6 day Shakespeare Masterclass £299

London 24th - 29th October 2016

http://www.nyt.org.uk/courses/masterclass-performing-shakespeare

Are you intimidated by classical text or struggling to find the right Shakespeare audition speech? This course is ideal for those wanting to get to grips with their approach to classical performing.

Lead by top industry professionals, this six day course will help you unlock Shakespeare texts and showcase your new skills to a panel of experts offering you personal feedback and advice.

Ideal for those preparing a classical speech for an audition or performers who would like to gain further understanding in approaching Shakespearian plays.

On the course you can expect to:
•    Rehearse a Shakespeare monologue to a polished performance standard
•    Explore the language, themes and depth of Shakespeare’s plays
•    Rehearse a duologue to performance standard
•    Take part in an evening Q&A with a prominent Shakespearian actor/director
•    Perform monologues and duologues to an invited industry panel and gain feedback on your performance

Thought for the week...

Shakespeare’s Globe to live-stream A Midsummer Night’s Dream for free

Shakespeare’s Globe has teamed up with the BBC for the first ever live stream of a production from the theatre.

The final performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be broadcast online for free on a BBC website on September 11, and will then be available on iPlayer for the following 60 days.

Meera Syal will introduce the production before broadcast, while the Globe will also air a series of live behind the scenes tours on social media in the run up to the live stream.

Globe artistic director Emma Rice said the broadcast would enable the show “to reach even more people than we can fit in the Globe over an entire summer season”.

“This is the best gift to the audience I can imagine and will catapult this amazing play and extraordinary venue into living rooms around the country,” she added.

Peter Maniura, head of digital development at BBC Arts, said it would be a “fitting climax” to the online Shakespeare Lives festival, which the BBC is co-curating with the British Council.

He continued: “Theatre is all about the live experience and I'm delighted that the energy, brilliance and sheer fun of Emma Rice's smash-hit production is going to reach the biggest possible audience globally through this live stream.”

The broadcast follows a similar project that saw Don Warrington’s performance as King Lear at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre uploaded to iPlayer earlier this year.

Watch it here