Category Archives: Expressive Arts
Rapture Theatre Company Education Project
Rapture Theatre Company, in association with Mull Theatre, will be touring their spring season production of the Scottish comedy Uncle Varick to theatre venues across Scotland from April – June, 2014.
Uncle Varick, written by artist and writer John Byrne (author of Tutti Frutti and The Slab Boys), is a raucously funny adaptation of Chekov’s classic play Uncle Vanya, relocated to 1960’s rural Scotland.
Set against a sensational sixties soundtrack, arranged and performed by Dave “Wildcat” Anderson, the production stars
Scottish theatre legend Jimmy Chisholm (Para Handy and High Road) and is directed by Michael Emans.
Education Programme
Rapture Theatre Company are currently developing their education programme to ensure a relevant and sustainable approach to learning through creative participation.
As part of this programme, a pilot project involving the up-coming production of Uncle Varick is in progress. The intention for this project is to offer a CPD opportunity for up to six teachers from several Local Authorities to work in partnership with the company, resulting in a learning template which compliments the production and will be made available for use within schools across Scotland. The project will focus on the subject of “Adaptation” exploring it from the different perspective of the creative processes involved in writing and producing a successful adaptation. It is also our hope to introduce a series of mentoring and training placements for schools as well as develop our learning programme through the offer of Masterclasses and Participation & Engagement schemes (FREE TRANSPORT – funding dependent).
For more information on this project, group booking details and tour dates, please contact our Project & Education Coordinator by email at: christina-rapturetheatre@outlook.com
MARCH CPD TRAINING DAYS FOR TEACHERS
It’s not long now until we deliver our CPD training days for nursery and primary teachers, beginning 5 March.
If you have considered using dance in the classroom but don’t know where to begin then these sessions could be ideal for you.
It’s not about turning you in to a dancer, or about how much dance experience you have. In fact, it’s all about your pupils and how these CPD sessions can give you ideas you can adapt to the needs of your own classroom.
If you are just starting out we’d recommend taking part in the Basic Components of Dance just to give you a better understanding of the basics. Then you can move on to Dance & Science, Dance in Numeracy, Dance & Stories or all three. It’s entirely up to you. Discounts are available for multiple bookings.
Give us a call on 0141 552 7712 to make an enquiry/book any of these sessions, or you can email victoria@ydance.org
Details of all our CPD are listed on our website www.ydance.org
NURSERY & LOWER PRIMARY
Basic Components of Dance
5 March 2014 (9.30am to 12.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40
Dance & Stories
5 March 2014 (1.30pm to 4.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40
UPPER PRIMARY
Basic Components of Dance
12 March (9.30am to 12.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40
Dance & Science (Making Science Physical)
12 March (1.30pm to 4.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40
Basic Components of Dance
19 March (9.30am to 12.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40
Dance & Numeracy (Let Numbers Dance off the Page)
19 March (1.30pm to 4.30pm)
@ a venue in Glasgow tbc – £40
Primary curriculum conversation day – Friday 7 March
Education Scotland is holding a conversation day focused on the primary curriculum on Friday 7 March in Duloch Primary School, Dunfermline. This event is aimed at school leaders. We are keen to take stock of how the curriculum is developing in primary schools and hear school leaders’ views and experiences.
The purpose of the day is to:
• consider how the curriculum is developing in the primary sector, particularly in relation to the raised expectations; and
• identify areas that require further support and what that support needs to look like.
There will be opportunities to hear from a variety of colleagues as to how they are taking forward curriculum development at a strategic level in their schools as well as time for discussion.
If you would be interested in attending please contact margaret.mcguinness@educationscotland.gov.uk. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please note travel expenses are not paid for conversation days.
The Alhambra Theatre – Horrible Histories
If you think history is all boring lists of dates of battles & dreary kings & queens then you obviously haven’t discovered Terry Deary’s hugely popular Horrible History books which tell you all about the yucky, disgusting & funny bits of history that teachers don’t tell you! Now history is about to become even more fun with the arrival on stage of two of these Horrible History books. Some of the best bits from ‘Terrible Tudors’ & ‘Awful Egyptians’ have been turned into plays to bring historical figures to life in front of your very eyes
Date : 14th & 15th February
Shows : Terrible Tudors at 11.30am and Awful Egyptians at 3.00pm
Tickets : Adults £14.00, U16 £12.00, Family Ticket £48.00 + booking fee*
Available from – www.ticketmaster.co.uk; tel 08444 99 99 90
Theatre Box Office, opening hours 9am to 4pm, tel : 01383 740384
*A booking fee of £2.00 will be applied to all tickets purchased from the Alhambra Theatre Box Office. Booking fee on tickets purchased through other agencies may vary.
Music Education Matters – Book your ticket now!
Enterprise Music Scotland’s exciting new conference Music Education Matters will take place on Friday 30th May 2014 at The Arches in Glasgow. Book your place before 31st March to receive our Earlybird Rate of £30!
We will be launching our full programme in February but in the meantime here is a sneak peek at some of the speakers we have confirmed…
Paul Harris, ABRSM
Pete Sparkes, Artistic Director, Drake Music Scotland
Dr Oliver Searle, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Andrew Dickie, Head of Expressive Arts Faculty, Paisley Grammar School
Carol Main and Daniella Keenan, Live Music Now Scotland
Tobias Hug, freelance beatboxer
Tickets are available from
Full price £40 (£25 concessions for unemployed, full-time students, EMS promoters and members of Live Music Now!)
