Category Archives: Drama

Art and Design, Drama, Early Learning, Primary, THIS IS A TEST

Uprooted – a new outdoor theatre production for children and families

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Uprooted is a unique theatre production for children and families, fusing live performance, music and living plants with innovative stage design, touring in August 2015.

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Join us outdoors amongst a curious world of plants for an enchanting tale of kinship and home, told through music, movement, and multi-sensory storytelling. A waft of mint, a crunch of peas, a sprinkle of fresh herbs in a cup of tea…rediscover the joy of our natural world, and have a nibble on the home-grown set!

Uprooted features Scotland’s first Living Stage; a recyclable, biodegradable, edible set created from locally found, reclaimed materials. Part theatre show, part garden and part art installation, audiences will get the chance to interact by nibbling on plants, smelling herbs, and sampling drinks.

Uprooted Tour Dates: August 2015

Merchant City Festival, Greyfriars Garden, Shuttle Street, Glasgow, G1 1QA, Saturday 1st August, 12noon & 3pm
Tickets: Free, donations welcomed. Limited capacity.

Water Works, Glasgow Road, Barrhead, G78 1DT, Wednesday 5th August, 11am & 2pm
Tickets: Free event

Kilmardinny House, Kilmardinny Avenue, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 3NN, Friday 7th August, 11am & 2pm
Tickets: £3.00. Bookings: 0141 777 3143 edlct.bookings@eastdunbarton.gov.uk

The Children’s Wood, North Kelvin Meadow, located in between Clouston Street and Kelbourne Street, Glasgow’s West End, Sunday 23rd August, 1pm
Tickets: Free, to book email: childrenswood@hotmail.com

Primary Schools Tour 17th – 27th August. Various schools across Glasgow.

For bookings please contact emily@ecodrama.co.uk

Drama, Languages and Literacy, Primary, Research and Strategy, Secondary

Modern Language Learning Events at Edinburgh International Film Festival

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Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place 17-28 June, with over 150 feature films from 36 countries. With such an international outlook the Festival has much to interest teachers of Modern Languages and offers two special events:

 

European Children’s Film Catalogue – Presentation and Screening  for Teachers 

Thursday 18 June, Cineworld Fountain Park, 3.45pm-5.45pm plus reception / Free

 

A number of European partners, including Creative Scotland have created a catalogue of European films for children, with accompanying educational materials, which will be accessible across the whole of Europe. This initiative heralds the development of a new educational distribution system (Wrap! Distribution), designed to improve the reach to young audiences. Seven films, in a variety of languages, have been procured (through Creative Scotland and Scottish Film Education) for this first year of the catalogue. These films will form the basis of a series of schools screenings, with accompanying education resources being made available to all schools.

 

At this event for teachers, film educators and literacy practitioners there will be a short presentation on the film catalogue, including clips, followed by a screening of German comedy Max Minsky and Me. Followed by reception.

 

Scott Donaldson of Creative Scotland will also present an introduction to the Film Education Framework for Europe, which has been developed by film educators from 20 European countries.

 

Modern Languages Screening – Spanish

Tuesday 23 June 10am, Cineworld Fountain Park / £3 per pupil, teachers free

Uk premiere of Mexican feature film A Separate Wind, about a brother and sister forced to travel across country. Suitable for pupils from S4-S6.

 

To book for any of these events, or for further information please contact Jenny Leask or Amy MacKinnon at education@cmi-scotland.co.uk or on 0131 228 6382. For more information about the films go to http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/learning/events-for-schools

Colleges, Developing the Young Workforce, Drama, Secondary, THIS IS A TEST

Tron Participation – the Ambassadors Scheme for 15-17 year olds

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Aim:     To provide opportunities to participate in art activities regardless of age, ability or background.

 

Why:    To encourage the behaviour of theatre-going as both audience and artist because we believe participating in cultural activity enriches your life.

 

How:    Participating in our program can lead to developing new skills, meeting new people and embarking on a life-long relationship with the Tron.

 

 

Ambassadors Scheme

 

Tron Ambassadors scheme gives pupils the chance to be behind the scenes of a working theatre. It enables young people to make a deeper connection with the Tron and gain a better understanding

of the industry.

 

As well as providing participants with opportunities to take part in; workshops, task, interviewing and observing industry professionals, we also want our Ambassadors to understand the transferable skills they are learning which can be applied to any career path they choose to take when leaving school.

Download the PDF here:
Tron Ambassadors Info 2015-2016

Previous Ambassadors have worked on social media calls; tweet meets and wrote reviews, press releases and direct mails. They toured the building, met Tron Staff and organised front of house activities for one of our Youth Theatre show. Ambassadors have said it has been an enjoyable and educational experience they would recommend to others.

 

Tron Participation are looking for pupils who –

 

  • Have an interest in theatre
  • Use social media such as twitter, Instagram, tumblr, wordpress as a way of conveying their thoughts and opinions with an audience
  • Are comfortable talking to groups of people
  • Are willing to promote the work of the Tron with family, friends and peers
  • Are up for a challenge and happy to learn new skills and work as a team
  • Are interested in developing employability skills
  • Looking to expand their C.V to aid with college/university/job applications

 

Tron Ambassadors will –

 

  • Meet 1-2 times per month at the Tron Theatre (after school weekday meetings)
  • Take part in tasks and challenges out with allocated Ambassador meetings
  • Keep in contact via email with Tron Drama Officer on related tasks and challenges
  • Take part in a variety of theatre workshops/master classes
  • Attend Tron Shows
  • Host Tweet Meets within the Tron Theatre linked to Tron productions
  • Promote the Tron to friends and family
  • Blog, tweet and post about the Ambassadors scheme, Tron shows and events
  • Work as a team on a project linked to Tron Skillshops/Youth Theatre show

 

If you are 15-17 years old and interested in becoming an Ambassador, email Drama Officer Deborah McArthur  (deborah.mcarthur@tron.co.uk) with your name, age, school and no more than 500 words about why you wish to be part of the scheme, what skills you possess for the role and what you hope to achieve from being a Tron Ambassador, by Friday 19th June.

