Rep Creative Learning Secondary Newsletter 2014/15

Dundee Rep Theatre Secondary Newsletter Page 1

2014/15

Through performance, participation and learning, Dundee Rep’s pioneering Creative

Learning team creates opportunities that enrich and develop the creative potential of

schools, colleges, young people and members of the local community.

Workshop dates

Tue 9 September

Wed 10 September

Fri 12 September

Tue 16 September

Wed 17 September

Fri 19 September

Times

2pm – 4.30pm

Cost

£120 (£100 Dundee City Council Schools)

Technical Theatre Workshops

Our Technical Theatre Workshops give pupils the opportunity

to learn about theatre lighting, sound and stage management.

Working alongside theatre professionals, this 2.5 hour hands-on practical

workshop will culminate in a small performance on the Rep’s mainstage

where participants will use their new skills to operate and run an extract

from the play.

This year the workshops will take place on the set of our production of

Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, directed by Jemima Levick. Also,

as the workshops are running during late afternoon, you could always look

at combining your visit to the theatre with a trip to the performance in the

evening.

Each workshop can accommodate a maximum of 25 pupils.

For further information or to request a booking form, please contact

Heather Cassidy on [email protected] or phone 01382

342660.

To book tickets for your pupils to see the evening performance of The

Glass Menagerie, please contact Box Office on 01382 223530. See page 5

for further information about the production.

Please note that there are no tickets included with the cost of the workshop.

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Closing date for applications

Fri 28 November

Project dates

Devising

Mid January – May

Technical rehearsals

Tue 5 or Wed 6 May

Performance at Dundee Rep

Wed 6 May at 7pm

Cost

£160 (£140 Dundee City Council Schools)

Onstage

Onstage offers drama classes and groups the unique

opportunity to devise their own piece of theatre and perform it

on the Rep’s mainstage to an audience of family, friends and

other young people from across the north-east of Scotland.

Using Dundee Rep’s spring production as a thematic stimulus, each group

will receive four in-school creative support sessions from a professional

theatre practitioner, participate in a backstage tour and have their creative

vision realised during a full technical rehearsal, supported by the Rep’s

production team.

This year’s spring production is Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, in

a new version by David Ireland, and is a co-production between Dundee

Rep Theatre, Derby Theatre and Graeae.

For further information about Onstage or to request an application form,

please contact Lisa Williamson on [email protected]

or phone 01382 342660.

Please note that there are only 6 spaces available for this project.

Date

Tue 11 November

Time

4pm – 7pm

Careers Day

Interested in a career in theatre? Then come along to our

Careers Day to find out more!

Take part in workshops led by industry professionals, chat to college and

university representatives from across Scotland and find out everything

you need to know about routes into the industry.

For further information about our Careers Day, please contact Lisa

Williamson on [email protected] or phone 01382

342660.




Project dates

Assemblies

Mon 1 – Fri 19 September

Application deadline

Mon 29 September

Interviews

Thu 30 – Fri 31 October

Enterprise days

Thu 4 – Fri 5 December

Presentation and performance of work

Fri 5 December at 5pm

Cost

Free, following an interview process

Enterprise @ the Rep

Delivered in partnership with Dundee City Council’s Education

Development Service, this unique event involves 60 young

people working alongside arts professionals across all

departments of Dundee Rep for two whole days, supporting

the young people in developing their skills for learning, life

and work.

In the first three weeks of September, we will visit each Dundee City

Council school to promote the opportunity during assemblies for S4, S5

and S6 pupils. Interested pupils then go through a job application,

shortlisting, interview and selection process, allowing them to develop

vital skills which will support them in pursuing their educational goals and

career aspirations. Those who are successful at the interview stage will

then participate in the project at Dundee Rep under the mentorship of our

professional staff.

We have opportunities in the following departments: Acting, Directing,

Dance, Costume Design, Creative Learning, Lighting Design, Sound

Design, Scenic Design, Stage Management and Press, Media and

Marketing.

This year’s Enterprise @ the Rep will be inspired by our Christmas

production of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach.

For further information about Enterprise, please contact Heather Cassidy

on [email protected] or phone 01382 342660.

Please note that this opportunity is only available to pupils who attend

Dundee City Council secondary schools.

