Stage2 Update September 2012 No 39
Dear Stage2 supporter,
We hope you have enjoyed a lovely (sometimes sunny) Summer and are as excited as we are about the next year of Stage2. We have just finished a really productive week at the Summer Schools and are ready for some fabulous performances and workshops at this year’s ArtsFest.
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Autumn Term
We have a fantastic set of options in the Autumn, with rehearsals underway for three stunning productions as well as our usual brilliant General Drama and Stage1 groups.If you still haven’t booked for the Autumn Term then please post a cheque for £130 per person (£90 for extra siblings). with your name on the reverse to:Stage2 Company Office, 12 Valentine Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7AN.
Stage2 Intro: 22nd September, 9.30am – 2.30pm (until 4.30pm for LAMDA or Arts Award)Stage1 Intro: 29th September, 1.30 – 5pm (Parents must stay until 2.30pm for the Intro chat)
Next term has a wide variety of options, and is an Autumn not to be missed.Stage2: Autumn 2012 - Options We have many great options to choose from this term:
- Production – Alice’s Adventures in Www.land (Cast all day, Chorus am + some pm). 9th – 12th January 2013 at The Crescent Studio, Birmingham
- Alice is a 15 year old girl from Birmingham who has always identified herself with Alice in Wonderland. She enjoys being in her own world and
- has recently created an online wonderland of her own. Through Social Networking and internet searches, she immerses herself in Alice’s adventures.
- The Tempest : Workshops (am) – Explaining the text, experimenting more with characters, creating effects for the show and making costumes – the start of a big project leading up to a huge production in The Crescent Theatre in 17th – 20th April, 2013.
- General Drama (pm) - Get familiar with or revise the basic principles of acting, drama and theatre.
- Skills Workshop: Graft (pm) - 2 of the monologues from this book (Audition and Free Associate) to be performed at the end of Autumn Term Sharings (15th December), as well as entering for the BDTG BFAME One Act Play Festival 2013.
- Stage1 (pm) - a smaller, informal group for the under 10s.
**If there is anyone else you know who might be interested in joining and taking part in Alice’s Adventures in Www.land, The Tempest, General Drama or Stage1, then please pass on our details so that they can get in touch or book through the Stage2 website!**
ArtsFest
This coming weekend - Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September Various Locations, Birmingham City Centre, all day.ArtsFest is a major arts festival in the UK and Europe that takes place in Birmingham every year and once again, Stage2 will have a big presence with all of the following happening over the weekend:
- Stall on New Street 11am – 6pm Saturday & Sunday
- Stall at The Crescent Theatre: 10am – 6pm Sat & Sun
- Street Performance 11.30am – 12pm Sunday Brindleyplace Square
- Workshop 1.30 – 2.30pm Sunday at The Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
- Workshop 3.30 – 4.30pm Sunday at Room 1, Council House
i-Spy Alumni
Stage2 has had many members go onto be successful professionals in a whole host of industries. Some members decide to take their acting careers further and with the help of Stage2, many go on to get into drama schools and from there go on to become professional actors. You may have noticed:John Light - currently in Holby City and about to take the leading role in “Thom Pain (based on nothing)” at The Print Room 15th September – 13th October.Arthur Darvill – currently Rory in Doctor Who – about to take a lead in “Our Boys” at The Duchess Theatre in the West End running from 3rd October alongside fellow ex-member Cian Barry.Yolanda Kettle – Just finished performing in “The Doll’s House” at The New Vic, London.
For those members who are thinking about careers in acting – you are clearly in the right place!!
We can’t wait to see everyone at ArtsFest and then again at the beginning of a new and exciting Autumn Term – if anyone has got any questions about our new options or would like to introduce new members to Stage1 or Stage2 then please don’t hesitate to get in touch! Also, tickets for Alice’s Adventures in Www.land are now on sale from www.crescent-theatre.co.uk <http://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/Y2013/stage2-alice.html> – please book soon to avoid disappointment!!
Take care and see you soon,
Ethan Hudson
