Drama Workshops

Whatever the melody our own background form of English plays, we need to learn how to play our instrument, the voice, well enough to be understood and heard. Therefore it is wise to practice and there are many exercises we can use to help us articulate.

The month of August brings to Scotland a wealth of people interested in the visual and performing arts from across the world. Edinburgh is buzzing from now until the 27th of August with great productions, works of art, words and music. From the stage to the page, at Community Drama Workshops ...

Good sound can bring quality to your production and its amazing special effects can add an exciting artistic dimension to your work. From microphones to music, to words, wind, water and wonder, the designer of sound is a co-ordinating wizard!

Carefully designed artistic sound, integrated into your production will contribute wonderfully towards enabling the realisation of the artistic effectiveness desired for your performance....

The inclusion of good lighting design can add an enormous artistice dimension to any production, it is just amazing what a Lighting Designer's artistic skills can do!

Like a great repertory theatre company, community theatre members know one another and generally support each other for the good of their company's reputation as a whole. This produces marvellous creative results.

This week's article continues along the organisational line and explores the role of the Director.

The process of staging any theatrical production begins with the Producer.....

Continuing from Part 2, this weeks workshops take us through contrasting workshops that explore broad and obvious characters and that give the opportunity for strong speaking and speaking with more control.

Continuing where we left off in Part 1, still working with the drama group as a whole. After discussing the experiences of previous exercise, we develop that exercise by asking the drama group to include, this time, sensitive sensory reactions in their work....