Workshops
Let SOOP give your drama students a practical edge with our range of workshops.
SOOP’s practitioners have decades of real world teaching experience between them, and so are perfectly equipped to bring the best of both worlds to your students - practical insight into the making of theatre combined with relevant educational outcomes. Whether your centre offers GCSEs, A Levels, BTECs or any qualification from Level 2 - 4, we have something we can offer you that will make theatre come to life.
SOOP’s workshops are highly practical, drawing from our own techniques and research, delivered by experienced practitioners with an excellent knowledge of current specifications and enhanced CRB disclosures. Sessions can be run over 2 hours, half-days or full days, depending on your needs and budget.
Workshops currently available include:
As devising specialists, students will benefit enormously from our unique insight and practice in this most challenging process, using your own stimuli or example starting points, we will cover everything from initial response, through exploration and rehearsal techniques to final outcomes, with particular attention to form, style and structure, with a multidisciplinary approach.
SOOP creates a supportive, playful environment in which students can learn to unlock their creative subconscious, establishing the ‘rules’ for successful improvisation so students become better, more generous and spontaneous performers and collaborators.
Brecht
Unlock the mysteries of Brecht’s style and intentions with a range of techniques and demonstrations of epic theatre that will smooth the path from page to stage for students studying Brecht.
Stanislavski
A pragmatic, down-to-earth approach to Stanislavski and Realism, encouraging students to explore the psychological truth of a character and avoid the pitfalls of creating Realistic theatre, with emphasis on subtext, dialogue and circles of attention.
Brook
Brook’s concepts of ‘Poor’ and ‘Rough’ Theatre are central to SOOP’s style. We demystify these terms and encourage students to explore the immediacy of drama at its most theatrical.
Artaud
Visceral, ephemeral, but so often pretty impenetrable, Artaud’s ideas are often a challenge to convey to students. We take them through a series of techniques and explorations to define the Theatre of Cruelty
The Revenger’s Tragedy
Students experience first hand the exact rehearsal techniques and explorations our actors employed in creating our acclaimed interpretation of this dark Jacobean play. Treatment of text, mask, puppetry, physical theatre and music combine in a dynamic and enlightening workshop.
The Rover
Explore the plot, characters and themes of Aphra Behn’s 17th Century comedy. Learn what performance would have been like in the Restoration era and consider the process of bringing this play from page to stage.
Radio Theatre
This workshop emphasises the impact sound can have in performance, inspired by work on our own show Radio Soop. Learn how to achieve amazing sound effects live on stage, combined with pre-recorded music, and gain an appreciation of the importance of vocal delivery.
Bespoke Workshops
Got a specific text or practitioner you are working on not listed above? Contact us with your requirements and we will put together a workshop plan, and deliver it in your centre, based on your exact needs and outcomes. Contact us for a free consultation.
All workshops are accompanied by digital and paper-copy resources and ideas for follow up work.
We are adding more workshops all the time, so contact us to find out if there is anything else we can help you with.
How to Book
To enquire about workshop content, availability and cost, email us for more information and we will reply within 48 hours. Or write to us at:
SOOP
c/o The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre
East Street
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 1BS