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danieldwilliamThis weekend I am away. That will make my second weekend away in a row. I’ll be away the weekend after too.
I am up to Dundee to take part in a weekend acting workshop co-run by the RSC and the Dundee Rep. This is part of the multi-year RSC outreach programme to amatuer theatre. They have been providing various skills programmes to amatuer groups over the last three years in a programme triggered by the Olympics (does anyone remember when it was a poetry competition) and the 500 anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
I’ve been at both the previous events and found them hugely worthwhile but I’ve been working on the production and design streams. These have helped my thinking about direction but not done anything for my acting. This weekend is all about acting.
The scheme of arrangement is thus. Each group has to nominate one production of a Shakespeare play they are going to do. They director of that goes on the Acting Programme (held last September). Then 10 members of that group (ideally the cast of the play) go on the same Acting Programme (this weekend) whilst the Director goes on an advanced directing programme. The idea is that actors and the director should end up with a common process and language for talking about and rehearsing an piece.
So, I’m spending the weekend in Dundee hanging out with actors.
I am up to Dundee to take part in a weekend acting workshop co-run by the RSC and the Dundee Rep. This is part of the multi-year RSC outreach programme to amatuer theatre. They have been providing various skills programmes to amatuer groups over the last three years in a programme triggered by the Olympics (does anyone remember when it was a poetry competition) and the 500 anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
I’ve been at both the previous events and found them hugely worthwhile but I’ve been working on the production and design streams. These have helped my thinking about direction but not done anything for my acting. This weekend is all about acting.
The scheme of arrangement is thus. Each group has to nominate one production of a Shakespeare play they are going to do. They director of that goes on the Acting Programme (held last September). Then 10 members of that group (ideally the cast of the play) go on the same Acting Programme (this weekend) whilst the Director goes on an advanced directing programme. The idea is that actors and the director should end up with a common process and language for talking about and rehearsing an piece.
So, I’m spending the weekend in Dundee hanging out with actors.
