Kids Theatre Making & Performance

Young people will create their own theatre work as a group. They will learn how to improvise in various forms (acting, movement, clowning, song, mime, character). Working as individuals and as a group, in order to generate theatre material they feel excited and passionate about.

They will learn how to structure and script a narrative to create a group-devised piece which will surprise and disarm an audience. They will extend their performance skills (acting, movement and song) to a standard ready to perform to a large audience. The group will work collaboratively with the Song Creating group in the next room, to incorporate a band and song into their show.

The two groups will join together during the course for games. Participants should expect to play a lot of games, to learn how to communicate and collaborate on their creative ideas, to be challenged and increase their performance skills, to laugh, to debate, and to learn the essential principles of creating engaging theatre.