Acting: advanced: Shakespeare

Course

In London

£ 139 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Using physical exploration and play, this course is designed to broaden and develop your skills, while providing an opportunity to develop character and scene work to performance standard.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

• Analyse a scene or speech for clues to performance
• Break down a scene or speech into beats
• Demonstrate character physically with confidence
• Work as part of an ensemble
• Perform scenes and speeches with confidence.

Comfortable clothing should be worn. You will be provided with photocopies of scenes/speeches. You may need to secure wider texts for further reading of the scene in context of the play.

In pairs, groups and individually.

As part of the course content, your tutor may record your image for initial and ongoing assessment purposes. You are entitled to decline to participate in the recording of your image.

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Subjects

  • Acting
  • Shakespeare
  • Play

Course programme


• Verse and prose form
• Text and scene analysis for clues to performance
• A range of exercises that will explore and unlock the text
• How to break down a scene using beats and actions
• Scene Rehearsal – speeches, sonnets and scenes
• Performance in class and the possibility of performing in our festival week.

Please note that acting classes by their very nature can involve exercises and the exploration of material that some students may find challenging.

Additional information

Any professional development skills courses. Acting: advanced. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

Acting: advanced: Shakespeare

£ 139 VAT inc.