stage five
Climb
For young people in secondary 1-2
As young people start secondary school our Climb programme will offer them a real creative outlet as other pressures can set in. With young people spending increasing numbers of hours in front of a screen – having the opportunity to creatively interact with their peers is perhaps more important than ever. Helping young people to feel confident and develop positive self-esteem is crucial at this stage and our workshops are designed to help young people feel good about who they are and have confidence about their ideas and what they have to say. We’ll encourage them to present ideas and gain confidence in their own voice.
We’ll continue to develop improvisation skills and further explore different acting techniques and styles. We’ll be constantly adding to our acting toolbox with different methods and approaches. We’ll further develop core voice and movement skills and give them the chance to work independently, in pairs and in groups. As stimulus we might use music, stories, texts, pictures or perhaps something inspired by real life world events. We’ll explore in more detail different styles of theatre from devised to comedy to musicals to classical to physical theatre. We’ll give them opportunities to create their own performances but we’ll look at scripts and other texts and how to approach them. We’ll encourage them to think about different roles within theatre and if young people show an interest in a specific area – we’ll do our best to nurture it.
We’ll develop ensemble building skills as well as concentration, focus and trust. We’ll encourage them to take creative ownership over the work they create and learn to collaborate with each other to develop work.
Key skills covered
Developing creativity, voice, movement, character, improvisation, emotions, theatre styles, interpretation, delivering a performance. Confidence, self-expression, collaboration, ensemble building, listening, leadership, concentration and focus.
Group Times
Choose one group. Groups take place weekly during school term time.
Monday
Group Name | Place | Starts | Ends | Drama Worker |
Climb C (S1/2) | Spires Studio 2 | 18:30 | 20:00 | Rachel Yeomans-Quinn |
Saturday
Group Name | Place | Starts | Ends | Drama Worker |
Climb A (S1/2) | Art Department 4 | 13:15 | 14:45 | Eleanor Farrelly |
Sunday
Group Name | Place | Starts | Ends | Drama Worker |
Climb B (S1/2) | Art Department 2 | 12:45 | 14:15 | Emily Nimmo |