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Developed using techniques used by professional Directors, Theatre Companies & Performing Artists across the globe, our workshops unpick and unpack Shakespeare's plays making them accessible for all.
Active|Creative|Live Led by a team of Practitioners from a range of creative & performing arts disciplines, we offer ACTIVE workshops delivered in-school and on-site (theatres and community centres). Our Practitioners deliver engaging learning sessions that enhance a learner’s understanding of & appreciation for the stories, themes & language of Shakespeare’s plays. We do this through approaching the text actively (as actors would in a rehearsal room). Through this active-practice approach - working with the text & breaking it down, playing & having fun - we explore what’s happening in the play together and at a deeper level without it feeling difficult or overwhelming. Our workshops have had a positive educational impact at KS 1-5 in areas including literacy & language (fiction and non-fiction persuasive writing); creative approaches to problem-solving; boosting self-confidence & self-worth; enhancinging cultural & social identity; encouraging team unification.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
Crafted by professional Practitioners from a range of disciplines who work with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and National Theatre, our workshops actively engage learners in understanding & appreciating the stories, characters, themes & language of Shakespeare’s plays. We continually update our own learning & our experience of actively performing & reinventing Shakespeare's works to make sure the plays remain relevant, fun and accessible for all; to make sure they resonate with issues & concerns of young people today. Our Mission - and our promise! - is to ensure a Learner’s experience is: - Fun - Active - Explorative - Relevant - Inventive - Thought-provoking - Inspiring - Educational - Accessible Our workshops have a positive educational impact at KS 1, 2 & 3: Including literacy & language (inc. writing); creative approaches to problem-solving; boosting self-confidence& self-worth; cultural & social identity; encouraging team unification.
Steps to get it done:
Education, engaging with young people and positively shaping young minds (from early years onwards) has always been the cornerstone of Chalice Media as an ethically responsible, socially and culturally responsive digital & performing arts enterprise . This year we are looking to relaunch our Creative Shakespeare Workshops in schools & colleges across Cheshire and the North West. Pre-pandemic these award-winning workshops were in-demand and well-attended. in both primary and secondary schools in the UK and Europe. With a positive track record for improving literacy and an understanding of poetic principles (including the use of allegory, metaphor, allusion, etc), encouraging creative approaches to problem-solving, boosting self-confidence and encouraging team unification, the workshops have been seen to embed a strong core knowledge of and appreciation for Shakespeare’s plays at KS 1-5. They are fun, active, engaging and accessible for all. Active | Creative | Live
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £23,470
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Target (inc. fees) £23,470
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"Brave" - Liverpool Echo
"Brave and Bold." - British Theatre Guide
"Virgorous and energetic!" - North West End
"...extremely entertaining and laugh out loud funny..." - Nerve Magazine
Walking the Bard:
"Reminiscent of Tussauds or the London Dungeon, Walking the Bard is an energetic appetiser..." - British Theatre Guide
"Most interesting guided walk as voted for by me, however, goes to [a calaboration between Chalice Productions and] St George's Hall Liverpool whose celebratory season, Where There's a Will... included Walking the Bard: The Shakespeare Experience, a walk in the venue's catacombs." - Sandra Giorgetti for British Theatre Guide
Macbeth:
"...scenes are crisply enacted and timed rather well, not too much nor too little."
Twelfth Night:
"Very funny throughout, this is a nice and family friendly show which introduces Shakespeare to a new generation in an enjoyable way." - Donna M Day (North West End)
"Known in the North West for their adaptations of Shakespeare... Twelfth Night was up to the usual high standard, with audiences enjoying ridiculously obvious hiding places, flamboyant characters, and performances full of laughter!" - Open Nights.
Hamlet:
"This performance was exceptional: ensemble playing of the highest quality, moments of unexpected but totally appropriate humour to lighten this melancholy play." - Tony Grand (Audience)
Carmilla
"...the production sent silvery shudders down the spine." - Number 9
"All in all, a very haunting and unearthly evening."
Project Owner: Chalice Media Limited The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
