Sunday 16^th March - Morning

Richard Beecham —ACTING — Humble Boy; Exercises for Actors - Beginners to Advanced

John Wright —PHYSICAL THEATRE —Why is that so funny? Beginners to Advanced

Al Nedjariv for Gecko  —PHYSICAL THEATRE —Athletes of the Heart - Beginners to Advanced

Stephanie Street —ACTING —Craft, a vocal warm-up - Beginners to Advanced

Richard Stilgoe —MUSICAL THEATRE —Song Writing  - Beginners to Advanced

Alan Lane —DEVISING —Devising with Video - Advanced

Laurie Sansom —DIRECTING —Getting a Job as a director —Advanced

Richard Stacey —DIRECTING —Directing Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp - Beginners to Advanced

Stephen Jeffreys —WRITING —Character - Beginners to Advanced

Paul Ashton for BBC Writersroom —TV/RADIO - The Perfect 10 - getting your script off to a great start - Beginners to Advanced

 

Sunday 16^th March - Afternoon

Jon Spooner and Chris Thorpe —DEVISING —Making it up as you go along - Beginners to Advanced

Al Nedjari for Gecko —PHYSICAL THEATRE —What is Physical Theatre? - Beginners to Advanced

Joyce Henderson for Complicite —PHYSICAL THEATRE —Developing a Physical Language - Beginners to Advanced

Gareth Fry —DESIGN —An Introduction to Sound Design and Storytelling - Beginners to Advanced

Amy Evans —WRITING —Starting A Scene - Beginners to Advanced

Richard Beecham —DIRECTING —A Practical Scene Study for Director’s based on Humble Boy - Intermediate to Advanced

Richard Stilgoe —MUSICAL THEATRE —Song Writing - Beginners to Advanced

Piers Torday —PRODUCING —10 good reasons not to go to the Edinburgh Festival - Intermediate to Advanced

Mark Ravenhill —WRITING ACTING DIRECTING  —Developing a new TV Drama through writer, director, actor collaboration - Beginners to Advanced

Orlando Wells —ACTING — Scene Study; Film - Beginners to Advanced

Paul Ashton for BBC Writersroom —TV/RADIO - Structure - TV and the Hero’s Journey - Beginners to Advanced

John Wright —PHYSICAL THEATRE —Do They Know You’re Here? An introduction to clowning - Beginners to Advanced

Ian Reddington —ACTING —Acting on TV - Beginners to Advanced

 

Monday 17th March - Morning

James Phillips —ENSEMBLE —How to get the best out of your actors

Joyce Henderson for Complicite —PHYSICAL THEATRE —Chorus - Beginners to Advanced

Orlando Wells —ACTING —Scene Study for Theatre  - Beginners to Advanced

Richard Stilgoe —MUSICAL THEATRE —Song Writing - Beginners to Advanced

Paul Ashton for BBC Writersroom —TV/RADIO - The Perfect 10 - getting your script off to a great start- Beginners to Advanced

David Newman —DIRECTING - The Country Wife. A Practical Guide to Performance and Physicalisation of Restoration Drama - Beginners to Advanced

Joshua Sobol - WRITING - The Polydrama; Creating a Surfer’s Theatrical Experience. What is a Polydrama? - Beginners to Advanced

Lu Kemp —RADIO —Acting for Radio - Beginners to Advanced

Richard Stacey - ACTING - Acting Shakespeare; Twelfth Night and The Tempest - Beginners to Advanced

Chris Thorpe —WRITING — Writing A Monologue - Beginners to Advanced

 

Monday 17th March - Afternoon

Joyce Henderson for Complicite —PHYSICAL THEATRE —A Play is called a play because the actors play - Beginners to Advanced

Edward Hall —ACTING —Following the handbook: a practical guide on how to speak Shakespeare —Beginners to Advanced

Kate Scanlan —CHOREOGRAPHY/DANCE  - Choreographic starting points - Beginners to Advanced

Richard Stacey —DEVISING —Come with an idea to make a piece of theatre - Beginners to Advanced

Orlando Wells —ACTING —Scene Study; Theatre - Beginners to Advanced

Steph Street —ACTING —Acting in verbatim plays - Beginners to Advanced - (WOMEN ONLY)

