Extremely well received motivational teacher training days in Glasgow and Edinburgh led by The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts.
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh – 26th April
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow – 25th April
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Careers in Theatre Day – Front of House and Box Office, 26 February 10.00 am http://bit.ly/156FnDY
In our first session find out how the operational side of the Traverse Theatre works with representatives from our Front of House and Box Office teams. This workshop will explain and explore how we go about creating the best possible experience for our customers/audiences before and after they have been to one of our shows.
Careers in Theatre Day – Technical Theatre, 26 February 12.00 pm http://bit.ly/Yol4vs
During this second event find out more about a day in the life of a theatre technician, with Graham Raith, Head of Electrics at the Festival and King’s Theatres. Including on stage visit to see Scottish Opera’s set of Massenet’s Werther.
Careers in Theatre Day – Acting and Directing, 26 February 2.30 pm http://bit.ly/136AZ9n
Careers in Theatre Day is the Festival Theatre Edinburgh, The Lyceum Theatre and The Traverse Theatre’s unique interactive one day careers event. During this session learn more about acting and directing in a Producing Theatre, whilst meeting some of the people involved in Time and the Conways. A great chance to find out how to make a career as an actor or director.
Scotland’s Still Singing, 27 February, 2.00 pm http://bit.ly/XghwPD
After our very successful events at the end of last year we are delighted to bring to you another opportunity to join in with a national singing lesson. Join Maeve Mackinnon and Innes Watson as they entertain us with Scots and Gaelic songs.
For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx.
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Divided City Event at Citizen’s Theatre – Primary Event, 18 February 2013, 11.00 am http://bit.ly/XY9iZ8
Funded by the Scottish Government, the Citizens Theatre and South Lanarkshire Culture and Leisure are re-mounting the hit musical stage version of Theresa Breslin’s award winning novel, Divided City, with a 40 strong cast of 3rd year pupils from across South Lanarkshire. To help teachers and pupils get inside the world of the book and the production there will be two Glow meets (one Primary and the other Secondary) with the author and the creative team behind the hit musical version of Divided City. This is the Primary event and will include a special opportunity to ask author Theresa Breslin questions about Divided City and find out how the creative team from the new production in Hamilton took the book from page to stage.
Divided City Event at Citizen’s Theatre – Secondary Event, 18 February 2013, 2.00 pm http://bit.ly/WD4NGp
This is the Secondary event which will feature a lively discussion asking whether young people today have experienced sectarianism or prejudice similar to those experienced by the characters in Divided City.
For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule:
https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/GlowTV/tvpages/Schedule.aspx.
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The Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF) is the largest youth drama festival in the UK and offers a non-competitive, supportive and celebratory opportunity for young people to perform Shakespeare in a local professional theatre. On one night, four schools come together to perform four different half-hour plays and, by doing so, widen their horizons and discover for themselves what they are capable of achieving.
It allows teachers to develop drama skills and new ways of teaching through doing, and gives primary, secondary and special schools a novel way to raise their profile within the community.
“They (the students) have seen all staff and pupils become part of one whole happy team, sharing goals, up keeping expectations and working really hard.” Lizzy Rose, Teacher, Robert Gordon’s College Junior School
Registration includes:
-A Teacher CPD day
-A workshop at your local professional venue for the cast in September
-Access to 21 abridged scripts and resources on staging Shakespeare
-A day in a professional theatre with all the technical and directorial support needed to run a technical and dress rehearsal, and to perform in October/November
-Continuous support from your Regional coordinator
SSF is for all teachers in Scotland regardless of their level of experience in directing and for all young people – whether they think Shakespeare is boring or find it difficult to engage in the classroom, or are high achievers and love acting.
“The whole experience was immensely rewarding for everyone: it built confidence with Shakespeare’s text; it made our pupils feel ten feet tall when they performed alongside much, much larger schools. We enjoyed the workshops and the experience of performing. Our marketing team loved the chance to plan and sell a product. We would do it again in a heartbeat.” Mandy Tevendale, Teacher, Mallaig High School, Inverness-shire
Registration costs £750 + VAT. As a charity we raise an additional £900 towards the cost of participation for every school.
SSF is supported by OCR, AQA, Edexcel and Arts Award.
To register or find out how your students can grow through performing Shakespeare on stage alongside three other schools, please call us on 0207 601 1814 or go to our website www.ssf.uk.com
Young people who want a career in the arts and creative industries can now apply to take part in a Modern Apprenticeship programme. The Modern Apprentices will study for vocational qualifications while gaining professional experience working for an arts organisation across Scotland. Apply by Monday 11 February.
29th January at 1.45pm
The Tron Theatre will stage an exciting new show Running on the Cracks , an adaptation by Andy Arnold of the Julia Donaldson book of the same name. This new show will be staged in February 2013 and is a co-production with Pilot Theatre Company, York. Running on the Cracks is a fast moving new play about runaways, identity, survival and how friendships can develop in the strangest situations.
http://bit.ly/runningonthecracks
Join Julia Donaldson, children’s laureate for a Glow Meet live from the Tron for this exciting event. Julia will discuss her inspiration for the book and will answer your questions. Don’t miss this opportunity to speak with one of the UK’s leading children’s author.
The search for the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Poster has begun!
The Fringe Schools Poster Competition is open to all Scottish students aged 5 – 16. We are looking for a unique and eye-catching poster design that represents the variety and vibrancy of the Fringe – the rest is up to you.
Use our learning resources, including lesson plans linked to Curriculum for Excellence experiences and outcomes, to introduce your pupils to the Fringe and inspire them to create winning posters!
The winning design will become the official poster for the 2013 Fringe and there are prizes of up to £750 for the top three artists and their schools. Your pupils could also be in with the chance of seeing their artwork displayed in an exhibition.
To get started, for details of how to enter, and to download the entry pack and learning resources, visit www.edfringe.com/poster.
Up to 23, year-long, paid Modern Apprenticeships with arts organisations aimed at young people aged 16 to 20 will be created in a partnership between Creative Scotland, Young Scot, Creative & Cultural Skills Scotland and Creative Skillset.
Young people taking part in the Modern Apprenticeships will study for vocational qualifications while gaining professional experience working for an arts organisation. Creative Scotland will offer employers up to £8,000 towards the salary of each apprentice, enabling organisations to provide positions.
Throughout the short course teachers will be supported by Shakespeare’s Globe’s educational specialist who has developed dynamic learning approaches to exploring Shakepeare’s plays with boys.
Their approach to supporting teachers will in turn aid secondary pupils to better understand characterization, themes and language.
Shakespeare’s Globe use a variety of techniques to explore and experiment with text; from the actor’s viewpoint and from the director’s, differing interpretations of the same play and interactive tasks to bring the text to life.
A short but specific focus of the day will be on Romeo and Juliet.
This opportunity is available in: Glasgow City
For further information, please contact shortcourses@rcs.ac.uk (Short Courses), or call 0141 270 8213, or visithttp://www.rcs.ac.uk/shortcourses/dramaadults/professionaldevelopment/. The deadline is Friday 22 February 2013 at 17:00.
23 January 2013 2.00 pm http://glo.li/RzCc1t
Join us for this first event for Holocaust Memorial Day – Scotland 2013, where young people from across Scotland interpret HMD 2013 theme Communities Together Build a Bridge through the arts in film, drama, song and more.
