Are you the next Saoirse Ronan?

Aged 14 – 19 and destined for the big screen? Why not take part in our Acting for Film & TV  course for teenagers starting next Friday 4th May? It will give you the tools to start pursuing your dreams…………

At only €65 for 4 weeks – It is an absolute bargain!

Young Gaiety Acting for Film & TV

The Young Gaiety Film and TV 4 week course will introduce you to the difference between theatre acting and camera acting. You will learn everything you need to know about acting in front of the camera which will include comedy and dramatic scripts as well as improvising. Learn what a reaction shot is and how important they are. Probably the most important element is the 4 weeks will be jam packed and a lot of fun!!

Participants of Young Gaiety Acting for Film & TV can expect to learn:

• Understanding how to change your performance from stage to camera
• Shots: what they are, the different sizes, and how to adjust the performance according to the size of the shot
• Being confident and natural on camera
• Learning short scene scripts and making the words your own
• Improvisation skills

Days: Fridays
Cost: €65
Age: 14-19
Location: Temple Bar, Gaiety School of Acting

Friday 4th May 2011 -  Friday 25th May 2011 5.00pm – 6.30pm

Call us on 01 6799277 to secure a space or book online: https://www.feepay.ie/feepay1.aspx?id=178,Temple%20Bar

 

Introduction to Dramatic Writing with Michelle Read, from 18 April

The Gaiety School of Acting is delighted to have Michelle Read teach this wonderful and innovative Dramatic Writing Course.  Michelle is an award-winning playwright and theatre-maker. She has written mainly for stage and radio, but also for RTE TV’s continuing drama series Fair City (2004 – 2008). Her awards include the Hugh Leonard Bursary and the Eamon Keane Full-Length Play Award for Snakelight (2009), the Stewart Parker/BBC Northern Ireland Drama Award for The Other Side (2003), an Ondas Award for international radio for A Day In The Life of Kitty Sway (2000), and an Edinburgh Fringe First for Romantic Friction (1998).

Introduction to Dramatic Writing is suitable for those new to dramatic writing. It is a practical ten-week course that explores contemporary playwriting both on the page and in performance.  It provides the new writer with an introduction to character, story creation and dialogue writing. Participants are led through a series of practical writing exercises, discussions and examples in order to create and develop their own dramatic idea. The course also includes a theatre trip, in order to explore the transition of a play from the “map” of the script, to a live work in performance.

For more information on the course please visit our website: http://www.gaietyschool.com/courses/part_time/short_course_adult/388/#details or call reception on 016799277 for more information.

Michelle is currently Playwright in Residence at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght, where she is collaborating with primary school children on a series of short plays with, and for children, as well as writing a new full-length, play for adults. Most recently her tiny play The Nation’s Assets was part of Fishamble Theatre Company’s Tiny Plays For Ireland (Project, March 2012).

Michelle’s association with the Gaiety School of Acting began in 2001 when she wrote the first of two graduation shows (Lower Than The Heart, 2001 and latterly Toxic, 2011). She has facilitated the dramatic writing courses since 2008.

The Alexander Technique Masterclass with Aisling Morgan

The Gaiety School of Acting is delighted to announce the Alexander Technique Masterclass with Aisling Morgan which will take place on Saturday, 12th May from 10am to 5pm.

The Alexander Technique was developed over one hundred years ago by Frederick Matthias Alexander, an Australian actor who was suffering from loss of his voice during performance. Through his technique he overcame this problem and experienced a dramatic improvement in health. The Alexander Technique is now taught all over the world and is especially highly regarded in drama and music circles. Students of the technique relearn a more co-ordinated use of the body. Common difficulties for actors and musicians include performance related anxiety and physical tension/pain.  This workshop will explore how the Alexander Technique can help students with such difficulties and improve the quality of their experience as a performing actor.

Participants of the Alexander Technique workshop can expect to:

• Learn how to release unnecessary tension/strain that has become habitual
• Understand the causes of poor posture and physical tension/pai n
• Learn how to move more efficiently and effectively
• Investigate ways of working with performance anxiety to improve the quality of experience as a   performing actor
• Explore how an increase in body awareness opens up more possibilities in terms of expression and also improves stage presence
• Learn how to carry out a simple lying down exercise known as constructive rest
• Understand the health benefits of this exercise and its relevance to performance

Date: Saturday, 12th May 2012
Time: 10am – 5pm
Cost: €100

To book your place, call 01 6799277 NOW!

UNIQUE MASTERCLASSES TAKING PLACE NEXT WEEKEND

Put the edge into your acting! We have three unique masterclasses scheduled for next weekend aimed to improve your skills and enhance your cv! Check them out below:

Directing Workshop Sat 25th February

Stage Combat Workshop Sun 26th February

Voice-Over Workshop Sun 26th February

Spaces are still available so call us on 01 6799277 to reserve a place.

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Serious about Acting? The Gaiety School of Acting has over 25 years in Actor training. Why not audition for our Two-Year Full Time Intensive Training programme and follow the footsteps of our many successful alumni. Auditions are currently taking place. Call us on 01 6799277 or check out our website http://www.gaietyschool.com/courses/full_time/ for more information.

We are now taking bookings for Easter and Term 3 in April!

We are now taking bookings for our Easter Courses and Term 3 starting in April! To ensure you don’t miss out please contact our office on 01 6799277 to reserve your space today. Courses available for all ages groups.

