ABOUT Stagecraft Workshops

The South Canterbury Drama League is delighted to announce two stunning weekend workshops of theatre skills led by practitioners at the top of their game.

Workshop 1 10th & 11th October 
Stage Combat/Physical Expression – Weekend
When: Saturday October 10th & Sunday October 11th
Time: 10-4pm both days
Cost: $100 non member and $90 member

Danny Lee Syme –  

• Specialises in mime, clown, dance, adagio, aerial arts, floor acrobatics/tumbling, slapstick and stage combat.  His style is innovative, creative, adoptive, energetic and endearing.
• Master of Professional Practice, Performing Arts

Workshop contents will include:

Stage Combat fundamentals, Combat Postures, Hand to hand stage combat choreography, Sword and stick fight fundamentals, Baton/stick choreography, Duel and group routines, Physical Theatre and Character integration, but wait, there’s more!

Workshop 2 17th & 18th October 
Acting & Directing – Weekend
When: Saturday October 10th & Sunday October 11th
Time: 10-4pm both days
Cost: $100 non member and $90 member

Bryan Aitken –

• Former Associate Artistic Director & original company member of The Court Theatre.
• Worked as an actor or director for most of NZ”s major theatre companies
• One of the country’s top Drama Adjudicators
• Artisic Director of The Arts Employment Scheme & The RoadShow Trust
• Guest Lecturer & Tutor at WAAPA & NASDA
• Currently president Theatre New Zealand

Workshop contents will include:

Inner Action/outer Action, Needs & objectives, sustaining pause, play against, Defining Genre & Style, Refining your ‘Theatre Vocabulary’, Creative Collaboration, plus much more!

Rarely has there been a package of this stature put together by SCDL.

Make sure you are a part of it!

Enrolments: 
Venue:  The Playhouse, Church Street, Timaru
Bring:  Lunch, sensible clothing, notebooks, pencils, pens, highlighters, sense of humour.
Morning & afternoon tea provided.
For more information or to book for a workshop  – register here https://forms.gle/nQETbo6mMUCpd1ibA contact secrertary@dramaleague.org.nz