Dates

Various, September – June

Work Experience

“I enjoyed everything. My experience was just amazing and all

the staff were so kind. Overall, this is a fantastic experience for

anyone who is interested in working in theatre. I could not be

more pleased!” - Thomas, 14, Harris Academy

At Dundee Rep Theatre, our Work Experience programme operates on a

carousel system providing each young person with the opportunity to

spend a morning and afternoon in a different department of the theatre

over the course of a week. This creates a diverse timetable of activities,

giving a broad overview of the variety of jobs available in the theatre.

For further information about Work Experience, please contact Heather

Cassidy on [email protected] or phone 01382 342660.




Dates

All year round

Times

Various, lasts approximately one hour

Suitable for

S1 – S6 pupils

Maximum of 30 pupils per tour

Cost

£2 per pupil, teachers go free

Backstage Tours

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the Rep?

Why not bring your class on a Backstage Tour of the theatre

and find out how the magic is created …

For further information or to book a Backstage Tour, please contact Mary

Sandeman on [email protected] or phone 01382

342660.

Teacher’s CPD

Throughout the year we offer a number of opportunities for

teachers to refresh and develop their skills.

If you are a teacher within Dundee City Council, these opportunities will be

circulated to you internally.

If you teach outwith Dundee City Council, please contact Gemma Nicol on

[email protected] or phone 01382 342660 to find out

about upcoming opportunities.




AUTUMN/WINTER SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Performance dates

Wed 3 Sep – Sat 20 Sep at 7.30pm

Matinees: Thu 11, Sat 13, Thu 18 & Sat 20 Sep at

2.30pm

Ticket price

Schools price £9

One teacher free per 10 pupils

Ticket bookings

Please contact Box Office on 01382 223530

Workshops

We are offering pre-show workshops exploring our

production of The Glass Menagerie. Workshops last

for 90 minutes and cost £45 (£40 Dundee City

Council Schools).

For further information or to request a booking

form, please contact Lisa Williamson on

[email protected] or phone

01382 342660

Dundee Rep Ensemble presents

The Glass Menagerie

By Tennessee Williams

Directed by Jemima Levick

Widely regarded as one of Tennessee Williams’ most powerful and

haunting plays, The Glass Menagerie is a deeply personal, touching

and profound tale of love and loss, illusion and escape, fragility and

innocent hope.

Tom Wingfield invites us to join him on a journey – looking back at

his life with his mother Amanda and sister Laura and through the

unrelenting memories that led to his final escape. As he looks back

at his life in St Louis, we learn that Tom has the soul of a poet, but

his job in a shoe warehouse leaves him longing for adventure and

an escape from his mother’s suffocating embrace.

As he finds himself under increasing pressure to find a gentleman

caller and a future for Laura, he eventually arranges to bring

someone home to meet his sister. And when the gentleman caller

does finally appear, Laura and Amanda become more hopeful than

they have ever been – what follows is one of the most compelling

and heartbreaking stories ever told.

Often cited as one of the world’s most popular plays, this American

classic is considered to be a semi-autobiographical work of genius.

One of Williams’ most sensitive and magical pieces, The Glass

Menagerie is a sharp reminder of the importance of accepting

reality, the power of memory and the true meaning of escape.

“I didn’t go to the moon, I went much further –

for time is the longest distance between two places”



Performance dates

Tue 7 Oct – Fri 10 Oct at 7.30pm

Matinee: Thu 9 Oct at 2.30pm

Running time: approx 90 minutes with no interval

Suitable for

Age 12+

Ticket price

Schools price £9


Ticket bookings


Workshops

There will be FREE school workshops running

alongside this production, delivered by the

National Theatre of Scotland. Further information

will be available nearer the time

Resources

www.intimeostrife.com

National Theatre of Scotland presents

In Time O’ Strife

By Joe Corrie

Adapted, designed and directed by Graham McLaren

On the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners’ strike, the National

Theatre of Scotland revives Joe Corrie's 1926 classic play about a

Fife mining community buckling under the strain of a seven month

lockout.

Driven by live, gutsy, folk-punk songs and intense, full-blooded

choreography, this uncompromising production is a stark reminder

that class conflict between those at the bottom of the social heap

and those in power is perennial.

“McLaren's production unleashes a memorably angry, vivid and

theatrical retelling of a vital story in Scottish history. It's an

exhilarating experience and not to be missed.”

