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CHANCE
FOR TEACHERS TO GET FRANTIC
AT SUNDERLAND EMPIRE
Frantic
Assembly Teacher Training Workshops
Sunderland Empire
Monday 21 September 2015
Sunderland Empire’s
Creative Learning team recently secured funding from Arts Council England for Get Curious! The project of autism friendly
learning in Sunderland linked to and complemented the arrival of the National Theatres
production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in August.
The Get Curious! project has now delivered a very
successful programme of Autism Friendly learning this summer with arts venues
and partners across Sunderland. The overall aim of the summer programme was to
kick start further longer term engagement in theatre and the arts and the
project now moves onto the next stage to support learning and development. Creative
professionals and teachers will be given the opportunity to develop specialist
knowledge inspired by the production of The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which will be offered on
the English GCSE National Curriculum from this September.
Frantic
Assembly Teacher Training Workshops will take place on Monday 21 September 2015 (4pm-6pm) at Sunderland Empire with
limited places at a cost of £30 per Teacher.
The workshop will be delivered by the renowned Frantic Assembly, a physical
theatre company with a world-wide reputation. The company devised the spectacular
physical theatre within the production and will share some of their tricks and
insights within the training session.
The National Theatre’s acclaimed Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time, a Tony Award winning play which visited Sunderland this summer, centres around the story of
Christopher Boone, a young person who experiences the world differently. The
audience are invited into his world by creative elements of the play such as
the sophisticated lighting and sound, as well as the imaginative and clever use
of movement which helps tell the story, devised by Frantic Assembly.
Hollie Coxon, Creative Learning Manager, Sunderland Empire said: “We’re thrilled that Frantic Assembly are joining us to deliver
such an incredible workshop. Frantic Assembly are a company I felt inspired by
when training, and to be able bring such a high profile and exciting company to
share their insights as part of the Get Curious! Project is a great
opportunity.”
Frantic Assembly’s unique approach to creating
physical material involves a highly energetic and creative session which is
suitable for teachers and practitioners working with young people, who have an
interest in exploring physical theatre techniques.
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| Steve Kirkham - Frantic Asembly |
Inga Hirst, Frantic Assembly’s Learn and Train
Manager said: “We are really excited to be visiting Sunderland for the first time
to work with local teachers and practitioners and hope our workshop gives them
all of the tools they need to create and teach their own material.”
The workshop will be
delivered by Steve Kirkham who has worked with Frantic Assembly for 18 years,
he was most recently as Associate Movement Director on the Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-Time on the West End. Through the workshop, participants
will experience the processes used to create Frantic Assembly’s award-winning
shows and find out how to develop key skills crucial to the performer/director.
There will be the opportunity to learn new and exciting
approaches to devising work, alongside finding ways of creating choreography
for groups of all abilities.
Frantic
Assembly - teacher training workshop video: https://youtu.be/PvgoF6mU49A
Places on the workshop are limited, to discuss
further or to book a place contact Sunderland Empire’s Creative Learning on 0191 5661056 or sunderlandeducation@theambassadors.com
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