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yorktheatreroyalSchoolSfeStivalYork Theatre Royal would like to offeryour school the opportunity to take partin a festival of narrative in Autumn2013, based around York Theatre Royaland Nottingham Playhouse’sproduction of Shakespeare’s Richard III.

The festival will take place over oneday on our Main House stage with eachof the four participating schools havingthe opportunity to perform a 30 minutepiece. Using Shakespeare’s Richard IIIas the starting point we want you tomake interpretative choices of how youuse the play in creating your piece. Thiscould mean; using the play’s themes asa starting point to devise from, tellingthe story from Richard’s point of viewor it could be working from an abridgedversion of the play itself.

The festival is open to whichever agegroup you feel would be mostappropriate and with any sized group(as long as they will fit on our stage!)

What we are offering you…• A twilight development workshop;

exploring the story of Richard III, and approaches and ideas for using the story as a springboard for devising.

• Workshop led by York Theatre Royal with your group to introduce the story and to kick start the project in school.

• At least one rehearsal visit by York Theatre Royal to check progress and offer advice and feedback.

• Technical support at the theatre on the day of performance.

• An abridged version of Richard IIIto use if you wish.

• Opportunity to perform on our Main House stage.

• Reduced ticket prices for your students to see York Theatre Royal’s production of Richard III.

Project timeline…• Expressions of interest to us by

Friday 19th April.

• Schools find out if successful by May 3rd.

• Initial meeting in school by the end of the academic year and twilight session.

• Schools development workshops in first two weeks of Autumn term.

• Festival on November 25th.

Cost: £450

yorktheatreroyalSchoolSfeStivalYork Theatre Royal would like to offeryour school the opportunity to take partin a festival of narrative in Autumn2013, based around York Theatre Royaland Nottingham Playhouse’sproduction of Shakespeare’s Richard III.

The festival will take place over oneday on our Main House stage with eachof the four participating schools havingthe opportunity to perform a 30 minutepiece. Using Shakespeare’s Richard IIIas the starting point we want you tomake interpretative choices of how youuse the play in creating your piece. Thiscould mean; using the play’s themes asa starting point to devise from, tellingthe story from Richard’s point of viewor it could be working from an abridgedversion of the play itself.

The festival is open to whichever agegroup you feel would be mostappropriate and with any sized group(as long as they will fit on our stage!)

What we are offering you…• A twilight development workshop;

exploring the story of Richard III, and approaches and ideas for using the story as a springboard for devising.

• Workshop led by York Theatre Royal with your group to introduce the story and to kick start the project in school.

• At least one rehearsal visit by York Theatre Royal to check progress and offer advice and feedback.

• Technical support at the theatre on the day of performance.

• An abridged version of Richard IIIto use if you wish.

• Opportunity to perform on our Main House stage.

• Reduced ticket prices for your students to see York Theatre Royal’s production of Richard III.

Project timeline…• Expressions of interest to us by

Friday 19th April.

• Schools find out if successful by May 3rd.

• Initial meeting in school by the end of the academic year and twilight session.

• Schools development workshops in first two weeks of Autumn term.

• Festival on November 25th.

Cost: £450

York Theatre Royal offers you awealth of workshops andopportunities to work and learn withus, either in school or here at thetheatre, all led by skilled andspecialist professionals. Workshopsare available all year round butsessions at the theatre are subject tospace availability. Most sessions areavailable at the theatre or in yourschool, travel costs may apply forschools outside York.

“The quality of workshops in schooland at the theatre has been highlyregarded, thanks mainly to theexpertise of the presenters and theirability to interact with a wide range ofstudents.” Andrew Janes, JosephRowntree School

education@yorktheatreroyal.co.ukReception 01904 658162

Introduction to practitionersFull or half day workshops available onArtaud, Berkoff, Brecht, Brook, EdwardGordon Craig, Grotowski andStanislavski. Sessions will provide apractical overview to the key aspects ofthe director’s practice, exploring skillsthen applying them to either text ordevised work.Suitable for: Year 11 – 13, BTEC StudentsCost: £150 (half day), £225 (full day)

Approaches to devisingFull or half day workshop providingstudents with a toolkit of approachesand devices that will inspire andstimulate their creativity. The workshopwill draw on the work of companiessuch as Third Angel, Frantic Assemblyand Complicite. Providing studentswith an array of post-modernstorytelling devices from which to basetheir devising.Suitable for: Year 10 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150 (half day), £225 (full day)

