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Burjesta Theatre are holding open auditions for our Christmas Panto, an in-house adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk on Wednesday 27th September. The audition will consist of devised group work and individual pieces as well as a short informal interview. There is no need to prepare anything for the audition and no experience is required.… Continue reading Auditions – Xmas Panto – Jack and the Beanstalk 27th September

Burjesta Theatre Panto Workshop – The Lazzi Wednesday 16th August, 7pm @ The Casa, Hope St, Liverpool This week’s workshop is the last of three workshops dedicated to the origins and influences on pantomime. We will be looking at the ‘Lazzi’ which is a stock joke or routine in the repertoire of commedia dell’arte (the… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Panto – The Lazzi – Wed 16th August

This Wednesday, 7pm @ The Casa, Hope St. Liverpool we continue are look at the origins and influences on pantomime with a workshop dedicated to ‘commedia dell’arte’. Commedia was an Italian form of performance, with ‘improvised’ scripts and gags put together for a given performance involving great skill from the performers. It has greatly influenced… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre Panto Workshop – Wed 9th August

Burjesta Theatre are putting on our first ever panto this Xmas, Jack and the Beanstalk, at our place of residence, The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool which of late has been transformed into a 100 seat fringe theatre space.   We’ll be running workshops starting this Wednesday, 2nd August and then each Wednesday thereafter (no workshop… Continue reading Panto Workshops – Jack & the Beanstalk Wed 2nd August

Book Launch, Video and Scripted Readings10.00-5.00, Saturday 29th July Room 1, Liverpool Central Library, William Brown St.   2017 is the centenary of events that Shook the World Since then, much has been written about the October Revolution and its aftermath and from many perspectives, but none with the authenticity of first-hand experience.   The… Continue reading Revolution and Reaction – 100th Anniversary Russian Revolution 29th July

Potentially Brilliant Drama Workshops – Shadows in Reality 7pm, Tuesday 25th July The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool   This Tuesday’s workshop is the third of a series of twelve dedicated to mental health. It will be looking at extracts from Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and Sophocles’ ‘Ajax’.   Workshops cost £3/£2, and are… Continue reading Potentially Brilliant Workshop – Tue 25 July – Shadows in Reality (Mental Health)

Burjesta Theatre – Open Audition – ‘Revolution’ 6pm, Wednesday, 26th July The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool   A reminder that we are holding auditions this Wednesday, for our autumn production, ‘Revolution’, (an in-house, original piece of drama on the Russian Revolution). There is no need to prepare anything.   Audition will consist of group chorus… Continue reading Burjesta Theatre – Open Audition ‘Revolution’ 6pm, Wednesday 26th, July

‘Shadows in Reality’ – Potentially Brilliant Productions Week 2 – 12-Week Drama Course on the theme of Mental Health Tuesday, 18th, July, 7pm at The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool Runs for 12 weeks   A series of drama workshops using creativity to explore the theme of mental illness. Each session will examine our attitudes toward… Continue reading Potentially Brilliant – ‘Shadows in Reality’ (Mental Health drama workshops)

Burjesta Theatre – Preparatory Workshop for ‘Revolution’ Audition This Wednesday 19th July, 7pm @ The Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool, £3/£2 This Wednesday’s workshop is dedicated to script extracts from our Autumn production, ‘Revolution’ which we are auditioning a week on Wednesday. ‘Revolution’ looks at the events of the Russian Revolution 100 years ago. The workshop… Continue reading Burjesta Workshop – Wed 19th July – Preparation for ‘Revolution’ Audition

Burjesta Theatre Workshop – Revolutionary Women   Wedneday 12th July, 7pm @ The Casa, Hope St, Liverpool £3/£2   This week’s workshop from our ‘Revolutionary Theatre’ series will be looking at the prominent role played by women in three different revolutionary movements –   The French Revolution (the March on Versailles, 1789)   The Paris… Continue reading Revolutionary Women Workshop – 12th July