Teenage Classes – for ages 12–17

Term Classes

Our teenage program forms a major part of the school. Teenagers are introduced to the techniques of acting used at major full time drama schools, adapted for their age and experience.

Drama classes give teenagers the edge in many areas of life – now and in the future.

Subjects

Subjects include:

  • Improvisation. Coming up with your own ideas on the spot. As well as extending the imagination, this is a valuable tool for later life – for interviews, ideas, presentations and so on.
  • Voice: Creating clearer and more confident speech.
  • Character work: Teenagers create their own characters through a range of methods.
  • Movement: Not dance as such but movement that expresses various emotions, situations, characters and so on.
  • Film/TV Classes: Offered as a weekend intensive in Term 4.
  • Performance: This is the core of the teenage class. The subjects taught are used as part of the rehearsal process.

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

Class description

This class begins to look at the actual craft of acting. Students engage in improvisation and script work. Scripts range from classical to contemporary, with an emphasis on scripts by or for young people in Australia. Issue based plays relating to teenage years are explored and students are taught the art of Improvisation – thinking on their feet and coming up with their own ideas.

Voice Work is encouraged – not as a separate entity but within the realm of the projection of ideas in class. In other words, if a young person mumbles and cannot be understood, we work with the intention of his/her ideas, communication and confidence in order to be understood.

Students begin to learn the actual Technique of Acting; how to create believable Characterisations and spend at lot of time on Script Work. This involves the rehearsal for the performances.

Many of our older senior students are at the stage of wanting to take drama seriously. Students should advise us if they are interested in attending professional auditions / applying for an agent or auditioning for the major full time drama schools when they finish school. This will give us an indication of their class.

December Season of the play
Harry’s Hotter At Twilight

This is a sensational year for the teenage group. We have secured the rights to perform Harry’s Hotter At Twilight – a wonderful mashed-up version of the Harry Potter and Twilight series, with interlopers crashing in from Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and many other places. Characters include everyone’s favourite wizards, vampires and werewolves. They battle to save the miserable, gloomy Spook, and indeed the world, from disaster.

Please note that although Terms 1 and 2 will involve some characterisations from the play, serious rehearsals will not start until the second half of the year. Therefore, students can join at various times throughout the year. A commitment to the full production course does not need to be made until Term 3, however earlier participation is recommended.

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:

Term 1: Monday 6 February – Monday 26 March

Term 2: Monday 16 April – Monday 18 June

Term 3: Monday 16 July – Monday 17 September

Term 4: Monday 8 October – Monday 28 November (Please note that Block 5 extends after Term 4 as the Performance Block)

Block 5: Performance Block Rehearsals
Saturday 1 December 2pm–6pm
Sunday 2 December 2pm–6pm
Monday 3 December 5pm–7pm;
Tuesday 4 December 5pm–9pm
Wednesday 5 December 5pm–9pm

Performance Season

Opening Night: Thursday 6 December

Season runs until Sunday 9 December at 7pm, with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm – a total of six shows.

There is no charge to the students for this period. Tix prices to see the show will be advised, and will include family discounts.

Fees:

Term 1: Total 8 weeks. Cost (inc GST) = $360.00

Term 2: Total 10 weeks. Cost (inc GST) = $400.00

Term 3: Total 10 weeks. Cost (inc GST) = $400.00

Term 4: Total 8 weeks. Cost (inc GST) = $360.00

Block 5: Total number of rehearsal hours: 17 hours – Total Cost (incl GST) = $340.00

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 participants 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.