ShakespeareAn energetic, participatory session,designed to help students really get togrips with Shakespeare’s plots,characters, themes and verse. Tailormade for each year group, thisworkshop gives a detailed introductionto a play of your choice (most populartexts available).Suitable for: Year 7 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

Theatre toursFlexible tours are available all throughthe year which can take a specific focuson the theatres history, technicalaspects, departments, productionsand/or provide a generic understandingon how our organisation and buildingworks as a producing theatre.Suitable for: All agesCost: £2/student

Investigating an artsorganisationSpend time meeting an array of ourstaff members in our Studio or MainHouse; discovering what their roleconsists of, how they got there, whoand what they are responsible for.There will be an opportunity todiscover the nuts and bolts of how ourorganisation works with resourcesprovided on our funding, audiencemake-up and organisational structure,as well as insight into the differentcareer options available in the theatreindustry. Where possible we would alsoaim to provide an insight into thecurrent production showing in theStudio or Main House and how staff’swork relates to that specific production.Suitable for: Year 12 - 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

Marketing workshopThis workshop will provide theoreticaland practical insight into how amarketing campaign is planned andexecuted. Led by a member of YorkTheatre Royal’s Communications teamthe session can be tailored to any yeargroup and can tie in with specificactivity and learning objectivesfocusing specifically on branding,poster design, postcode and bookinganalysis or on a generic exploration ofarts marketing.Suitable for: Year 7 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

The role of the directorLed by an experienced director, thissession looks at how you go aboutdirecting a play, including backgroundresearch, analysis of text and themes,interpretation, developing your visionor concept, and rehearsal games andexercises. This practical session isavailable on the following texts:Antigone, Our Country’s Good, Hamletand Equus. Other texts may beavailable on negotiation.Suitable for: Year 12 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

Rehearsal visitThis unique opportunity allows accessfor students to the professionalrehearsal room, to see directors andactors at work, with an opportunity toask questions at the end of the session.This opportunity is subject toavailability.Suitable for: Year 10 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £2/student (or free when booked with ticketsto the production)

Production relatedworkshopsWorkshops are available on request formost of our own productions and canbe tailored to your pupils individualneeds. Please contact us with anyspecific requests you may have.

Our upcoming workshops, togetherwith their costs, are on the back page.

York Theatre Royal offers you awealth of workshops andopportunities to work and learn withus, either in school or here at thetheatre, all led by skilled andspecialist professionals. Workshopsare available all year round butsessions at the theatre are subject tospace availability. Most sessions areavailable at the theatre or in yourschool, travel costs may apply forschools outside York.

“The quality of workshops in schooland at the theatre has been highlyregarded, thanks mainly to theexpertise of the presenters and theirability to interact with a wide range ofstudents.” Andrew Janes, JosephRowntree School

education@yorktheatreroyal.co.ukReception 01904 658162

Introduction to practitionersFull or half day workshops available onArtaud, Berkoff, Brecht, Brook, EdwardGordon Craig, Grotowski andStanislavski. Sessions will provide apractical overview to the key aspects ofthe director’s practice, exploring skillsthen applying them to either text ordevised work.Suitable for: Year 11 – 13, BTEC StudentsCost: £150 (half day), £225 (full day)

Approaches to devisingFull or half day workshop providingstudents with a toolkit of approachesand devices that will inspire andstimulate their creativity. The workshopwill draw on the work of companiessuch as Third Angel, Frantic Assemblyand Complicite. Providing studentswith an array of post-modernstorytelling devices from which to basetheir devising.Suitable for: Year 10 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150 (half day), £225 (full day)

ShakespeareAn energetic, participatory session,designed to help students really get togrips with Shakespeare’s plots,characters, themes and verse. Tailormade for each year group, thisworkshop gives a detailed introductionto a play of your choice (most populartexts available).Suitable for: Year 7 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

Theatre toursFlexible tours are available all throughthe year which can take a specific focuson the theatres history, technicalaspects, departments, productionsand/or provide a generic understandingon how our organisation and buildingworks as a producing theatre.Suitable for: All agesCost: £2/student

Investigating an artsorganisationSpend time meeting an array of ourstaff members in our Studio or MainHouse; discovering what their roleconsists of, how they got there, whoand what they are responsible for.There will be an opportunity todiscover the nuts and bolts of how ourorganisation works with resourcesprovided on our funding, audiencemake-up and organisational structure,as well as insight into the differentcareer options available in the theatreindustry. Where possible we would alsoaim to provide an insight into thecurrent production showing in theStudio or Main House and how staff’swork relates to that specific production.Suitable for: Year 12 - 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

