As well as offering the regular ten week courses in the Autumn, we are also offering two summer weekend workshops and a FREE 3-hour workshop for all those who'd like to know a bit more about the kind of training on offer. Gest is a organisation based in Cardiff specialising in acting and performance training for adults of all ages, abilities and experience. We aim to offer a wide variety of workshops and courses covering anything and everything relevant to shaping confident, believable and adaptable performers. Shakespeare Weekend Workshop When: Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July. 10am - 4pm Where: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff Cost: £50.00 A highly practical short course for anyone over 18 who has limited or no experience of performing Shakespeare. Two contrasting plays will be introduced and investigated. Through plenty of practical exercises, both with and without scripts, students will explore the riches of Shakespeare's language and themes and learn how to bring the text to life. This course would also be very useful to anyone who plans to audition for drama school and needs advice on presenting a Shakespearian monologue. Physical Comedy Weekend Workshop When: Saturday 28th July and Sunday 29th July. 10am - 4pm Where: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff Cost: £50.00 This workshop is suitable for anyone over 18 with some performance experience. Through a graduated series of exercises and devised work, students will discover and develop a range of invaluable skills and explore many principles of how comedy works in physical terms. This course promises to be both fun and challenging, and will teach many helpful and transferrable skills and ideas useful in all performance work - whether comedic or dramatic. FREE Taster Workshop When: Saturday 11th August. 2pm - 5pm Where: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff Cost: Free! Come along and see what Gest is all about, and take part in a sample acting workshop. There will also be the chance to ask any questions about the courses we offer and also about acting and actor training in general. Current Gest students will be on hand to speak to. Please note that numbers are limited so book your place early! Weekly Acting Course - INTRODUCTION When: Every Saturday morning, 10am to 12 noon, 6th October - 8th December inclusive (10 weeks) Where: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff Cost: £100 If you are over 18 and have always wanted to act, but you're not sure whether you have the talent, or the nerve to give it a go, then this course will probably be exactly what you're looking for. The emphasis is on plenty of practical work, with lots of useable advice, tips and feedback throughout the weeks. We'll work with and without text, help you loose your self-consciousness and awkwardness, build your dramatic awareness and work to uncover your innate creativity. You don't need any previous acting experience, just enthusiasm and willingness to learn new skills Weekly Acting Course - IMPROVERS When: Every Saturday afternoon 1pm to 3pm, 6th October - 8th December inclusive (10 weeks) Where: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff Cost: £100 This course is suitable for anyone over 18 who already has some acting experience. This may include being in a play in the last 2 years (including amateur), and/or having previous drama training (such as youth theatre, college, university or Gest Introduction course). The course will systematically cover many of the elements that go into making truthful and captivating performances, using a variety of texts, exercises and approaches and building on your current skills and experience. As always, the course will respond directly to learners' needs and constructive individual and group feedback will be an instrinsic part of the content. How to apply: Please email if you would like to book a place on any course or if you would like any advice or information. If you haven't already, take a look at our website: www.gest-training.co.uk to find out more about our courses and ethos and read past student feedback. 10% discount available for booking more than one course on this list (excluding free taster workshop). ie: £90 for both weekend workshops, £135 for weekend workshop and 10 week course, £180 for both weekend workshops and 10 week course. Please note that places on all courses are strictly limited to a maximum of 16 and in order to confirm your booking a deposit of at least 50% must be received 7 days before the start of any course. With the free taster workshop, places will be offered on a first come, first served basis. |
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