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PROGRAM JOURNAL
Highlights Of The Program
India - UK | 2023
30 JUL
Watching The Play 'Macbeth' And The Tour Of London City
Venue: Shakespeare's Globe, London
The participants went on a tour of London City and watched a performance of Macbeth at the Shakespeare's Globe.
29 JUL
Getting Ready For Performance Assessment
Venue: London Academy Of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
Level: Grade-8 Devised Drama (Group)
The participants appeared for a performance assessment of Macbeth at the LAMDA studio in London. They all passed with disctinction.
29 JUL
Workshop: Fundamentals Of Meisner Technique
Venue: London Academy Of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
Facilitator: Skye Hallam
The participants got this one-of-it's-kind opportunity to attended a bespoke workshop on the fundamentals of Meisner Technique at LAMDA with Skye Hallam.
28 JUL
Post-Show Audience Interaction
Venue: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans City
After an amazing performance of Macbeth the cast and the crew interacted with the audience and got feedback from Shakespeare experts- Graham Watts and Patricia Holt.
28 JUL
Public Performance Of Macbeth
Venue: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans City
A splendid performance of Macbeth by the participants. The show was attended by the parents, friends, general public and some veteran theatre experts like Graham Watts from the UK and Patricia Holt from the USA.
28 JUL
Backstage: Before The Show
Venue: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans City
Hours before the public performance of Macbeth, the participants getting ready for the show.
27 JUL
Technical Rehearsal Of Macbeth
Facilitator: Vaishali Chakravarty
Venue: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans City
Just one day to go for the public performance. The participants performed several run-throughs of the play with full costume, props, lights and sound.
27 JUL
Workshop: Sword Fighting
Facilitator: Tom Kane
Venue: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans City
Sword fighting is an essential skill for an actor performing a Shakespeare's play. Our participants learnt the basic techniques of sword fighting and combat on stage and how to perform while keeping co-actors safe during a scene.
26 JUL
Reading Session
Venue: Lawns Near Tate Modern, Southbank, London
The participants spent a sunny afternoon doing a dramatic reading of Macbeth.
26 JUL
Tour: Tate Modern
Venue: Tate Modern, Southbank, London
The participants toured the Tate Modern art gallery and soaked in the creativity and the diversity of the art exhibits. They also participated in some of the open art-activities and showcased their artworks in the collective exhibit section.
26 JUL
Watching The Musical, 'Guys & Dolls'
Venue: Bridge Theatre, London
We went to watch the classic muscial 'Guys & Dolls' at the iconic Bridge Theatre by the London Bridge. The objective was more than just an entertaining evening, it was time for the program participants to see the scale, rigor and commitment of the actors in a worldclass professional theatre performance.
The participants also interacted with one of the lead actors of the play- Marisha Wallace.
26 JUL
Tour: Guided Tour Of Shakespeare's Globe & Watcing The Globe's Actors Rehearse
Facilitator: Jimmy Walters
Venue: Shakespeare's Globe, London
Specially curated tour of the Shakespeare's Globe included a brief history of theatre in London and origins of Shakespeare's plays and performance. The participants also got to sit through the rehearsal of the Globe's production of Macbeth.
26 JUL
Workshop: Shakespeare In Action
Facilitator: Jimmy Walters
Venue: Shakespeare's Globe, London
In this fast action-based workshop, the participants worked with the amazing Jimmy Walters to understand actioning with Shakespeare's text. We used excerpts from Romeo & Juliet to decode actions in the text and how to perform these on stage.
25 JUL
Rehearsal: Macbeth Scene Work & Pre-Production Planning
Facilitator: Vaishali Chakravarty
Venue: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans City
The participants worked full-day on blocking scenes in the new space and getting the costumes, masks and props ready. There were pre-production discussions with the various task teams.
24 JUL
Workshop: Building An Ensemble Performance
Facilitator: Helen Barnett, Creative Director- Trestle Arts Base
Venue: Trestle Arts Base, St Albans City
23 JUL
Travel: New Delhi To London Via Istanbul
The participants worked full-day on performing various chorus exercises and learnt the fundamental techniques of working as an ensemble on stage.
23 JUL
Travel: New Delhi To London Via Istanbul
The participants and the faculty team arrived in London from New Delhi on 23 July. A team meeting was conducted at the hotel in the evening to discuss the plan for the next 7 days.
15-16 JUL
Rehearsal: Working In A Performance Space With Lights & Sound
Facilitator: Vaishali Chakravarty & Md Shameem
The actors rehearsed their scenes in a theatre space with lights and sound cues. They made the required adjustments in their movements and scene blockings to make them work with the lights. The actors also did full dress rehearsals of certain scenes and worked on choreographing the movements.
11-14 JUL
Rehearsal: Scene Work
Facilitator: Vaishali Chakravarty
The actors tried their newly made masks and worked on their characters' body language. The director of the play, Vaishali Chakravarty, guided the actors through blocking the scenes, emoting with masks and Shakespeare's speech.
10-11 JUN
Workshop: Making Masks For Your Characters
Facilitator: Md. Shameem, Master Puppeteer and Puppet Maker
The participants immersed themselves in the process of making masks for their characters using hybrid techniques. In the process they also learnt to establish the physical features of their character and the impact little variations can make.
02 JUN
Session: Understanding the historical and cultural context of Macbeth
Facilitator: Patricia Holt, Actor & Shakespeare Text Expert
The participants got the opportunity to get in reading session with the American actor and Shakespeare expert, Partcia Holt to understand Macbeth in the the right context. They also discussed the motivations of the various characters in the play.
29 May
Session: Speaking classical text & how to build character
Facilitator: Tom Kane, Actor, Writer & Guest Faculty RADA, London
The participants got into a reading session with the British actor, Tom Edward Kane to understand the system of speaking Shakespeare's text. They also learnt how the kind of language a character has been given codifies its character traits.
1 APR - Every Alternate Day - Ongoing
Session: Actors Read Macbeth
Facilitator: Vaishali Chakravarty, Director, Joy Of Drama
23 APR
Workshop: Acting With Half Masks
Facilitator: Helen Barnett, Creative Director- Trestle Arts Base
The second in the series of 3 workshops, the participants learnt to work with half masks and how to use speech and body language.
23 APR
Session: Working In Chorus & Rhythm
Facilitator: Vaishali Chakravarty, Director- Joy Of Drama
The participants went through various exercises to learn how to work as a cohesive unit. Working in chorus is essential for group theatre work and learning to understand rhythm is at the heart of it. The participants explored rhythm in various contexts and processes.
01 APR
Workshop: Acting With Full Masks
Facilitator: Helen Barnett, Creative Director- Trestle Arts Base
First in the series of three workshops gave the participants an opportunity to learn with Helen Barnett. They learnt the fundamentals of mask theatre and how an actor can learn and evolve the required body language when working with a full mask, as there is no speech.
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