The Gaiety School of Acting Launches Shakespeare Schools Programme in association with CleverNotes.ie

Monday, November 18th, 2013 at 3:58 pm | News & Events, Press

The Gaiety School of Acting – The National Theatre School of Ireland have launched the Shakespeare Schools Programme in association with Clevercourses.ie for Transition Year, Leaving and Junior Certificate students. This programme will be running in theatres in the heart of Dublin, Waterford and Cork cities from January 2014.

This programme for Leaving and Junior Certificate students is designed to directly address the Shakespeare question in the English Junior and Leaving Certificate papers. There is also a Transition Year Programme designed to engage students with the works of Shakespeare by exploring text and staging in a creative, fun and alternative manner.

The full day programme will include a full performance of Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet followed by a post-performance workshop which will explore specific Leaving and Junior Certificate questions. Each workshop will also include text analysis, role-play, physical inter-play and Mask Orientation making it a fun and interactive workshop for every student.

With the support of Clevernotes.ie, a subsidiary of Folens Educational Publishers, have supplied an in-depth workbook for the Shakespeare Schools Programme which will help each student explore and answer the Shakespeare Question. The workbook will also be made available as a download for teachers and students on clevernotes.ie.

This programme is unique as it is open to Transition Year, Leaving and Junior Cert students at the same time and will be run during the day to suit school timetables and travel arrangements. This workshop aims to bring Shakespeare to life through multimedia & interactive features and has been written, designed and prepared by experienced teachers to provide effective revision for the Shakespeare question.

 

The Shakespeare Schools Programme will be run during the following dates:

• The Granary Theatre, Mardyke, Cork      20^th -24^th January 2014
• Garter Lane Theatre, Waterford                               27^th – 29^th January 2014
• Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin                       10^th – 21^st March 2014 (including Saturdays)

 

The programme only costs €18 per student and teachers are complimentary. For more information or to book, just call 01 679 9277 or email kate.canning@gaietyschool.com