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London Theatre Experience for 16 - 19 Year Olds
Aoife Smyth
The Summer School - A London Theatre Experience Course at Drama Centre is aimed at 16-19 year old students who are interested in professional drama and wish to improve their acting, directing or other performance skills in order to make informed decisions about their future careers and widen their dramatic horizon.
The course enables you to experience the rigour and variety available in the field of drama and to test your expectations and aspirations against the realities of vocational training.
During the course you will gain a taste of what life in a leading drama school is like. We would like to enhance your capacity to learn in a disciplined, organised manner and develop skills leading to self-reliant learning. You will also develop your critical awareness of contemporary performance and will learn to express your ideas clearly and articulately.
The course offers a programme of drama classes and a programme of cultural events, delivered within a leading drama conservatoire, thus benefiting from the high levels of expertise of the professional staff at the Drama Centre. The teachers on the course will seek to help you widen your understanding of the various opportunities for careers in the field of drama. You may already feel that you are determined to pursue a career in acting or directing, for example. In this case, the course will help you to test your commitment and define your expectations. On the other hand, you may feel that, while attracted by the idea of working in drama, you are not yet sure of how your talent can be developed. If this is the case, then the course will help you to explore your special aptitudes and enable you to make informed decisions about future studies.
Aoife Smyth trained as a director at Drama Centre London. She has directed Golden Boy (Drama Centre London) Tales From Vienna Woods, The Rover, Our Town, Once a Catholic, On The Razzle, Under Milkwood, As You Like It, Orpheus Descending, Dolly West's Kitchen, Alls Well That Ends Well (Italia Conti), There's Something In The Fridge That Wants To Kill Me (Underbelly, Edinburgh, Theatre 503), A Picture of Alchemy (Etcetera, Camden) Blithe Spirit (Studio Moliere, Vienna), Impostors, Treehouses, Spring Awakening, Stars in the Morning Sky, Tinkers Wedding, Union Shorts (Union Theatre), Macbeth, Maria Stuart, Romeo und Julia (Vienna Kindertheater), Who Knows?, Everyman, The Only Jealousy of Emer (Dry Ice, Dublin). Aoife was associate director at the Union Theatre, Southwark from 2005-2007. She has worked as an assistant for Shared Experience, The Young Vic and The Good Company. She has taught at Arts Ed, The European Summer School, Luxemberg, Stageworks, Ireland, Lemonjelly Arts and Jigsaw Arts. She teaches at Italia Conti and Drama Centre London and is course coordinator for the Drama Centre Summer School.
Alternative Dates and Times
Many of our courses are repeated throughout the year. If the above dates is not suitable for you,
or there are no dates showing for this session, then please choose an alternative session.
Please bring the following articles for the first day.
All of these must be clearly marked with your name.
For movement:
- Black Tracksuit bottoms (elasticised waist or drawstring)
- Black top that is easy to move in. (Leotards can be useful for females)
- Black or white sport socks.
- Black jumper.
- Sport or dance shoes.
- Long hair tied back off the face (male and female)
- Towel
- Water
For Play Study: (Please have a copy and read ALL before the course)
- A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare
- Grace by Sarah Woods
- Modern play - Punk Rock by Simon Stephens (Please read before starting)
- Classical play - Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Please read in English and your own language before starting)
Men only:
- Pair of black trousers
- White shirt
- Pair of hard-soled lace up shoes.
Women:
- Black full length practice skirt
- Pair of black character shoes-1½-inch heels.
For all other classes:
- Loose fitting clothes that are easy to move in.
- Pencil
- Pen
- Notebook
I would also recommend a MAP of London for outings.
When booking accommodation I would recommend booking near the school.
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London Theatre Experience for 16 to 19 Year Olds - Summer School 2011 Form
Could you please copy and paste this form into an email and fill this form in and send it back with a passport photo (jpeg) to:
Aoife Smyth <aoifesmyth@mac.com>
Student Information
Name:
Address:
Contact number (Home):
Contact number (London):
Date of Birth:
Age:
Gender:
Why are you coming to the Drama Centre Summer School?
How did you hear about the Drama Centre Summer School?
What is your theatre experience?
Do you have any special requests that will help your time at Drama Centre?
(e.g Do you need any text photocopied onto coloured paper if you have dyslexia?)
Is English your first language as this will help us decide on the text explored on the course? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++