Drama Summer School

Drama students from Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts

Drama Summer School

This course aims to introduce a range of different drama techniques in a fun, safe and active environment. The drama course also improves students' confidence, self esteem and communication skills.

Ideal for students keen to study drama or theatre studies.
Good for those who already have experience of acting at school or clubs.

Students can choose from different types of drama practice including: musical theatre, physical theatre and acting for the theatre. Core skills that will be explored include:

acting
voice and movement
improvisation
games
warm-up techniques
physical theatre
dance
interpretation of text.

The course also involves excursions e.g. theatre performances locally and in London.

View sample course programmes for musical theatre, physical theatre and acting for the theatre.

International students will need a good standard of English (Upper Intermediate and above).

Sample course programmes

Musical Theatre - sample course

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
9.00 - 9.45	Warm-up	Warm-up	Warm-up	Warm-up	Warm-up	Excursion
9.45 - 11.00	Acting	Acting	Acting	Acting	Acting	Excursion
11.00 - 12.00	Movement	Voice & Speech	Movement	Voice & Speech	Movement	Excursion
12.00 - 1.00	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break	Excursion
1.00 - 3.00	Dance (A) Singing (B)	Dance (A) Singing (B)	Dance (A) Singing (B)	Dance (A) Singing (B)	Dance (A) Singing (B)	Excursion
3.00 - 5.00	Dance (B) Singing (A)	Dance (B) Singing (A)	Dance (B) Singing (A)	Dance (B) Singing (A)	Dance (B) Singing (A)	Excursion

Physical Theatre - sample course
Morning sessions will focus on skills development and the afternoon sessions will focus on creative exploration of the work in practice. Each day will conclude with performances of works-in-progress.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
9.00 - 10.00	Warm-up	Warm-up	Excursion - London Zoo	Warm-up	Warm-up	Warm-up
10.00 - 12.30	Movement Paradigms* Workshop all day	Lecoq/Mask Workshop all day	Excursion - London Zoo	Animal studies Workshop all day	Devising Theatre Workshop all day	Devised piece – Rehearsal
12.30 - 1.30	Lunch break	Lunch break	Excursion - London Zoo	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break
1.30 - 5.00	Movement Paradigms* Workshop all day	Lecoq/Mask Workshop all day	Excursion - London Zoo	Animal studies Workshop all day	Devising Theatre Workshop all day	Devised piece – Rehearsal / Performance

*Movement Paradigms: Grotowski, Laban, Stanislavsky

Acting for the Theatre - sample course

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
9.00 - 10.00	Warm-up	Warm-up	Warm-up	Warm-up	Warm-up	Excursion
10.00 - 11.15	Movement	Movement	Movement	Movement	Movement	Excursion
11.15 - 12.30	Voice & Speech	Voice & Speech	Voice & Speech	Voice & Speech	Voice & Speech	Excursion
12.30 - 1.30	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break	Excursion
1.30 - 4.45	Acting: scene & monologue work	Acting: scene & monologue work	Acting: scene & monologue work	Acting: scene & monologue work	Acting: scene & monologue work	Excursion
4.45 - 5.00	Whole group re-cap	Whole group re-cap	Whole group re-cap	Whole group re-cap	Whole group re-cap	Excursion

Course Details
Course Length
1 - 6 weeks
You can choose how long
you want to attend.

Dates
20 July - 31 August
You can choose when
to start and end.

Fees
£600 per week
Includes accommodation
and meals.

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