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£28, Gatsby Rehearsal Room, The Other PlaceĪ practical workshop exploring how to use your voice in performance. Suitable for children aged 4-8 to attend with their parent or guardian. £3.50 adult, £2.50 child, The Gatsby Rehearsal Room, The Other PlaceĬome and play fun theatre games with an RSC actor. Friends and family are welcome to attend at 4pm as both groups come together to perform their versions of the play. Suitable for ages 11 - 13 years.Ĭreate your very own shortened version of Troilus and Cressida, with help from an RSC expert.
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Take part in a gloriously grisly Halloween, with a day full of all things mythical and gory.The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is offering families a whole host of exciting activities this October half-term. OCTOBER HALF TERM ACTIVITIES AT THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY But moving those thrills onto a virtual context adds still another otherworldly quality to Shakespeare’s works ― still uncanny, and still safe.HALLOWEEN HALF TERM FUN AT THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Halloween is the most theatrical of holidays, and so much of it is associated with face-to-face fun (and scares!). (This is a great option for those children who might be reluctant to participate in the online performance itself.) You can share the designs on the screen at the virtual reading, and be sure to give everyone a unique prize. Or you could simply light some candles and place a Jack-o-Lantern in the frame to add some low-key atmosphere.Īnd as for costumes, dressing all in basic black provides the appropriate dramatic touch.įor those of us who prefer to dress with a little more pizzaz, you could invite the children to participate in a virtual costume contest ― with a twist! In the days leading up to Halloween, ask your group of young actors to design and sketch costumes for their favourite Shakespearean characters ― Romeo and Juliet, Puck, Miranda, anyone.
The set design can be as extravagant or as minimalist as you like: For example, you may want to hang a curtain and shine a light behind it, casting eerie shadows in the background as the children perform.
One idea would be to have a spooky virtual reading of the Bard’s works.īring together family and friends to enjoy a selection of chilling moments ― think about the Three Witches scene from Macbeth or Hamlet encountering his father’s ghost. But even if the art of Trick or Treating might be suspended this October, there are still ways to bring Shakespeare and Halloween together! Halloween is going to feel a little different this year, no question. Favorite Books: Stage Fright on a Summer Night.Read by Janice Salzberg Search for: Recent Posts