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RSC Summer School Is an Opportunity for Teachers, Students 7And the General0 Public to Gain an Insight Into the Work of the Royal Shakespeare Company SHAKESPEARE INSTITUTE RSC AND THE OTHER PLACE EDUCATION STRATFORD-UPON-AVON We believe that Shakespeare should be made vivid, accessible and enjoyable for young people and their teachers. TEACHERS Explore our range of professional development opportunities, including our brand new RSC Certificate in Teaching Shakespeare. STUDENTS Attend a workshop, conference, LPN Regional Schools Celebration photo by EllieKurtzLPN RegionalSchools Celebration or one of our many events for young people. SCHOOLS Watch an RSC show streamed into your classroom and explore online resources including our brand new The Text Detective Find us on Facebook films. RSCTeachers TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT Follow us on Twitter OUR RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES @RSC_Education www.rsc.org.uk/Education RSC Live from Stratford-upon-Avon is generously supported by SIDNEY E. FRANK FOUNDATION TH Schools’ Broadcasts are generously supported by Virgin Media SUMMER The work of the RSC Education Department is generously supported by PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, THE POLONSKY FOUNDATION, THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION and the ERNEST COOK TRUST SCHOOL MONDAY 14 – FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2017 photograph by Helen Maybanks 0 Andrew Llloyd Webber 7 Foundation The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and THE KOVNER FOUNDATION Andronicus Titus RSC.ORG.UK RSC TH SUMMER SCHOOL The RSC Summer School is an opportunity for teachers, students 7and the general0 public to gain an insight into the work of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Now in its 70th year, this celebrated week-long course offers participants insights into current productions and the theatre-making process, as well as a deeper understanding of the plays and their context. The Summer School is produced by the RSC in collaboration with the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute. It will feature scholars, critics, actors, directors and artists offering academic and critical opinions about the Rome Season as well as opportunities to reflect on and celebrate RSC theatre spaces and productions from the School’s 70 year history. This year, some sessions will take place in The Other Place (TOP), of which the University of Birmingham is a Founding Partner. Our collaboration with the University is centred on the mutual aspiration to develop The Other Place as a unique hub for learning and creativity. DATE PRODUCTION Performance of Julius Caesar Monday 14 August in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Performance of Salomé Tuesday 15 August in the Swan Theatre Performance of Antony & Cleopatra Wednesday 16 August in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Performance of Titus Andronicus Photo by Sam Allard Thursday 17 August in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre RSC SUMMER SCHOOL ITINERARY 2017 SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3 DAY EVENING / PERFORMANCE NOTES THE SHAKESPEARE INSTITUTE STUDIO THEATRE, THE OTHER PLACE* STUDIO THEATRE, THE OTHER PLACE* SUNDAY 6pm – 8pm Registration Welcome Reception opens from 13 The Shakespeare Institute 5pm AUGUST MONDAY 10.30am – 11.30am 12.15pm – 1.15pm 2.45pm – 3.45pm Performance of Registration Julius Caesar: Celebrating 70 Years of the Mark Antony: Julius Caesar opens from 7.15pm Accents Yet Unknown RSC Summer School: Stages Citizen, Warrior, Lover 9.30am Professor Michael Dobson and Interpretations Antony Byrne Royal Shakespeare Theatre 14 Penny Downie and Katy Stephens AUGUST TUESDAY 10am – 11am 11.50am – 12.50pm 2.30pm – 3.30pm Performance of Oscar Wilde's Salomé and Making Mischief Exploring Gender Salomé the Culture of Exotics Erica Whyman in Salomé 7.30pm Professor Russell Jackson Suzanne Burden and Swan Theatre 15 Matthew Tennyson AUGUST WEDNESDAY 10am – 11am 11.50am – 12.50pm 2.30pm – 3.30pm Performance of Shakespeare’s One-Off: Antony & Cleopatra: Loyalty and Betrayal in Antony & Cleopatra Cleopatra Breaks the Insights into the Julius Caesar and 7.15pm Shackles Rehearsal Process Antony & Cleopatra Royal Shakespeare Theatre 16 Dame Janet Suzman Zoé Ford Andrew Woodall AUGUST 10am – 11am 11.50am – 12.50pm 2.30pm – 3.30pm THURSDAY Performance of Turning the Tables at the Rome and the Righteous Actors’ Forum Titus Andronicus Dinner Party Heavens Be My Judge Nia Gwynne, Alex Waldmann 7.15pm 17 Dr Elizabeth Sandis David Troughton and Matthew Pidgeon Royal Shakespeare Theatre AUGUST 10am – 11am 11.30am – 12.30pm 12.30pm – 2pm FRIDAY Season Review Celebrating 70 Years Buffet Lunch Michael Billington and of the RSC Summer School: Professor Michael Dobson RSC Productions 18 Ray Fearon and Chuk Iwuji AUGUST *EXCEPT FRIDAY WHERE THIS SESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SHAKESPEARE INSTITUTE TUESDAY 15 AUGUST 11.50am - 12.50pm EVENT 10am - 11am Rome and the Righteous Heavens Oscar Wilde's Salomé Be My Judge The Other Place photo by DETAILS and the Culture of Exotics The Shakespeare Institute David Troughton discusses his current role as MONDAY 14 AUGUST Oscar Wilde wrote Salomé in French in 1891-2. Titus Andronicus and reflects on past RSC roles. 