Creating and Devising Theatre with Industry Professionals
Location
Queen's College
About
During the day led by Helena Payne and Cameron Forrest, students will explore storytelling - developing their own ideas and learning new techniques to transform these on stage.
Helena Payne has played Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Edmund 'played with verve and brio', in LEAR, Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest, Will Doone, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, and Lady Sims in The Twelve Pound Look with Pleasure Dome. Other works includes Sexism is Bad...at the Arcola, Top Girls at the Southbank Centre, Praxagora in the Assembly Women, Mrs Smith in the Bald Prima Donna at The Old Red Lion, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Guiderius in Cymbeline at the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
This summer she toured with Reduced Opera as Carmed in Carmen. She has Toured with Heritage Opera as mercedes in Carmen and other sung roles include Cesare in CESARE which she also adapted and co-wrote the libretto for.
Cameron Forrest who was taught originally by our Director of Performing Arts, Claire Davies, went on to study at LAMDA. Since graduating from their BA acting course Cameron has featured in a number of productions incluing Last Goal Wins and Persona. He has also recently performed at the Edinburgh Fringe.
27/10, 9am - 3pm, Year 3 - Year 9