Chris Thorpe —WRITING —Science and Theatre - Intermediate to Advanced

Amy Evans —POLITICAL THEATRE —A discussion of political theatre - Beginners to Advanced

Alan Cox —VOICE - It’s all in the phrasing, or “Unaccustomed as we are to public speaking” Beginners to Advanced

David Newman —MUSICAL THEATRE - A Practical Workshop. Be Prepared to Dance - Beginners - Advanced

Piers Torday —TV —Preparing a TV Script  - Advanced

 

Tuesday 18th March - Morning

Amy Evans —WRITING —Reacting to Current Events - Intermediate to Advanced

Sally Dexter —ACTING - Q&A with Sally Dexter about Acting - Beginners to Advanced

Kate Scanlan —CHOREOGRAPHY/DANCE  - Choreographic starting points - Beginners to Advanced

Edward Hall —DIRECTING - Page to stage: a practical guide how to stage Shakespeare - Beginners to Advanced

Holly Kendrick and Stephan Woods —PRODUCING —Dragon’s Den —pitch your show for a chance to win £300 towards your budget, work experience with a West End manager and help producing your show - Intermediate to Advanced

Laurie Sansom —ENSEMBLE —The Actor Director Relationship

Lu Kemp —RADIO —Writing for sound installations and radio - Beginners to Advanced

Steph Street —WRITING —Verbatim Playwrighting —Advanced

 

Tuesday 18th March - Afternoon

Joshua Sobol —WRITING  - The Polydrama; Creating a Surfer’s Theatrical Experience. What is the subject? - Beginners to Advanced

Edward Hall —DIRECTING —Acting and directing for camera: a practical guide how to approach a film script —Beginners to Advanced

Ruth Williams for Lyric Hammersmith —PHYSICAL THEATRE - Physical and Visual Storytelling; The Theatre of the Lyric - Beginners to Advanced

Lucy Briers —ACTING —The Plays of Noel Coward; museum pieces or subversive satire - Beginners to Advanced

Oliver Senton —IMPROVISATION —Straight Improvisation - Beginners to Advanced

Laurie Sansom —CASTING/AUDITIONING —Auditioning -  Intermediate to Advanced (Bring a Speech with you)

Richard Stacey —ACTING - Acting Shakespeare; Twelfth Night and The Tempest - Beginners to Advanced

Alan Lane —ENSEMBLE —Acting

David Newman —MUSICAL THEATRE —Work on a new musical - Beginners to Advanced

Stephen Jeffrey —WRITING —Myth - Beginners to Advanced

Mark Catley —WRITING —Understanding Structure - Intermediate to Advanced

 

Wednesday 19th March - Morning

David Newman —DIRECTING  - Directing a contemporary play - Beginners to Advanced

Alan Lane —ENSEMBLE —Devising, Where to Start

Mathew Dunster for NT Studio —DIRECTING —Three Chairs in an Empty Room - Beginners to Advanced

Lu Kemp —RADIO —Creating a Sound-installation - Invite only

Dylan Emery —IMPROVISATION —Musical Improvisation  - Beginners to Advanced

Richard Stacey —ACTING —Acting Scenes from Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp - Beginners to Advanced

Lucy Briers —ACTING —How to survive being an actor  - Advanced

Roy Williams —WRITING - A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Characters and Stories Using Joe Guy - Beginners to Advanced

Ruth Williams for Lyric Hammersmith —PRODUCING - Engaging Children and Young People in Theatre - Intermediate to Advanced

Stephen Jeffreys —WRITING —Making A Scene - Beginners to Advanced

 

Wednesday 20th March – Afternoon

Sally Dexter —ACTING - Q&A with Sally Dexter about Musical Theatre Acting - Beginners to Advanced

Stephen Unwin for the NT Studio —DIRECTING - A step by step guide. A practical workshop dealing with establishing facts, improvisation, language, character and blocking - Intermediate to Advanced

Struan Leslie —CHOREOGRAPHY/DANCE —The Actors Body -  Beginners to Advanced

James Phillips —CASTING/AUDITIONING - What you should expect in your first professional audition - Intermediate to Advanced

