Drama workshops - Focus on famous Australian play -Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
A series of 4 fortnightly workshops. Looking at the elements of a great play, including script, acting, design & directing
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A series of 4 fortnightly workshops, designed around a single script. For this series it is "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll".
Looking at the elements of a great play, including script, acting, design and direction, so you can put the jigsaw together.
Beginning next Tuesday 29th July,at 7pm, Kerry Turpie will lead our Term Three sessions, beginning with play reading of selected scenes in Session 1
Session 2- Acting Response - Tuesday 12th August 7-9pm. Focus: Embodying Character & Scene Work
Overview: Using scenes from the script, participants will explore Voice, movement, and intention through character-based activities
Session 3 -Technical Design -Tuesday 26th August 7-9pm. Focus: Visualising the World of the Play. Overview: Participants will examine how production elements bring the world of the play to life. Analyse the significance of the Carlton terrace house setting. Explore mood, time of day, and seasonal symbolism through lighting. Create basic set sketches and lighting design concepts. Consider how design supports themes (e.g. fading tradition, emotional confinement)
Session 4 -Directing the Doll- A Director’s Approach - Tuesday 9th Sept, 7-9pm. Focus: Directorial Vision & Staging Choices. Overview: This workshop draws the elements together from previous sessions to explore how a director interprets and stages a production. Activities include:Choosing a directorial vision or concept (naturalism, heightened realism, etc.) Blocking and spatial dynamics for key scenes. Working with actors, designers, and stagecraft collaboratively. Managing rhythm, tension, and pace across acts