Author: Julian Bond

There are no ‘Creating Drama’ workshops in December due to our Xmas panto production. There will be a Xmas Workshop, a week on Wednesday 13th December to which you are all cordially invited!   ‘Creating Drama’ workshops resume on 10th January…   Regards Burjesta

Burjesta Theatre Workshops – ‘Creating Drama’ # Portraying Environment Wednesday 29th November, 7pm @ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool, £3/£2 This week we’ll be looking at how theatre creates the external world of reality on what is essentially a bare stage. We’ll be using Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ by way of example to see how, for… Continue reading Workshop – Creating Drama #Portraying Environment, Wed 29th Nov

7pm @ The Casa, £3/£2 # Character Relations – This week we’ll be looking at the necessity of well-constructed character relations to create meaningful drama. By way of example we’ll look at Eugene O’Neil’s searing masterpiece, ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ an unsparing autobiographical account of a family in dissolution ravaged by resentment, illness and… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshop – ‘Creating Drama’ Wednesday 22nd November

7pm @ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool, £3/£2 This week’s workshop looks at some of the greatest plays of all time and assesses how the drama is begun and how the premise of the play is revealed. We’ll be looking at Frederico Garcia Lorca’s ‘House of Bernarda Alba’; Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’; David Mamet’s… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshop – Creating Drama # Beginnings and Premise Wed 15th November

Due to strike action today on busses and trains in Liverpool (which we fully support) we have cancelled tonight’s workshop.  Apologies for late notice and any inconvenience this may have caused.  Workshops will resume next Wednesday 15th November.

Wednesday, 8th November @ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool £3/£2 This week we look at the essence of drama, ‘conflict’, and its connection to an effective premise for a play. We’ll look at examples such as ‘Waiting for Godot’, ‘The Revenger’s Tragedy’ and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ All welcome from beginner to experienced. Regards Burjesta

New series of workshops begin this coming Wednesday 1st November, 7pm @ The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool, £3, £2 In a series of workshops we will be examining some of the key ingredients which go into creating drama – character, environment, social relations, conflict/premise, narrative/story/structure, denouement/ending and what constitutes ‘great art’. We’ll be covering some… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshops – ‘Creating Drama’ – New Series

There are no workshops throughout October.  Workshops will resume in November.

Burjesta Theatre Workshop – Jack & the Beanstalk Wednesday 13th, September, 7pm The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool This Wednesday’s workshop is dedicated to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We’ll be exploring all the elements that go into making one of the most popular pantos as well as putting our own twist on it.… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshop – Wed 13th September – Jack & the Beanstalk

Burjesta Theatre Workshop – ‘Principles of Panto’ Wednesday 6th September, 6pm @ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool This week we’ll be looking at the key ingredients that go into making a panto, from the gags, the lead boy played by an actress, the dame played by a man etc., etc. This is the first of… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Workshop – Principles of Panto – 6th September