Marketing workshopThis workshop will provide theoreticaland practical insight into how amarketing campaign is planned andexecuted. Led by a member of YorkTheatre Royal’s Communications teamthe session can be tailored to any yeargroup and can tie in with specificactivity and learning objectivesfocusing specifically on branding,poster design, postcode and bookinganalysis or on a generic exploration ofarts marketing.Suitable for: Year 7 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

The role of the directorLed by an experienced director, thissession looks at how you go aboutdirecting a play, including backgroundresearch, analysis of text and themes,interpretation, developing your visionor concept, and rehearsal games andexercises. This practical session isavailable on the following texts:Antigone, Our Country’s Good, Hamletand Equus. Other texts may beavailable on negotiation.Suitable for: Year 12 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £150

Rehearsal visitThis unique opportunity allows accessfor students to the professionalrehearsal room, to see directors andactors at work, with an opportunity toask questions at the end of the session.This opportunity is subject toavailability.Suitable for: Year 10 – 13, BTEC studentsCost: £2/student (or free when booked with ticketsto the production)

Production relatedworkshopsWorkshops are available on request formost of our own productions and canbe tailored to your pupils individualneeds. Please contact us with anyspecific requests you may have.

Our upcoming workshops, togetherwith their costs, are on the back page.

educatioNoffer arouNdProductioNSYork Theatre Royal offer workshops andother associated education activitiesaround our own productions,information of specific offers are on theshow page of our website. Over thenext few months we have twoShakespeare productions of particulareducational interest, which we will beoffering extensive educationopportunities around.

Offer to include:

Onstage eventWorking with actors and members ofthe creative team. An interactivesession taking place in the auditoriumand onstage, to look at the process ofstaging the text.Cost: £2 per head when booked with tickets to thematinee performance on the same day

Pre and Post showworkshopsHosted at York Theatre Royal or in yourschool, exploring the story, themes andhistorical context of the play.Workshops can also be tailored for yourspecific area of interest.Cost: £150 + travel to schools outside YorkWorkshops can be run during the day or as atwilight session before a show

Henry VI presented by

Shakespeare’s Globe Wed 26 June – Sat 13 July

All three plays renamed, edited andpresented in Yorkshire, the location ofthe War of the Roses trilogy. All threeplays can be watched individually andlast approximately 2 hours each.Suitable for all ages.

Richard III presented by

Nottingham Playhouse andYork Theatre Royal19 Nov – 30 Nov

Shakespeare classic histories playexploring man’s thirst for power,jealousy and the treachery. Richardwill stop at nothing to become King ofEngland. Suitable for all ages.

To book any of these workshops, please contact the Education

Administrator on 01904 658162 or email

education@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

Please supply the followinginformation:

• Preferred dates and time of visit

• School contact details, including email contact for the lead teacher

• Number and ages of students

• Workshop session you would like to book and where you would like it to take place

educatioNoffer arouNdProductioNSYork Theatre Royal offer workshops andother associated education activitiesaround our own productions,information of specific offers are on theshow page of our website. Over thenext few months we have twoShakespeare productions of particulareducational interest, which we will beoffering extensive educationopportunities around.

Offer to include:

Onstage eventWorking with actors and members ofthe creative team. An interactivesession taking place in the auditoriumand onstage, to look at the process ofstaging the text.Cost: £2 per head when booked with tickets to thematinee performance on the same day

Pre and Post showworkshopsHosted at York Theatre Royal or in yourschool, exploring the story, themes andhistorical context of the play.Workshops can also be tailored for yourspecific area of interest.Cost: £150 + travel to schools outside YorkWorkshops can be run during the day or as atwilight session before a show

Henry VI presented by

Shakespeare’s Globe Wed 26 June – Sat 13 July

All three plays renamed, edited andpresented in Yorkshire, the location ofthe War of the Roses trilogy. All threeplays can be watched individually andlast approximately 2 hours each.Suitable for all ages.

Richard III presented by

Nottingham Playhouse andYork Theatre Royal19 Nov – 30 Nov

Shakespeare classic histories playexploring man’s thirst for power,jealousy and the treachery. Richardwill stop at nothing to become King ofEngland. Suitable for all ages.

To book any of these workshops, please contact the Education

Administrator on 01904 658162 or email

education@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

Please supply the followinginformation:

• Preferred dates and time of visit

• School contact details, including email contact for the lead teacher

• Number and ages of students

• Workshop session you would like to book and where you would like it to take place

learNiNg through theatreSchoolS aNd collegeS Programme for 11 – 18 year oldS

exPe

rieN

cebox office 01904 623568www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk