Derby Theatre's Learning Programme for Schools and Young People, December 2015 - March 2016

For secondary and colleges

The Elves and the Shoemakers Tue 8 – Sat 26 Dec 10.30am & 1.30pm Perfect for age 3+

You shall go to the ball at Kedleston Hall!

An unforgettable learning experience.

Mon 7 – Fri 18 December A magical experience following Cinderella’s journey from hearth to ballroom.

The Elves and the Shoemakers Workshops Great for building language skills and self-confidence.

Fri 4 Dec 2015 – Sat 9 Jan 2016, Morning, afternoon & evening performances Perfect for age 7+

This year we are working in partnership with Kedleston Hall, bringing your pupils’ learning experience to life in this magnificent heritage setting.

Taking the classic fairytale as a starting point, this lively one-hour workshop will use physical drama exercises to inspire and motivate learners to write their own imaginative characters and story.

Perfect for KS1

Years 3 – 8 Max of 30 per session 2 hours £100 for schools with National Trust Education Group Membership

For more info about becoming an EGM school, email kedlestonhall@nationaltrust.org.uk

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I learnt that there are so many jobs backstage. Tim, the Head of Wardrobe, was just amazing.

Please email learning@derbytheatre.co.uk about support with transport for this programme.

The workshop can be organised so that you can see the show on the same day.

As the Learning Theatre, we offer this distinctive and exciting programme free of charge.

Please book FREE places by calling the Box Office 01332 593939.

Places are limited, so early booking is recommended.

We support both primary and secondary schools in the region, working with teachers of Drama and Performing Arts and those who want to develop their use of drama as a tool for engaging learning. Join us on a termly basis for networking, news, practice sharing and practical training.

Drama and Literacy with Mud Pie Arts Wed 24 February, 5pm – 7.30pm This excellent training will build confidence to use drama as an inspiration for high-quality writing. It explores rules and control in the classroom, warm-up games and group work.

The session will also focus on working from a text or story, using drama techniques as a stimulus for encouraging independent writing.

Cost: £30 per session for two teachers.

Up to six students go free.

Date: To suit Theatre or school-based

£30 per teacher for the whole academic year (3 sessions). Up to 2 places per school.

Includes a free ticket to one Derby Theatre produced show a term.

Meet The Cast We also hold post-show discussions with the company and director.

Please see the key dates overleaf.

Our professional production team can come to your school to make beautiful masks for the royal ball.

Work with one of the professional actors to practically explore the rehearsal process from the actor’s point of view.

£30 plus VAT if booked in conjunction with the Cinderella workshops at Kedleston Hall. £60 if booked alone.

Years 3 – 8

Thu 16 June, 5pm – 7.30pm Trestle’s INSET courses for drama teachers, provide a unique opportunity to develop teaching and performance skills in mask, half mask and physical theatre, as well as discovering new ways of helping students create dynamic performances.

Wed 24 Feb, 6 – 8pm Explore the role of stage management and have a go at calling the cues for the show on Look Back in Anger.

Mon 14 Mar 10am – 1pm

To book call the box office on 01332 593939.

For Drama Network the please contact Matthew Clay at the Box Office.

Derby Theatre's National Theatre Connections Festival

Careers Days See backstage and meet the professionals who work across all the departments. Learn about the broad range of career paths in theatre, experience what our staff do and find out how they became involved in professional theatre work.

Wed 27 Apr – Sat 7 May For the third year running Derby Theatre will host the National Theatre Connections Festival. With eleven days and nineteen youth theatres or schools performing, it’s going to be our best festival yet!

Years 7 – 13 Dates: Please enquire £200 or £75 when you book at least 10 tickets to one of this season’s shows

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Look Back in Anger

All staff and leaders were superb – professional, genuine, friendly and approachable

Fri 4 – Sat 26 Mar Evenings 7.45pm Thu & Sat Matinees 2.30pm Suitable for age 14+ A new perspective on Look Back in Anger, the pioneering story of love, hate and class in 1950s’ Derby.

Discover theatre and find out about professional artists. We’ll inspire your pupils here, giving them the knowledge they need to go back to school to complete the award.

Cost: £50 Dates: Please enquire

Work with our professional and friendly technical team to get the best out of your school’s lighting and sound equipment.

Be inspired to create exciting design at low cost or get advice on updating your existing kit.

with Trestle Theatre

Unwrap Stage Management

Mon 7 – Fri 18 December

Arts Award “Discover” in a Day

Technical Training and Consultation

Mask Work

Unwrap Acting

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Develops team working, design and numeracy skills.

Open up a world of creativity and imagination in your classroom. Taking a story or a play that you’re studying as a starting point, our Head of Wardrobe, Tim Heywood, will work with your class to unlock design ideas for props, costume and scenery.

Years 3 – 6 2 hours Dates: Please enquire £100 Please enquire for availablity

A great introduction to theatre.

Spend a day at the theatre and learn new skills. Discover everything from costume and set design to lighting, in an accessible and fun way. See backstage and make your own mini-production to be performed on stage.

For KS1 and 2 £175 (or £50 if you book 10+ tickets for a show in the season) Please enquire for availability

Join Derby Theatre’s Drama Network!

Wed 9 Dec, 6 – 8pm Join the costume designer for Cinderella, Tim Heywood, and explore the design and making process from page to stage.

Cinderella Mask Making

Play Box

Discover Days

An exciting opportunity to unwrap the whole theatre experience!

For both teachers and students 14+.

Theatre Unwrapped participant

Derby Theatre’s Teacher Network

Unwrap Costume Design

If you want to learn, just book Theatre Unwrapped! Derby Theatre, you should be proud.

£180 for schools without membership

£80 or £50 if you book 10+ tickets for the performance

Tue 8 December, 6 – 8pm Nettie Scriven the designer for Cinderella takes you through the basics of designing this show and examines the importance of the designer/director relationship and how decisions are made.

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Alternatively, we can work in your school.

Mon 7 – Fri 18 December

Year 9 student Derby City Academy

Cinderella

Cinderella: Wed 2 Dec, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm Look Back in Anger: Wed 2 Mar, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm An opportunity to join the technical rehearsal for a unique insight into the final stages of a production. Special cameras give a close-up view on the lighting desk and actors in rehearsal. You can’t get closer than this!

5 people maximum per session

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Cinderella workshops

Unwrap Set Design

Derby College

Jinny

For Special Schools

Mon 7 – Wed 23 Mar

Relaxed performance of Cinderella

Evenings 6.30pm Suitable for age 14+ Jinny is part of our RETOLD series: new plays commissioned by Derby Theatre, aiming to crack open classic tales and see the story afresh from the perspective of a female character.

Only a few seats remaining

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For primary

Unwrap the Final Stages

In 2016 the National Theatre will mark 21 years of Connections - its annual festival of youth theatre, offering young people the opportunity to stage new plays written for them by some of theatre's most exciting playwrights. In this special year, 500 young companies will be working with over 40 partner venues across the UK to realise this ambition.

Throughout the festival there will also be a variety of workshops for young people (13 years+), open mic sessions, family activities, a festival food menu and much more.

For more information please see the website.

All of our workshops can be tailored for Special Educational Needs Schools at primary or secondary level.

Thu 7 Jan at 10.15am REST (Relaxed Environment Supportive Theatre) performances are specifically designed to welcome people who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including people with an Autism Spectrum Condition, sensory and communication disorders, or a learning disability. There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement and some small changes made to the light and sound effects.

For more information and to book, contact learning@derbytheatre.co.uk or call the Box Office: 01332 59 39 39 | derbytheatre.co.uk

Watch Derby Theatre’s new learning videos at: www.derbytheatre.co.uk/learning

Beyond the Curriculum

Discover Derby Theatre: A Learning Theatre

Opportunities for young people and adults to connect with us in their own time.

At Derby Theatre we have a vibrant and engaging programme for learners at all stages. Provision can be tailored to meet your needs and can be anything from a simple storytelling workshop to a three-year developmental partnership.

*For all our youth groups there are a limited number of half price and free places available for families with limited financial means – please enquire.

The next in-take for our Youth Theatre will be in July/August 2016 and spaces will be offered initially to those people at the top of our waiting list. If you would like to be added to our waiting list then please contact our Box Office.

Email: learning@derbytheatre.co.uk

Theatre Thinkers Tell us what you think

We look forward to seeing you, your students and colleagues at Derby Theatre soon.

The last Thursday of every month in term time, 4.30 – 6pm Our Theatre Thinkers group meets monthly to help us decide how we can make Derby Theatre even more exciting and relevant for

Caroline Barth, Head of Learning

Emma Waslin, Creative Learning Associate

Cheryl Mitchell, Creative Learning Assistant

P.s. Don’t forget to join Derby Theatre’s Teacher’s Network!

Our Youth Theatre runs weekly, with sessions that develop confidence, acting technique and skills. We work towards a major show each year on the main stage plus other performances in our Studio.

Age 8 – 10 years: Tuesdays in term time 5pm – 6.30pm Age 11 – 13 years: Sundays in term time 10am – 11.30am Age 14 – 16 years: Sundays in term time 2pm – 3.30pm Age 17 – 19 years: Sundays in term time 11.45am – 1.45pm £70 a term* We currently have a waiting list for these Youth Theatre groups.

Once you apply we will let you know as soon as a place becomes available.

This season your pupils will love our big festive production, a fun and feisty re-telling of Cinderella, with accompanying dance and drama workshops in Kedleston Hall. For older students, Derby Theatre’s big spring production is the ground-breaking play, Look Back in Anger, which marks the 60th anniversary of John Osborne’s seminal work, which has a strong local resonance.

To enquire about any aspect of our Learning Programme, contact the Learning Department.

Youth Theatre

young people aged 11- 19. Working on projects such as being the youth theatre’s marketing team and events managing the Connections Festival, young people gain an insight into a professional theatre. Arts Award is also available as part of this group.

Free group. Contact us to reserve your place Age 11-19 years

Young Technicians

Costume Hire

Our annual course for Young Technicians runs fortnightly and looks at all aspects of the theatre including lighting, sound, stage and design. The final term of the year is left open for practical work and shadowing at the theatre.

If you would like to join the list for the next Young Technicians course starting September 2016 then please contact the Box Office.

We hire costumes to schools and colleges. We have over 2,500 costume pieces built up over many years and are always adding to our stock. We can even make you something specific if we aren’t too busy. Our Head of Wardrobe is on hand to help with patterns, books and brilliant advice.

Contact Tim Heywood: t.heywood@derby.ac.uk

£35 per term Age 11-19 years

Photo credit: Robert Day

The learning continues…

Derby Theatre works with the University of Derby to deliver a number of unique and exciting theatre-related degrees, including Technical Theatre and Contemporary Theatre and Performance. Students gain invaluable industry experience as they learn alongside the professionals in Derby Theatre, a venue owned by the university.

Derby Theatre Half Term Workshops

KEY DATES

Derby Theatre’s Learning Programme for Schools and Young People December 2015 – March 2016

Mon 15 – Wed 17 February 2016

Cinderella Unwrap the Final Stages

Wed 2 Dec, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm

Cinderella Performances

Fri 4 December – Sat 9 January, various times

Cinderella Mask Making

Mon 7 – Fri 18 December

Cinderella Unwrap Set Design

Tue 8 December, 6 – 8pm

The Elves and the Shoemakers Performances

Tue 8 – Sat 26 December, various times

The Elves and the Shoemakers Workshops

Mon 7 – Fri 18 December

Cinderella You Shall Go to the Ball

Mon 7 – Fri 18 December

Cinderella Unwrap Costume Design

Wed 9 December, 6 – 8pm

Cinderella Meet the Cast

Thu 10 December, after 10.15am performance

Cinderella Relaxed Performance

Thu 7 January, 10.15am

Derby Theatre Half Term Workshops

Mon 15 – Wed 17 February

SHOWS

WORKSHOPS

Unwrap Stage Management

Wed 24 February, 6 – 8pm

Look Back In Anger Unwrap the Final Stages

Wed 2 March, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm

For specific workshop pricing please refer to individual events.

Look Back in Anger Performances

Fri 4 – Sat 26 March, various times

Jinny Performances

Mon 7 – Wed 23 March, 6.30pm

Refer to our Spring brochure or check our website for information about the following shows that qualify for a school party rate of £9.50 per ticket plus every 11th ticket free for a teacher/supervisor for:

Mon 14 March, 10am – 1pm

Look Back in Anger

Look Back In Anger Unwrap Acting

Come and join Derby Theatre professionals for three days to learn new skills and create a brand new story for a mini performance, to be shared on the final day with friends and family. £45 per person Age 8-11 years

PRICING & HOW TO BOOK

The Great Gatsby The Damned United

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I loved the opportunity to work with professional actors and directors.

Derbyshire Community Foundation For Derbyshire for good

Derby Theatre’s Learning Programme is sponsored by Reprotec

Derby Theatre is part of

Year 10 student Archbishop Ilsley Catholic Technology College

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We would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support:

Box Office: 01332 59 39 39 | derbytheatre.co.uk

Flare Path

KEY

For Cinderella school party rate of £10 - £11.50 per ticket, plus every 11th ticket free for a teacher/supervisor. The Elves and the Shoemakers tickets are £8.50.

Performances

Reserve now and pay at an agreed date.

Workshops

Coming by coach? We can help you to arrange the drop-off point.

Other

We can also assist you with any questions you may have when completing a risk assessment for your visit.

Photo credits: Robert Day, Steve Gretsy, Richard Richards & Chris Webb

HOW TO BOOK To book tickets for performances, call the Box Office on 01332 59 39 39 or email tickets@derbytheatre.co.uk To book workshop places or to make an enquiry about any aspect of our Learning programme, contact the Learning department: Email: learning@derbytheatre.co.uk Caroline Barth, Head of Learning: 01332 593944 Emma Waslin, Creative Learning Associate: 01332 593919 Cheryl Mitchell, Creative Learning Assistant: 01332 593913