Adult Classes

Adult Weekly Class

The weekly adult class is about using drama as a form of personal development – a source of fun! People come from all walks of life and for a range of reasons – often forming long-lasting friendships with each other. Reasons include:

  • Social – connecting with new people.
  • Shyness – learning to be more confident.
  • Extrovert personalities – do you need a place where it is OK to be extreme? Where your voice is not considered too loud? Where everyone loves a drama queen? Maybe you’ve spent your whole life being “toned down”? This is a place where you can express yourself without that kind of criticism.
  • Begin a new career – many adults transition into more intensive classes at a later stage.
  • Business – imaginative exercises help with the formation of new businesses, ways to improve existing circumstances etc.
  • Personal development.
  • Learning and observing how you come across to others.
  • Stress release – our drama classes are one of the BEST forms of stress release you will ever experience.
  • Making speeches in other areas of life – weddings, 21sts etc.
  • Learning upfront skills for work place presentations.
  • Having FUN.

Subjects

  • Improvisation: Thinking on your feet, coming up with your own ideas, working as a group.
  • Character development: You will learn the skills that actors use to create real and vivid characterisations. Experience the fun of playing your “other”, ie characters unlike yourself who possess ideas and thoughts that you think are your opposites.
  • Voice work: Use your voice in a more empowered manner.
  • Film and TV: Offered as a weekend workshop in Block 4.
  • Performance: This is the focus of the class, as you will be able to put into practice the skills you have been taught.

These ‘subjects’ are not taught in isolation, but are applied and taught as the basis for the rehearsals that lead to the performance.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Block 2

In Block 2, the focus will be on preparing and then performing a production – My Lover Is An Extraterrestrial – for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

MY LOVER IS AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL

Have you ever had the experience of thinking you know someone you love – be they lover, friend or family – and discovering how little you know?!  Have you ever found yourself looking at those you are closest to and feeling that you might as well be from different galaxies?  Ever thought you were adopted or that you are the alien on earth?
Join the 2012 Adult Comedy Festival Class and be a part of the fun. A series of scenes about the aliens we know, the aliens we love, and the aliens we are.

Venue:

NORTHCOTE/FAIRFIELD: The Theatre Husk, 161a Heidelberg Road, Northcote/Fairfield border

Our space, The Theatre Husk at no. 161a, is slightly back off the main road, in a small court of factory/warehouses. We are between SU Victoria (no. 157 on the city side) and Titan Storage (on the side away from the city). Melway Ref: Map 30, H12. Nearest railway station: Dennis. VIEW MAP

Teacher:

Cassandra Magrath

Dates and times:

BLOCK 1, 2102: Rehearsal and learning block

Monday 6 February – Monday 26 March (EXCEPT Labour Day, Monday 12 March) – total of seven weeks

Mondays, 7.30pm–9.30pm – for weeks 1–4 [6, 13, 20, 27 February]

Monday: 7.30pm–10pm – for weeks 5–7 [5, 19, 26 March]

BLOCK 2, 2102: Rehearsal and performance block

Tuesday 10 April, 7.30pm–10pm

Wednesday 11 April, 7.30pm–10pm

Thursday 12 April, 7.30pm–10pm

Saturday 14 April, 1pm–7pm

Monday 16 April, 7.30pm–10pm

Tuesday 17 April, 7.30pm–10pm

Wednesday 18 April: Technical rehearsal, 7.30pm–10pm

Thursday 19 April: Dress rehearsal, 7.30pm–10pm

Friday 20 April: First show at 8pm

Saturday 21 April: Second show at 8pm

Sunday 22 April: Third show at 6pm

BLOCKS 3-5, 2012

Details will be available early 2012.

Fees:

Fees are based on $20 per hour for each teaching and rehearsal session.

BLOCK 1, 2102

Total fee: $280.00 (including GST)

BLOCK 2, 2102

Total fee: $495.00 (including GST)

TERMS 3-5, 2012

Details will be available early 2012.

Bookings:

Online via the Bookings page. When we have received your booking, we will get back to you with payment details.

Terms and conditions

NB: We are able to pro-rata fees in the event that you start later in the term. However, there are NO REFUNDS for missed classes, regardless of the circumstances. Thank you for your co-operation in this.