10.30am - 11.30am Seemingly a far cry from the society plays that photo by Isaac James 2.30pm - 3.30pm Accents Yet Unknown: Julius Caesar, made his name on the London stage in the next Actors' Forum Antony & Cleopatra Salomé Shakespeare’s Rome, and the Making of the three years, it was his bid to take a place in the Helen Maybanks The Other Place International Poet avant-garde theatre of Europe. Professor Russell 11.50am - 12.50pm Actors from the current season discuss their roles The Shakespeare Institute Jackson discusses the play's craftsmanship and and answer questions from delegates. Actors the influences that informed Wilde's erotic Biblical Antony & Cleopatra: Between them ‘Rome’ and ‘Shakespeare’ Insights into the Rehearsal Process taking part include Nia Gwynne (Tamora in cover a good deal of what the West has come drama, a contribution to what his character Lady Titus Andronicus), Alex Waldmann (Brutus in Brancaster calls ‘the culture of exotics.’ The Other Place to regard as its common cultural heritage. Zoé Ford (Assistant Director) shares her Julius Caesar) and Matthew Pidgeon (Herod in Professor Michael Dobson considers how insights into both rehearsals and script for Salomé). Shakespeare’s willingness to dramatise Rome for 11.50am - 12.50pm Antony & Cleopatra, and explores interpretive Elizabethan England has, over time, helped make Making Mischief: The Role of Counterpoint, choices with members of the cast. him into the world’s local playwright. Politics and Experiment at the RSC The Other Place 2.30pm - 3.30pm 12.15pm - 1.15pm A discussion with Erica Whyman, Loyalty and Betrayal in Julius Caesar and Celebrating 70 Years of the RSC Summer School: Stages and Interpretations RSC Deputy Artistic Director. Antony & Cleopatra The Other Place The Other Place 2.30pm - 3.30pm Andrew Woodall reflects on his roles as RSC Artists Katy Stephens and Penny Downie Exploring Gender in Salomé Julius Caesar and Enobarbus. reflect on how the many and changing theatre The Other Place spaces in Stratford have influenced staging and Matthew Tennyson (Salomé) and Suzanne Burden interpretive choices. (Herodias) discuss the way gender has been explored in the current production of Salomé. 2.45pm - 3.45pm Mark Antony: Citizen, Warrior, Lover Photo by Sam Allard The Other Place Antony Byrne discusses the role of Mark Antony. photo by Helen Maybanks FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 10am - 11am photo by Isaac James photo by Isaac James Season Review Julius Caesar The Shakespeare Institute Professor Michael Dobson and The Guardian’s THURSDAY 17 AUGUST Michael Billington discuss the RSC’s Matthew Tennyson Suzanne Burden 10am - 11am Rome Season. WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST Turning the Tables at the Dinner Party: 11.30am - 12.30pm 10am - 11am Ovid, Seneca, Shakespeare, and Celebrating 70 Years of the Shakespeare’s One-Off: Other Guests RSC Summer School: RSC Productions The Shakespeare Institute photo by Helen Maybanks Cleopatra Breaks the Shackles The Shakespeare Institute The Shakespeare Institute What would happen if you staged a play like RSC Artists Ray Fearon and Chuk Iwuji Dame Janet Suzman will be asking herself and Titus Andronicus in an Oxford college dining celebrate seminal RSC productions from delegates whether it is possible to believe the hall? In this lecture, Dr Elizabeth Sandis reveals the last 70 years in a session hosted by accepted view that a boy actor would have the startling details of a 1607 performance where Jacqui O’Hanlon, culminating in the cutting Antony & Cleopatra originally played this part, if it was played at all. blurred lines culminate in a banquet to remember. of a 70th birthday cake. RSC MEMBERSHIP Love the RSC? Join us from £20 per year and enjoy Priority Booking, regular information updates and special offers. Your support will: • Ensure our continued success for future generations helping us stage the best productions of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in Stratford-upon-Avon, the UK and internationally • Support bold new writing • Deliver an inspiring education programme photo by Helen Maybanks www.rsc.org.uk/SupportUs Julius Caesar THE PLAY'S THE THING Take a journey through 100 years of THE OTHER PLACE theatre-making in our interactive exhibition, Just up the road from the Royal Shakespeare The Play’s The Thing. Theatre, The Other Place is our creative hub Enter a treasure trove of stunning costumes and for learning, research and development. props from our archive, and get a close up It’s home to our rehearsal rooms, a new look at one of only 234 remaining copies of 200-seat studio theatre, a bar and cafe and Shakespeare’s First Folio. our extensive costume store. Get hands-on and discover the actors’ journey On our From Page to Stage tours, explore from dressing room to stage, performing as The Other Place and discover the incredible Hamlet in front of a virtual audience. Discover theatre-making process through accounts from the directorial and design choices from our past Actors and Directors and costumes and props productions, and get competitive with the Quick on display.
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