Over Easter, we will be running week long courses from Monday 2nd – Thursday 5th April. Make sure to book in advance to secure your space at our Easter workshops. See more information below.
For our young students:
Make A Movie (Temple Bar for 7-18 years)
Make A Movie (Cork for 11-18 years)
For our adults:
Musical Theatre (Temple Bar)
Audition to Tape (Temple Bar)
For more information click on the course name.
To book online click here.

Discounts available if you follow us on facebook and book through our online shop here.

CASTING & AUDITION MASTERCLASS with Maureen Hughes and Gillian Reynolds

We are delighted to have two of Ireland’s leading casting agents, Maureen Hughes and Gillian Reynolds join us on Saturday 18 February to deliver this important workshop, giving you the tips needed to help land that role!

Maureen has recently worked as the casting agent for TV series ‘Raw’ and ‘Love/Hate’ as well as the Oscar winning film ‘Once’. Gillian is responsible for the casting of some major blockbusters such as ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Michael Collins’, ‘Becoming Jane’ and more recently ‘Cowboys and Aliens’ starring Daniel Craig.

In this unique intensive one-day workshop they will explain and demonstrate how you can significantly increase your chances of making a lasting impression.

Participants of the Casting & Audition Masterclass can expect to learn:

• make-up / dress code for castings
• immediate impressions – looking confident
• how to introduce yourself to camera and
• the director
• practical advice for ident and auditioning to camera
• script preparation
• basic improvisation skills
• how to stay in character in the audition process
• how to take direction
• photos and CV’s
• how to approach agents
• how to get an audition
• how to prepare for an audition
• what NOT to say in an audition
• demonstrations of a good and bad audition
• opportunity to take part in a mock audition
• the showreel

The cost of this one day masterclass is €100.

Please call 01 6799277 for more information or book online at https://www.feepay.ie/feepay1.aspx?id=178%2cTemple+Bar

STAGE COMBAT MASTERCLASS – One day workshop rescheduled

Our Stage Combat Masterclass has been rescheduled to Sunday 26 February and will now take place over the course of one day rather than two. The cost of this new class is €100 so we expect spaces to fill up fast so ensure you book soon. Please call 01 6799277 for more information.

This is an intensive weekend learning the challenging craft of stage combat. This course will cover important safety skills for use in stage and screen combat. The emphasis is on the theatrical presentation of techniques. This is a practical course, with students first observing and then participating in the techniques and exercises, while being closely watched by a qualified instructor.

Participants of the Stage Combat Masterclass can expect to:

• learn the basic skills of unarmed combat
• learn the basic skill of rapier and dagger combat
• understand the mechanics of a fight scene
• learn important safety factors necessary for fight scenes
• learn how to build dramatic tension with use of fight scenes

TEMPLE BAR

VENUE Gaiety School of Acting

TIMES 10am – 5pm

DATES Sunday 26 February 2102

COST €100

The Active Drama – Pretenders!

The Active Drama group are currently working on a devised piece entitled “The Pretenders”.  The piece is centred around an amateur dramatic society, who are invited to dinner one evening by their chair lady, a dinner which ends in complete madness and mayhem.

The piece evolved from an improvisation involving a table and chairs. The only instructions given were that each person once they came into play were not allowed to leave the improv until the end and that at some point each person must sit in all the chairs.  The improvisation began and thus the amateur dramatic society was born.

We then began character work creating these people involved,  giving them a history.  Each rehearsal (the group meet one Sunday of every month)  the characters grew as did their relationships within the piece.
The cast have written monologues for each of their characters, to give depth and insight into each one which have been woven into the story.

The Active Drama showcase will take place on Sunday 20th November at 5.45pm, all are welcome to come and watch and celebrate with us our very first showcase!

Clare Maguire – Active Drama Tutor

Introduction to Drama – Week 2

Week 2-

Week 2 and time to move on from our humble origins. This week focused mainly on building on our work with other people, how to react to their offers of a scene, placement on the stage, listening and working as a couple and a group!

Lessons were learned about blocking, friendly feet, use of the stage, blocking other actors, using offers in a positive way in an improvised scene, and story telling through posed pictures.

10 couples were given pairs of things, such as knives and forks, and told to improvise them. Larger groups of 4 were then chosen, and finally 2 groups of 10, an object was given, and one by one the groups completed the object!

Fairytales were chosen among 4 groups of 5, and acted out in three silent, non moving scenes- essentially a picture from a book. This taught us the importance of narrative storytelling in purely a visual way. Scenes were acted out in front of our classmate audience, discussed as a group and with our teacher and improved in some cases.

It was a big progression in terms of our introductory class, and produced some memorable performances and movement. Bit by bit, we are beginning to grow!

Paul Clune – Term 1 2011/2012

Behind the scenes – Introduction to Drama

Each week we’ll be getting an inside point of view to our popular Introduction to Drama – Here’s Week 1. Enjoy!

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On Tuesday evening, 20 brave souls ventured into Introduction to Drama and the unknown! Our boundlessly enthuasiastic and  welcoming teacher Gene was quick to put any nervous souls at ease, and the group quickly dispensed with our fears and inhibitions!

The ice was well and truly broken in a fun way, (if you want to know exactly you gotta do the course), and names quickly learned! The fun approach belied a useful way Gene had of getting us used to direction and unbeknownst to us by the end of the class improvisation! Confidence building by stealth!

Speaking for myself, and quietly confident for the group too, the first class was highly enjoyable and over far too soon! The new school building is a wonderful place to learn and have fun. Roll on week 2! Altogether now, ‘I like the flowers, I like the daffodils………’

Paul Clune – Introduction to Drama – Term 1 – 2011/2012