Get ready for September
Announcements about our NEW Workshops
New Season, New Space
We are incredibly excited to announce that as from September, all of our Workshops will be taking place at our brand new space, The Bridge Theatre Studio.
The Bridge Theatre Studio is a luminous and spacious venue in the heart of St Gilles, located just five minutes walk from Porte de Hal and Parvis at Chaussee de Forest 83.
The Studio will enable us to centralise many of our activities and gives you the ideal space to unlock your creativity. Beyond workshops, having the space will enable us to have a suitable and permanent rehearsal space for our productions, to collaborate with other artists in creative processes, and even to host our popular immersive role play training for organisations.
We can’t wait to let you have a look – you can be one of the first to see the space at our Workshops Open Evening on Monday 9 September, during which you can find out more about our Workshops. More details to be announced soon.
Collaborative Playmaking Masterclass
We are delighted to be able to offer you a day-long masterclass in Devising and Collaborative Playmaking, led by a Dr Brian Rhinehart, Professor of Directing at The Actor Studio Drama School, New York.
There are two opportunities to take part in this masterclass: Sunday 8 September, 10.00 – 16.00 or Thursday 12 September, 10.00 - 17.00.
Using an approach to collaborative storytelling known as Trackwork Devising, you will override the brain’s instinctual predilection for unoriginal choices and force it to create something singular and new. You will do this by engaging it simultaneously with disparate forms, ideas, concepts, texts, songs, movement, etc., and depriving it of the use of reason and logic. By forcing the brain of each participant to combine multiple forms, actions and events into a short performance in a very limited amount of time, we can create completely unique and original works of art.
Workshops 2.0
Workshops are part of the DNA of The Bridge Theatre. We believe in enabling all people the opportunity to experience the benefits of active engagement with the performing arts. As we have grown and found new spaces, so too have our Workshops series, which are only increasing in popularity.
As from September, our workshops will be evolving again. Based on the feedback that you have given us, either in-person or via our feedback forms or our consultation process, we have redesigned our Workshops to give you greater differentiation of levels, more chances to progress, and more chances for performance.
You will find a run down of the different workshops that will be on offer below. Registration will open in a couple of weeks!
PLAY Workshops
Our PLAY Workshop will continue to run in 10-week terms. However, from now on there will be five different levels (Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Master). Each level is comprised of three 10-week terms (Term 1, Term 2, Term 3).
Term 1 focuses on technique.
Term 2 focuses on building performing experience.
Term 3 ends in a collective showcase performance.
You must have completed Term 1 to be admitted to Term 2, and you must have completed Term 2 to be admitted to Term 3. Nevertheless, there are multiple entry points throughout the year and Terms do not have to be completed consecutively.
Beginners: Fridays 19.00 - 21.30
Elementary: Tuesdays 19.00 - 21.30
Intermediate: Saturdays 13.00 - 15.30
Advanced: Thursdays 19.00 - 21.30
Master: Not available at this time
We may offer more courses in certain levels, depending on demand.
ACT Workshops
Don’t feel you can commit to a 10-week term? Or perhaps there are specific facets of stage craft that you want to cover? Then our ACT Workshops are for you.
ACT Workshops are one-off masterclasses in different acting styles and techniques, with a different teacher each week!
Saturdays, 15.30 - 18.30
MUSICAL THEATRE Workshop
Just like our PLAY Workshop, MUSICAL THEATRE will run in 10-week terms. There will be five different levels of each (Beginner, Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Master) and each level is compromised of three 10-week terms (Term 1, Term 2, Term 3).
Term 1 focuses on technique.
Term 2 focuses on building performing experience.
Term 3 ends in a collective showcase performance.
You must have completed Term 1 to be admitted to Term 2, and you must have completed Term 2 to be admitted to Term 3. Nevertheless, there are multiple entry points throughout the year and Terms do not have to be completed consecutively.
All levels take place on Sundays.
Beginners: 17.30 - 19.00
Elementary: 15.30 - 17.30
Intermediate: 13.00 - 15.30
Advanced: 10.00 - 13.00
Master: Not available at this time
We may offer more courses in certain levels, depending on demand.
SING Workshop
Our SING Workshop also runs in 10-week terms, with a different focus each term. It is possible to join SING at the beginning of any term.
Sundays, 19.00 - 21.00
CONNECT Workshop
CONNECT is a 10-week course during which participants go through a transformative experience, based on techniques from dramatherapy.
Wednesdays, 19.00 - 21.30
SPEECHES Workshop
SPEECHES is a five-week course in which participants get to practice their public speaking skills from a theatrical perspective.
Mondays, 19.00 - 21.00
Timetable Overview
Don’t see something there that you want to see? Let us know and we will see if we can work it in for you!