 

Ambassadors who progress past the first stage of application will be invited to a recruitment workshop on Wednesday 24th June at the Tron Theatre where 4-6 Ambassadors will be chosen for the 2015/16 academic year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deborah McArthur

Drama Officer

Tron Theatre | 63 Trongate | Glasgow | G1 5HB

Direct Line            0141 559 5310

Box Office              0141 552 4267

Bar + Kitchen        0141 552 8587

Online                    www.tron.co.uk

 

DOWNLOAD OUR NEW SEASON BROCHURE HERE

Drama, Primary, Sciences, Technologies

The Astro Science Challenge – a free space science adventure for 7-11 year olds

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An epic adventure for primary school children about the science of going into space, running in conjunction with Tim Peake aka Britain’s Next Astronaut going into space aboard the International Space Station.

Click here to find out more and register your school’s interest in being involved in this free, high profile project: http://www.astrosciencechallenge.com/find-out-more/

The adventure will consist of six ‘episodes’, each with a new science-based challenge for the students to complete. All participants who successfully complete each challenge in the adventure are rewarded with an online digital badge endorsed by one of our partners.

Each episode will be created in partnership with some of the UK’s most brilliant space science organisations, including the UK Space Agency, The Met Office, The Science Museum, The Royal Observatory, Young Rewired State and NASA Mission X.

It will run over the second half of the autumn term, October-December 2015.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Thanks to funding from Arts Council England, Garfield Weston, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Foyle Foundation The Astro Science Challenge is free for primary schools and children aged 7-11 throughout the UK.

Drama, Secondary

Inspire your whole school with Shakespeare Schools Festival in Scotland!

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Shakespeare Schools Festival is the UK’s largest youth drama festival, we work with over 1000 schools and 140 theatres across the country, and we hope you will join us this Autumn to make the 2015 Festival the biggest and best yet!

What is Shakespeare Schools Festival?

SSF is a charity that gives primary, secondary and special schools across the UK the opportunity to perform a 30 minute abridged Shakespeare play on a local, professional stage, alongside other local schools. We provide the training, resources and structure that enables you to direct a cast of up to 30 students to perform your chosen play in a non-competitive, celebratory night of Shakespeare in the Autumn term. For more detailed information please visit www.ssf.uk.com/howitworks.

Here is the full information leaflet: Info for Scottish schools – updated

This year in Scotland we will host the Festival at the following theatres, the Platform Theatre in Glasgow, The Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh, Eden Court in Inverness, The Lochgelly Centre in Fife, Falkirk Town Hall and ACT Aberdeen. The performances will be in November, with additional training dates earlier in the year.

Spaces are limited, so do contact us via the details below as soon as you can if you are interested in hearing more!

Jenny Rush-Cooper

jenny.rushcooper@ssf.uk.com

020 7601 1933

 

Community Learning and Development, Dance, Drama, Early Learning, Music, Primary, Secondary, THIS IS A TEST

Imaginate Festival & Delegate regestration is now open!

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Why register?

This year, you must register as a delegate in order to book your tickets from our Festival and delegate events programme and to be included in the delegate manual. For more information and to download the full festival and delegate events programme, click here.   Registration gives you:

  • Priority booking opportunities across the whole Festival programme.
  • Access to all the free delegate-only event.
  • The Imaginate Festival delegate manual.

All performances, events (and transport) are ticketed and subject to availability. Early booking is recommended, so register now in preparation for on sale day. Tickets are available to registered delegates from Monday 9 March at 12 noon. Best wishes The Imaginate team

Schools/Groups booking is open now.

The school performance programme is made available to schools for booking in advance of the public programme on sale date and also offers FREE performances of award-winning theatre from the UK for schools that do not have the resources to independently support visits to the Festival.

Here is the full link to the full information pages: http://www.imaginate.org.uk/festival/?utm_source=Imaginate+mailing+list&utm_campaign=0f2c1cc900-Imaginate_Festival_Delegate_events&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_16095e5529-0f2c1cc900-435383277

 

Drama, Primary, Social Studies

Jacobites – free workshops for P5-P7

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Jacobites: Ghosts from the past with Alex Nye

Free workshops for P5-P7 at National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Wednesday 25 February; Tuesday 24 March; Thursday 26 March or Thursday 30 April, 10.30 am -12, or 1-2.30 pm

Friday 8 May, 10 am – 11.30 am

 

Join author Alex Nye as she explores the Jacobite ghosts of the past, using her award-winning novel CHILL as inspiration. Explore and investigate the Jacobite Rising of 1715; and create your own historical fragments and eye-witness accounts of the Battle of Sheriffmuir in this interactive and inspirational workshop. For more information, or to book a place, please contact Beverley Casebow at b.casebow@nls.uk or 0131 623 3745. Workshops will be offered on first come, first served basis. Maximum of one class per workshop.