with an RSC Director
- Perform scenes framed by the day's activities
'Is all our company met?' workshops are available on the following dates:
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Wednesday 12 Sep 2012
Wednesday 19 Sep 2012
Wednesday 3 Oct 2012
Timings and price
'Is all our company met?' workshops run from 10am - 5pm
Cost: £325 (£305 Education Members)
How to book
Please call the Education Ticket Hotline on 0844 800 1113. This line is answered by a specialist Education team available from 8.30am-5pm, Monday to Friday during term-time.
Alternatively email us: education@rsc.org.uk
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