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Wednesday 19th December, 7pm The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool You are all warmly invited to come along to our Xmas workshop to end the year in high spirits. Led by Burjesta Artistic Director Mikyla Durkan, we can promise you fun, games, the surreal, general silliness and competitions…all welcome whether you’ve been a regular or not…… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Xmas Workshop

A reminder that next week we will be holding auditions for our next production, Punch and Judy, an adult only adaptation using actors not puppets.  See home page for all audition requirements.

There are no weekly workshops planned for the time being. We’ll update you with specific workshops later in the year closer to the time.   Regards Burjesta  

@ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool *Please note the earlier start time of 6pm. This week we look at a key concept of Marxism, ‘base and superstructure’ and its relevance to Brechtian theatre. We’ll delve into it more by looking at extracts from ‘The Matrix’, the cyberpunk film from the Wachowskis, which exposes elements of… Continue reading Burjesta Workshop – Superstructure & The Matrix ‘Brecht, Marx and Dialectical Theatre’  Wed, 24th Oct, 6pm

@ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool, 7pm This week we look at Brecht’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, ‘Coriolanus’ which deals with imperialism and class war, subjects of great importance to Brecht. All welcome from beginner to experienced actor. Each session costs £3/£2 (Image is from the 1950s Brecht adaptation, Berlin)

6pm to 10pm The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool   We are excited to announce details of our 18th production to date, an adaptation of ‘Punch and Judy’, for adults. There is no need to prepare anything for the audition but if you’re planning to come send a confirmation email to info@burjesta-theatre.co.uk . Please note this… Continue reading Audition Notice – Punch and Judy – Burjesta Theatre Wed 14th November

@ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool   In our continuing series looking at the work and theory of Bertholt Brecht, this week we continue with extracts from ‘Good Person of Szechuan’, focusing on the trial scene at the end of the play.   You can read the play here online for free:   http://www.socialiststories.com/liberate/The%20Good%20Person%20of%20Szechuan.pdf  … Continue reading Burjesta Workshops – Brecht, Marx & Dialectical Theatre 7pm, Wed 10th October – Good Person of Szechuan

@ The Casa, Hope St, L’pool, 7pm, £3/£2 This week we will be looking at and performing extracts from The Good Person of Szechuan – you can read an online version here. We’ll be focusing on scenes 1 and 2: http://www.socialiststories.com/liberate/The%20Good%20Person%20of%20Szechuan.pdf All welcome beginner or experienced actor

Burjesta Theatre Workshop is cancelled tonight due to the workshop leader being unwell. Workshops will resume next Wednesday 3rd October.