Young Company: Street Theatre
Summer Term 2022 - 10 weeks
First week of sessions: Friday 29 April
Half term (no sessions): Friday 3 June
Last week of sessions: Friday 9 July
Fees: £98/term
Location: Bristol Old Vic (and various locations near BOV)
Time: Fridays 6-8pm
Bristol Old Vic Young Company is teaming up with Katie Storer to offer a 10-week course in Street Theatre. During this time, we will be exploring and researching the many different forms that encompass Street Theatre, from interactive walkabout characters to large scale puppetry.
Using the street as their stimulus, the group will focus on building skills in group movement/choreography, character creation, interacting with an audience, theatrical street games, devising building blocks and how to use theatre to explore political/environmental ideas. This is a course about investigating your ideas, thoughts and opinions and creatively shaping them to be theatrical vehicles of change on our streets.
Kate Storer - Young Company: Street Theatre Director
Katie is a performer, devisor, and facilitator specialising in physical family-orientated theatre for both indoor and outdoor audiences. Her time is split between facilitation/directing and performing, with all her work focused on creating and instigating a high level of play, whether in the rehearsal room or in front of an audience. She has worked with companies such as Bristol Old Vic, Travelling Light Theatre Company and the Creative Youth Network, amongst many more. Katie has worked with Bristol Old Vic’s Engagement department for over eight years now and is looking forward to bringing her knowledge of devising and touring street theatre shows to the exciting playground of the workshop space.
We have a limited number of bursary grants that are available in cases of genuine hardship for anyone who will struggle to pay Young Company Summer School fees. Bursaries should be applied for when booking opens on Wednesday 16th March.
Although all applications for bursary places will be considered, priority will be given to individuals who are in receipt of Free School Meals – please note that we will contact your school to confirm this information.
Please visit our Fees & Bursaries | Bristol Old Vic page to apply for a bursary.
When the session has reached capacity, we will not accept bursary places for that session so we would advise that bursaries are applied for as soon as possible during the application period. No reservations are finalised until payment has been received – if you have any problems please contact Box Office on 0117 987 7877 to confirm your place. If you have any other queries please call 0117 317 8614 or email getinvolved@bristololdvic.org.uk.