John Godber —PRODUCING - What’s Funny About That? Centring on the last twenty four years of writing plays for a theatre company with not enough money to put them on - Beginners to Advanced

Ruth Williams for Lyric Hammersmith —Producing - Engaging Children and Young People in Theatre - Intermediate to Advanced

Oliver Senton —IMPROVISATION —Straight Improvisation - Beginners to Advanced

Dylon Emery —IMPROVISATION —Musical Improvisation - Beginners to Advanced

Mark Catley —WRITING —Implementing the Five Act Structure - Beginners to Advanced

Joshua Sobol - WRITING - The Polydrama; Creating a Surfer’s Theatrical Experience. Choosing the premise - Beginners to Advanced

Steph Street - ACTING - Booths; an acting exercise - Beginners to advanced

Anthony Alderson - PRODUCING - Doing a show in Edinburgh - Intermediate to Advanced

 

Thursday 20th March - Morning

Stephen Unwin for the NT Studio - DIRECTING - A Director Prepares for rehearsals - Beginners to Advanced

Ruth Carney - MUSICAL THEATRE —Creating The Characters of The Lord of The Rings on stage -  Beginners to Advanced

Struan Leslie —CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT —Emotion is Physical —Advanced

Joshua Sobol - WRITING - Drawing a map and flow-chart of the Polydrama - Beginners to Advanced

Spotlight —CASTING/AUDITIONING - Professional casting session followed by CV surgery - Intermediate to Advanced

Helen Parlor — CHOREOGRAPHY —Exploring set and character in a physical way with insight to contact and low flying work - Beginners to Advanced

Alan Lane — PRODUCING —Guerilla Producing - Beginners to Advanced

Roy Willaims — WRITING - A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Characters and Stories Using Sing yer heart out for the lads - Beginners to Advanced

Chris Thorpe - TV/RADIO - Stories through sound, stories through vision - Beginners to Advanced

Amy Evans — WRITING —Autobiography as Source Material - Beginners to Advanced

Pleasance Theatre - INTERVIEWS - For technical and FOH at the Pleasance, Edinburgh 2008

 

Thursday 20th March - Afternoon

Gareth Machin for NT Studio - DIRECTING —Directing Monologues - Beginners to Advanced

Ruth Williams for Lyric Hammersmith —PHYSICAL THEATRE - Physical and Visual Storytelling; The Theatre of the Lyric - Beginners to Advanced

Struan Leslie —CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT —Choreography - Intermediate to Advanced

Spotlight —CASTING/AUDITIONING - Professional casting session followed by CV surgery - Intermediate to Advanced

James Phillips and Co. —ACTING —Miss Julie by Strindberg, a practical Masterclass - Beginners to Advanced

Lu Kemp —RADIO - Sound Installation for Actors Creating an installation to be overheard at NSDF —INVITE ONLY

Ruth Carney — MUSICAL THEATRE - An approach to singing through acting —Advanced

Helen Parlor — CHOREOGRAPHY —Exploring set and character in a physical way with insight to contact and low flying work - Beginners to Advanced

Pleasance Theatre - INTERVIEWS - For technical and FOH at the Pleasance, Edinburgh 2008

 

Friday 21st March - Morning

Alan Cox —ACTING —Sometimes Less is Just Less - Beginners to Advanced

Spotlight —CASTING/AUDITIONING - Professional casting session followed by CV surgery - Intermediate to Advanced

Matthew Dunster for NT Studio —ACTING —The Truth About All That - Advanced

Holly Kendrick and Stephen Wood —PRODUCING —Dragon’s Den feedback from Session 1 - Intermediate to Advanced

Stephen Jeffrey —WRITING —Making A Scene - Beginners to Advanced

Ruth Carney —Musical Theatre —Bringing The Lord of the Rings to the stage - Beginners to Advanced

Laurie Sansom —DIRECTING - Beginners to Advanced

James Phillips and Alan Lane — ENSEMBLE —Auditions for The Ensemble

Jack Lowe - Acting - What space am I playing? Site specific - Beginners to Advanced