Marie de La Guéronnière
Director, County Sligo Youth Theatre
The Fridge, Lower Quay Street, Sligo
Telephone: 071 9138489
Email: sligoyt@gmail.com
FB: www.facebook.com/countysligoyoutheatre
- County Sligo Youth Theatre was founded 11 years ago with the aims to engage with young people as active participants by using theatre approaches to develop their technical and artistic skills; and to facilitate their social and personal development.
- It develops youth theatre throughout the County by providing an annual programme of theatre workshops to more than 70 people aged from 10 to 20 years old and by producing at least one annual theatre show.
- County Sligo Youth Theatre is based at the Factory (the Fridge) and is funded by Sligo County Council, Sligo Borough Council and the Arts Council of Ireland.
CSYT SUMMER CAMPS 2011 FOR ALL AGES
JULY 4 – JULY 8 2011
MODERN COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE //
// Human Comedy with Masks with Miquel Barceló
Commedia dell Arte is recognised as the first professional actors’ theatre in history. Through the use of movement, physical storytelling, acting techniques, improvisation and the desire to perform, actors are the authors of this up-to-the minute theatrical game that knows no boundaries. Miquel Barceló, actor and cofounder of Theatro Punto and The Gombeens Theatre Company, will introduce the world of Commedia through high-energy games, physical exercises, imaginative improvisation, using leather masks as tools. The workshop aims to develop the stage presence of young actors through direct contact with he audience. A workshop full of foolery that will challenge everyone’s theatrical boundaries.Age 15-22 // 12pm-4pm with a 20 min break // 5 days – 70 euro*
*Special discount for CSYT members 45 euro
JULY 18 – JULY 22 2011
CIRCUS THEATRE // Circus Skills, Theatre Games and Acrobatic Theatre
with Colm O’Grady
A fun introduction to circus and its use in theatre under the expert tutelage of Colm O’Grady, actor and circus performer with the company Ouch Entertainment. The workshop explores the basics of ‘partner acrobalance’, unicycle and juggling together with character, clown and movement. There is an emphasis on circus that speaks, which is integrating the skills that have been attained and putting them into play in a theatrical context. The participants will move from using typical circus props into the manipulation of everyday objects and will explore how these can become interesting props and create a narrative or influence and visually enliven any dramatic situation. We will ask the participants to wear loose training clothes.Age 11-15 // 11am-4pm with a one hour break // 5 days – 70 euro*
*Special discount for CSYT members 45 euro
JULY 25 – JULY 29 2011
CLOWNING // with Jean-Marie Perinetti
‘Put on a clown nose, the smallest mask in the world, and let your imagination soar! Jean-Marie Perinetti, actor and artistic director with Luna Nua Theatre Company, invites younger children to take part in a journey of fun and discovery. Through movement and game the participants develop the sense of connection with their play- partners and the pleasure of being on stage together or alone. These workshops for the younger clown will awaken playful energy and the joy of theatre. Age 8-12 // 1pm-5pm with a 30 min break // 5 days – 70 euro*
*Special discount for CSYT members 45 euro
