Charity No: 1040576 Registered Office: Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, Nr. Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 6NN
We provide Workshops and Residencies individually tailored for schools, colleges and the community at the Living Willow Theatre, throughout the UK and abroad. We have experience of working with adults and children with special needs.
“An exciting opportunity for our pupils to work with a professional actor and a director, which has been very beneficial” - John Baxter, Head of Drama, Harrow Way Community School, Andover.
“The students really came alive in enjoying Shakespeare”- A level tutor, Manchester
“ Lively and complex and funny in ways I’ve never seen before” Arts Council Isle of Man
"Shakespeare Link knows how to make Shakespeare fun and relevant. Ask the hundreds of students who attended its workshops on the world service tour of Bulgaria - anyone, anywhere in the world, would find common ground in Shakespeare Link." Gerald O’Malley, Director BBC World Service
“I intend to write in detail to the British Council to commend this group”- Tutor on workshop with 15-16 year olds, Phillipines
“I really wish you could come again” Pupil -St Thomas’s Church of England School
“It was a fun and tiring day but it was brill”- year 6 pupil
“Many thanks for a superb weekend tuition” - Anglian Shakespeare Company
"The Shakespeare Link session which I attended at the British Council was exactly what I had hoped for : well - run, stimulating, well prepared and solidly text based -very good." - Mark Dewolf, Singapore
We regularly do workshops and residencies in schools with participants aged 9 up to A-level standard. For example for the past 13 years we have been doing an annual two week residency in Harrow Way Community School in Andover. This includes rehearsing a Shakespeare play with 15-16 year olds and running time tabled syllabus workshops with year 9 pupils. These residencies have been highly valued by the school. See their website for pictures of the projects over the years
www.harrowway.hants.sch.uk
www.harrowway.hants.sch.uk
Workshops are always practical and participatory. Each session usually lasts around 2 hours and may be seen as a one off independent initiative or part of a longer course. All courses are tailored to suit the particular need of the group of from 5-50 participants.
Shakespeare Link workshops are practical and fun - participants work at their own level to achieve ownership and control of material. These workshops are topic or syllabus linked as required and are always founded on a practical theatre base. We look at language, verse structure, characterisation and narrative to unlock and explore the plays.