Early Bird price £30 (£25 concessions) for all places booked before 31st March 2014
YMTS (Youth Music Theatre Scotland) Fife Projects
YMTS (Youth Music Theatre Scotland) are now based here in Fife and work with Fife Cultural Trust delivering music theatre for young people through the ON creative programme throughout Fife. We have weekly classes leading to Trinity Guildhall exams and holiday production projects in every school break – the most expensive in 2013 was £180 for a 3 week production project of Phantom of the Opera(Scottish Youth Premier) last summer. We are completely open access with no audition to join – we cast from within the course participants. Our practitioner base is drawn from local, national and international teaching artists.
We will have a full ON Fest summer programme for 2014 available from mid February, and our opportunities for young people in Fife to take part in the Fringe soon after. Applications open now for our Easter ‘HONK!’ and ‘Into the Woods’ projects at Adam Smith Theatre.
EXTRA WEEK FOR SUBMITTING – My Place Photography Competition
*NEW* Deadline Friday 7 February 2014 *NEW*
Due to our new website launch we have extended the deadline for submitting images by one week. Sign up now to take part in a national competition that encourages your pupils to get out doors, get involved in the subjects of architecture, placemaking, civic pride and photography.
· Every image submitted will be displayed on our online gallery and exhibited in our exhibition at The Lighthouse, Glasgow, from March to May 2014.
· Winning entries are published in the International Photographic Experience catalogue, shared across Europe.
· Winners will receive a camera for themselves and one for their school.
The Scottish Civic Trust’s My Place Photography Competition is a Scotland-wide heritage photographic project for schools.
It encourages children to look at their built heritage in the places they live, and through the medium of photography, develop an understanding of the things around them.
To take part:
Register as a member – sign up FREE HERE
Submit your students images – click HERE for guidance
For more information on the competition background click HERE
Early Years Teacher Training: Thu 6 Feb, 10am – 12noon, Perth Concert Hall
A training session led by RSNO Violinist Lorna Rough giving practical ideas for music making activities with children working at the early level of curriculum for excellence (age 3 – 6yrs).
Space is limited as the training is tailored to suit the needs of the individual participants.
Suitable for all, whether you have some music experience or none.
Cost £20.
This includes an information pack with practical ideas for early years music activites and a ticket to the RSNO concert in Perth Concert Hall that evening (Music Director Peter Oundjian conducts Wagner’s Tannhauser, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 and Walton’s Symphony No. 1).
Feedback from previous participants:
“Perfect for someone who is ‘scared’ of music” Nursery teacher, Dundee
“Great hands-on experience and really useful. I’ve already used some of the activities with my children!” Nursery teacher, Angus
To book, please email engage@rsno.org.uk or call Andra on 0141 225 3574
Could you also spare 10 minutes to complete our survey? Your responses will contribute towards our future plans for schools in the academic year 2014-15 and will help us create more training and participating opportunities for students and teachers in your area.
Please access link below.
ON at Fife Theatres – Spring 2014 – Secondary Schools
Below are all the performances available at theatres across Fife ( Adam Smith Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Lochgelly Centre and Rothes Halls), suitable for secondary aged pupils.
ON at Adam Smith Theatre
- National Theatre Live Broadcast – Coriolanus
- Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is brought to the stage at Adam Smith Theatre by Icarus Theatre Collective bringing one of the earliest challenges to modern patriarchy, a brazen precursor to feminism and gender equality.
- The World Premiere of Dare To Care is a co-production between Stellar Quines and Fife Cultural Trust and highlights the difficulties faced by women facing a spell behind bars. Suitable for age 14+.Special School price £5. Dare to Care also at Lochgelly Centre.
- Also suitable for age 14+, Borderline Theatre Company in Association with the Palace Theatre Kilmarnock presents – A Slow Air, a play written and directed by the Olivier Award winning writer, David Harrower. Special Schools price £5
- The Unremarkable Death of Marlyn Monroe is a one-woman show which shows Monroe as you’ve never seen her before. Suitable for age 14+ with a special schools price of £5.
- National theatre Live Broadcast – King Lear
ON at Carnegie Hall
- Tortoise in a Nutshell in Co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre present Feral. An innovative piece of visual theatre that combines puppetry, film and live sound. Suitable for Age 13+. Special schools price £5. Free workshops are also available in conjuncture with the production.
- Adapted by Ian Wilkinson from the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped is brought to Carnegie Hall by Sell A Door Theatre Company. This is an imaginative re-telling of the classic story and is perfect for young and old audiences alike. Suitable of age 6+. Special schools price £7. Workshops will be available – details to be confirmed.
- The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is a coming of age tale about friendship, bullying and overcoming adversity brought to Carnegie Hall by Catherine Wheels. Suitable for Age 9+
- Visible Fictions present Robin Hood, a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood. Suitable for Age 7+
ON at Rothes Halls
- Suitable for ages 11-18 yrs, Charioteer Theatre present To Be Or….Note! Through performances and interactive workshops students will learn how to overcome indecision, map out their identities and deal with the difficulties of ‘growing up’.
ON at Lochgelly Centre
- Suitable for ages 11-18 yrs, Charioteer Theatre present Treasure Island. Through performances and interactive workshops students will learn how to overcome indecision, map out their identities and deal with the difficulties of ‘growing up’.
