| Dates and Times |
| Please Advise of Desired date of workshop |
| Shakespeare in Schools |
One Off Two Hour
Group Workshop |
NZ $180.00 |
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| Screen Acting |
Course Intensives |
TBA |
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| Acting/Audition |
One to One Tutorship |
NZ $ 30.00 per Hour |
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| Weekend Screen or Shakespeare Intensives |
16 hours Minimum numbers 12 Students |
NZ $ 295.00 |
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Term 4, Ten Week Course covering.
Tuesday Night at T.A.P.A.C. |
• Warm up
• Introductions
• Trust
work
• Acting methodology and script preparation
• Wrap up feedback
• Audition
scripts handed out for day five
• Screenplay and storytelling exercises
for days two, three and five handed out |
• Warm up/games
• Acting Methodology
• Story telling
exercise one |
• Warm up/games
• Acting methodology
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Story telling exercise two on camera
• On Camera Script work
• Feedback |
• Warm up/games
• On camera script work
• Storytelling exercise three on camera
• Feedback |
• Warm up/games
• storytelling exercise
four on camera |
Q & A / Disscussion
• A typical day on a film/TV
set
• Technical requirements for an actor working on film
• Agent advice
and Industry and marketing Q and A. |
• Auditions
• Look back at work
• Feedback
• Wrap up/ games |
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Acting 1 & 2 (Information Coming Soon) |
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| Shakespeare
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This exciting six day acting Shakespeare course is for
people with some or no experience in playing Shakespeare who would love
to expand their knowledge of how to play the Bard's texts.
The program is designed to disarm any fears you have about playing Shakespeare
by giving you a clear understanding of how Shakespeare wrote; the form
and language devices he used, to help you access character and meaning
with accuracy and without loss of passion. |
| Student Testimonials |
'It stopped me thinking of Shakespeare of as an alien
language and helped me get into character' -student- Epsom normal primary.
'Kirsty Hamilton was an extraordinary director. She was really easy
to relate to and was really forthcoming with her ideas which helped each
of the cast find their characters and discover their most important qualities'
Kaarima Fai'ai student SGCNZ NSSP Shakespeare student week intensive.
'She taught techniques about how to explore that I could understand
and immediately put to use...'- Rachel-Dyson Mc Gregor graduate Unitec/Actress |
| Course Content |
This course will take the student through a series of exploration
exercises working alone, in groups and with partners.
We will look at the
Iambic pentameter, shared verse lines, rhyming couplets, antithesis,
prose, pauses, breathing, voice, movement, the elements, the givens of
Shakespeare’s time, the structure of the globe theatre and how Shakespeare
is played there; what works and doesn’t work. Mike Alfred’s technique,
objectives, grammar and its function. The sounds of words and the feelings
contained in those sounds, plus a whole host of other useful things to
know about when playing Shakespeare.
The exercises are physical, fun,
and full of ways to help you enjoy Shakespeare and communicate it well. |
| Tutors Shakespeare Biography |
Kirsty graduated
from Toi Whakaari in1992 and has worked as an actress for seventeen years,
a drama workshop director for thirteen years.
She completed the SGCNZ
International artistic fellowship at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London-
2007 alongside fellow Kiwi Rawiri Paratene.
Kirsty has lived in London
for six years attending master classes with Cicely Berry, Jan Hayden
Rowels, Tim Carroll, Patsy Rodenberg, Matthew Lloyd, The Factory, Timothy
Walker, Glynn Macdonald, Giles Bloc, Jennie Buckman, Ginny Schiller Larry
Silverberg and many others.
Kirsty has played Rosalind, Silvia, Juliet,
Dromio of Ephesus, Hermione and Helena. |
| What to bring |
Wear comfortable clothing that you can move
in easily.
Food/water for yourself- if you don’t want to head out to the
shops at lunch.
| Prepare/familiarize yourself with one monologue and one scene from
the following plays and email tutor with your choice at kirsty@kirstyhamilton.com |
| Alls Well That Ends Well |
As You Like It |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Macbeth |
Measure for Measure |
A Winters Tale |
| A Midsummer Nights Dream |
King Lear |
The Comedy of Errors |
| Othello |
Much Ado About Nothing |
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For day two bring along two objects
of any sort one that holds meaning for you, the other use your imagination
and have fun picking something random and possibly absurd!
Note pad and
pen to write down anything you want to remember post course. |
