Education

Youth Theatre

Mon 5pm-6.30pm for 8-12 yrs | Thu 5pm-7pm for 13 to 16 yrs
Do you want to have fun, make friends and create high-quality performances? Weekly workshops and productions at the end of each term offer young actors, directors and technicians the opportunity to work with professional theatre practitioners as well as having lots of fun.

ACT – Adult Drama Classes

Mon 5pm – 9.30pm for 16+
If you’re over 16 and want to tread the boards, The Harlequin also runs an adult company which explores acting, directing and producing techniques through masterclass sessions and performs regularly both at the Harlequin and in other local theatres.

Holiday Activities

Our incredibly popular one-day workshops and a week long Drama Festival’s for both 8-12 and 13-16 year olds are run over each school holiday. The productions are great fun to work on, produced to a very high standard and normally culminating in an informal presentation for parents/carers.

The Education and Particpation Department would like to acknowledge grateful thanks to Fidelity International for their continued support.

Hi-Days

Mon from 10am during term time
50+ and want to learn a new creative skill, experience a variety of activities, meet new people? Hi-Days offers a wide range of classes from exercise, card craft, flower arranging to watercolour and art critique.

Belly Dancing

Wed from 6pm
Discover the health and fitness benefits of belly dancing - along with the fun to be had learning this ancient dance form. hipsinc., the largest belly dancing organisation in the UK, offers both beginners and improvers bellydance classes right here in Redhill!
www.hipsinc.com

So You Wanna Be!

Sat from 9am
So You Wanna Be! is a modern, exciting performance training academy based at The Harlequin Theatre, offering performing arts training to young adults aged 6-16, combining the country’s top Choreographers and Musicians with a wealth of current Theatre, Pop and TV stars.
www.sywb.co.uk

Schools

To help support and enhance the learning within regional schools, ACT the professional touring arm of Harlequin Outreach, creates workshops which support shows on our stage, focus on the National Curriculum and enhance performance skills. Available either at the Harlequin or at schools, these workshops offer a valuable, exciting and educational insight into drama, literature and citizenship issues.

ACT TOURING SHOWS - THEATRE IN EDUCATION

Each show is presented by an actor/director who will visit your school to lead your fully participatory workshop. (Duration 1 hour 30 mins.) Split into two parts, the first act will cover character and themes and the second part will involve acting out the story. This year’s shows include:

WORKSHOPS CURRENTLY ON OFFER FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS SHOWS

GREEK MYTHS

Choose from Hercules, Persephone or Atlas.

ROALD DAHL TALES

Choose from Matilda, The Witches or Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.

STORIES FROM OTHER CULTURES

Choose from Native American - Hiawatha, Maori - Ogress Ruahine, Aboriginal - Eaglehawk and Crow or Zulu - Manzandaba’s Journey

SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

Choose from Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth or The Winter’s Tale.

TRADITIONAL TALES

Choose from King Arthur, The Canterbury Tales or Beowulf.

For more information on any of the above or to book please email Beth Wood at bethwood@fsmail.net

WORKSHOPS CURRENTLY ON OFFER FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

TECHNIQUES & PRACTITIONERS

Choose from Physical Theatre & Devising, Improvisation, Stanislavski, Brecht, Artaud, Laban, Voice, Playwriting or Greek Theatre.

TEXT WORKSHOPS

Choose from Blood Brothers, Dr Faustus, Caucasian Chalk Circle, A Dolls House, An Inspector Calls, The Beggars Opera, A View From the Bridge or Medea.

SHAKESPEARE

Choose from Introducing Shakespeare, The Tempest, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet or A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

For more information on any of the above or to book please email Beth Wood at bethwood@fsmail.net

HAMLET – COMING SOON!

Harlequin Outreach is pleased to announce that we have received Youth Opportunities funding for an Autumn production of Hamlet.

This will play at the Shakespeare Schools Festival (national event) and then tour secondary schools in conjunction with an interactive workshop on Mental Health issues.

September – December 2009.

JASON & MEDEA

ACT’s T.I.E. show featuring Andy Edmeads as Jason, Kate Shenton as Medea and John Soffe as a host of kings, creatures and goddesses, has been touring schools and Arts Centres since September 2008. Jason and Medea will tour until July 2009 and is available for Events Days and Corporate Functions.

‘Stupendous – what an achievement’
Maria Moran – English / Drama Consultant 4S (Surrey County Council)

‘An outstanding day – great entertainment and an inspiring learning experience’
Karen Fox – Holy Cross Prep School, Kingston

Written and Directed by Beth Wood

DISABILITY ARTS PROJECTS SUMMER / AUTUMN 2009

	KING ARTHUR	ACT is continuing its partnership with the RNIB and Colebrook Day Centre and will be touring King Arthur, which was first performed at the Harlequin in January. Also in partnership with the RNIB we will be piloting a new project working with residents from local care homes to promote creativity in later life.
	A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM	In the Autumn ACT will be working in partnership with Woodfield Special School to produce a beautiful and exciting new version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This will be performed at Christmas by over 100 young people. Project funded by Youth Opportunities

GIFTED AND TALENTED WEEKENDS 2009

Harlequin Outreach and ACT will again be working in partnership with Surrey County Council 4S to stage Enrichment Weekends for Surrey youngsters gifted in drama. Schools throughout Surrey will be invited to send pupils for each event. These young companies will work intensively to produce a new theatre piece to be performed on the Sunday at 6pm.

	MAY 16th & 17th	– Year 6
	JUNE 13th & 14th	– Year 7
	OCTOBER 17th & 18th	– Years 10 & 11
	OCTOBER 31st & November 1st	– Years 8 & 9

PHAEDRA

Presented by the Harlequin Senior Youth Theatre

A powerful and stylish piece of theatre that moves between the classical and the modern, evoking the timeless nature of the central themes of passion and incestuous love. Phaedra, married to Theseus King of Athens is consumed by a forbidden love for Hippolytus, son of Theseus’ earlier marriage. Meanwhile the Palace is besieged by reporters and fans clamouring to get a glimpse of the same young man! ‘Love moves and the whole forest roars.’

Performances:

Leatherhead Theatre Thursday 7th May (Michael Caine Festival) Harlequin Theatre 8th and 9th June (Double Bill with Cymbeline)

The Education and Particpation Department would like to acknowledge grateful thanks to Fidelity International for their continued support.

Harlequin Outreach was launched in 1999, since when it has grown and developed to be one of the most significant education and community arts organisations in the South East.

Each year Outreach works with over 6,000 young people on a variety of youth arts and educational projects.

The Aim of Outreach is to encourage young people to explore their creativity and to develop a lasting relationship with the arts.

How do we do this?

Classes, workshops, participation in shows and youth arts events. The youth theatre is huge, but that is only a small part of our work with young people.

The Ethos – encourage, facilitate, teach but don’t preach.
If a young person needs help with a script, an audition piece, to learn how to work lights, a work experience placement, an injection of confidence, career advice – we will do our best.

TPartners - Outreach works with a wide variety of partners, including ECH Actors, Orbit Shed, Folio Youth Theatre, Shakespeare Schools Festival, Evergreen Theatre Company, Four S, Surey PRU’s and Surrey Day Centres.

Support - We would like to thank Fidelity International for supporting many of our productions in 2008.