Author: Julian Bond

Introductory Session – The first of a series of workshops exploring Greek Theatre. We’ll be looking at selections of work from the four giants of Greek Theatre from works such as The Bacchae, The Orestia, Antigone and Heracles’ Children, introducing characters such as Agamemnon, his concubine Cassandra, Orestes who comes to revenge his death, the… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshop – Wed 20th August – Introduction to Greek Theatre

‘The Origins of Drama’ – 2500 years ago theatre left behind its religious roots and took its first steps to create the dramatic forms we possess today, producing some of the most dramatic stories the world has ever seen… Course Brief: A 12-week course of workshops dedicated to exploring Classical Greek Theatre. Please note that… Continue reading Greek Theatre Workshops – Autumn Workshops beginning 20th August

this Wednesday 13th there is no workshop as auditions are taking place for All Quiet on the Western Front. Please note the auditions are only open to actors who attended at least one of the two workshops dedicated to All Quiet. The audition begins at the slightly later time than normal at 7.30pm at The… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshop Audition – All Quiet on the Western Front 13th August

The Casa, Hope St, Liverpool, £3/£2 This Wednesday’s workshop will look at themes from our in-house adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic anti-war novel, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ which shows World War I from the perspective of serving German soldiers, mothers, lovers, families back home. We’ll be exploring some of the themes from… Continue reading Workshop 6th August – All Quiet on the Western Front (leading to Audition)

This week’s workshop will be the first of two in the lead up to auditions for our next production, Erich Maria Remarque’s classic anti-war depiction of World War I, seen from the perspective of German soldiers, mothers, wives, lovers. All welcome, The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ – workshop starts at 7pm, £3/£2. Please… Continue reading Workshop 30th July – All Quiet on the Western Front (1 of 2)

We will be holding auditions for our 9th production to date, an in-house adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic anti-war novel ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ on Wednesday 13th August. It is set in World War I, and seen from the perspective of ordinary German soldiers, both at the front fighting with the French and… Continue reading Auditions Notice – All Quiet on the Western Front – 13th August

Burjesta Theatre Workshop – This Wednesday we finish our series of workshops ‘Portraits of Liverpool’. We’ll be putting together all the dramatizations that we came up with over the last two months in one interwoven story. But please come along and join us even if you weren’t involved in the initial process, we’ll find a… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshop – 23rd July – Portraits of Liverpool

Very nice interview on Liverpool Community Radio with Eleanor Parry of Burjesta Theatre talking about all things Burjestarish. Interview starts at approximately 70 minutes in and last for about 10 minutes. Enjoy! http://www.spreaker.com/user/5392808/moveable-feast-27-06-2014

Burjesta Theatre Workshop – This week as a one off, we’re switching from Wednesday to Tuesday night, still at The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool, 7pm, £3/£2 We’re continuing with our ‘Portraits of Liverpool’, transforming true stories from workshop participants into pieces of drama. Come along and join us, all welcome!

Burjesta Theatre Workshop – This Wednesday we continue with ‘Portraits of Liverpool’, transforming real stories from workshop participants into drama. All welcome! The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool, 7pm, £3/£2