The Scotsman ****

“Gut-wrenchingly emotional”

“Vitally contemporary”

The Herald *****

“Intensely powerful”

“Brilliantly performed”

The Times ****

“Breathtaking”

Sunday Mail ****

Supported by ScottishPower Foundation


Performance date

Tue 28 Oct at 7.30pm

Suitable for

Age 11+

Ticket prices

Standard price £16

Young person (ages 16-26) concession £14

Ticket bookings


Comar presents a production from Mull Theatre

The Drawer Boy

By Michael Healey

Directed by Alasdair McCrone

Designed by Alicia Hendrick

A beautifully written, funny and bittersweet tale set in Canada. It is

1972, and an eager-eyed young actor, Miles, arrives on a small farm

to do research for a role in a play about country life.

He moves in with two middle-aged farmers: stoical Morgan who is

not too thrilled with the self-absorbed city boy, and Angus, who lost

his short-term memory after being bombed in the war.

Miles soon finds himself embroiled in their complex and intricate

personal histories as he uncovers a past riddled with secrecy and

heartbreak.

Warm-hearted, surprising and infinitely moving, The Drawer Boy is a

multi-award winning tale that will live long in the memory.

Performance dates

Thu 6 Nov – Sat 8 Nov at 7.30pm

Matinees: Thu 6 Nov & Sat 8 Nov at 2.30pm

Suitable for

Age 11+

Ticket price

Schools price £9


Ticket bookings


Sell a Door Theatre Company presents

Sunset Song

By Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Adapted by Alastair Cording

Chris Guthrie is bound to a harsh farming life by her intense love of

the land. She dreams of the seductive yet distant world of books

and learning, but when war breaks out, Chris suddenly finds herself

facing a very different reality as a widowed, single mother in a land

altered beyond recognition.

Set in a farming community in the North East of Scotland, Sunset

Song charts Chris’s struggle to adapt to her new world and hold

together her fragile family. Her survival depends solely on her belief

that beyond the sunset lies hope.

Marking a hundred years since the start of the First World War, Sell

a Door Theatre Company revives Alastair Cording’s faithful

adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic Sunset Song, recently

voted Scotland’s most popular novel of all time.

Sell a Door provide free Education Packs for all their productions,

available from their website www.selladoor.com

http://www.selladoor.com/


Performance dates

Thu 27 Nov – Wed 31 Dec, various times

Schools performances

10am

Tue 2, Wed 3, Wed 10, Thu 11, Fri 12 & Wed 17 Dec

1.30pm

Mon 1, Tue 2, Wed 3, Tue 9 & Wed 10 Dec

Suitable for

All ages

Ticket price

Schools price £9


Ticket bookings


Dundee Rep Ensemble presents

James and the Giant Peach

By Roald Dahl

Adapted by David Wood

Following the success of The BFG, Dundee Rep Ensemble brings this

GIGANTIC story to Dundee this Christmas.

James Henry Trotter lives with his two horrid aunts. One day, as he

saves the life of a spider, some magic crocodile tongues come into

his possession – and it’s not long before a ginormous PEACH starts

to grow in the garden!

Venturing inside the peach, not only does he meet the spider he

rescued, but a number of new friends including an Old-Green-

Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird and Earthworm. James and the

insects set out on the adventure of a lifetime as they escape from

his nasty aunts and plan a new life far, far away.

James’ astonishing adventure will fulfill the fantasy of anyone who

has ever dreamed of escape. Roald Dahl's story comes hilariously to

life in this delightful tale of good, evil and – above all – friendship.

You can find out about Roald Dahl’s real-life experiences and how

they found their way into his stories at the Roald Dahl Museum and

Story Centre in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire (the author’s

home village). The Museum is a charity which aims to inspire

excitement about reading, writing and creativity. There are three fun

and fact-packed galleries, with lots to make, do and see (including

Roald Dahl’s writing hut). Aimed at 6-12 year-olds, the Museum is

open to the public and to school groups throughout the year.

www.roalddahlmuseum.org

Roald Dahl is famous for his stories and rhymes, but much less well

known is how often he went out of his way to help seriously ill

children. Today Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity helps

children with the severest conditions and the greatest needs. The

charity believes every child can have a more marvellous life, no

matter how ill they are, or how short their life may be. Find out

more at www.roalddahlcharity.org

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