Education
Black RAT Productions offers an exciting range of Educational Workshops and seminars for students and teachers.
Run by professionals, they provide quality experiences for students & an invaluable resource for teachers, lecturers and youth theatre leaders.
The content of each workshop is tailored to focus on acting, theatrical history or the specific requirements of the audience.
1. Playwrights – their style & plays
E.g. Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekov, Miller, Pinter, Bond, Godber, Russell, Churchill
2. Specific Texts – analysis & appreciation
E.g.| A Doll’s House (Ibsen) | The Father (Strindberg) |
| A Night on the Tiles (Vickery) | Blood Brothers (Russell) |
| Antigone (Sophocles) | Billy Liar (Willis & Hall) |
| Taste of Honey (Delaney) | The Crucible (Miller) |
| A Zoo Story (Albee) | Oh! What a Lovely War! (Littlewood/Theatre Workshop) |
3. ‘Stages’ in Theatre History
E.g.| Greek Theatre | Medieval Drama | Elizabethan |
| Restoration | Period | Melodrama |
| Post War British Drama | Theatre-in-Education | Naturalism & Realism |
| Modern American Drama | Musical Theatre | Epic Theatre |
4. Theatre Practice & Practitioners
E..g.| Brecht | Stanislavski | Craig |
| Boal | Artaud | Strasberg |
| Brook | Berkoff | |
| Design: set, costume, lighting, sound. | ||
5. The Shakespeare Text
E.g.| A Midsummer Nights’ Dream | Twelfth Night | A Comedy of Errors |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Hamlet | Macbeth |
| Romeo & Juliet | The Tempest | Loves Labours Lost |
6. Style Workshops
| Pantomime | Physical Theatre | Mask Work |
| Comedy | Musical Theatre | Ensemble Playing |
| Theatre Of The Absurd |
7. Acting Workshops
| Hunting for clues | Building a character | Sustaining a role |
| Mastering stagecraft | Using rehearsals | Working together |
8. Teacher Specific
e.g.
Creating a KS3 curriculum
Writing a scheme of work - GCSE+
Effective use of VOICE for teachers
Directing the school play
Choreography for beginners - or, how to stage a musical number without stress!
Shakespeare for Primary Schools
Using Drama to explore poetry
Directing young actors
Devising theatre
9. Young People’s Theatre
E.g.| Peter Pan | Wizard of Oz | Bugsy Malone |
| Evacuees | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations |
| Anne Frank | Gulliver’s Travels | Charlie & the Chocolate Factory |
10. Musical Theatre Workshops
E.g.| High School Musical | Les Miserables | Oliver |
| Mamma Mia | Grease | Westside Story |
| Annie | Hairspray | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Blood Brothers | Guys & Dolls | Pirates of Penzance |
| Cats | Godspell | Oh! What a Lovely War! |
| Cabaret (KS4+) | Snoopy | The Boyfriend |
For further details on current workshops or to discuss bespoke workshops, contact us.