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Michael Earley will be conducting an intensive, seven-day performance summer school at M Space, Masquerade’s new premises for the performing arts in Msida.
Earley is professor of theatre and principal of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, London’s international drama school. He was director of the Theatre School at Yale University and taught at the Juilliard School in New York. He was also chief producer of plays for BBC Radio Drama.
This workshop is aimed at participants with prior experience in acting and will help participants develop acting and physical skills required to creatively and actively engage with performing a text.
The course is based on a contemporary approach to Stanislavski’s system, which is the foundation of modern approaches to acting. The training will help prepare performers who are interested in acting professionally for the stage, film and television.
The workshop will focus on physical warm-ups, improvisations, developing acting techniques, investigating a personal approach to acting and preparing scenes to present to the class and at a public showing on the final day of the workshop.
Evenings will be spent rehearsing monologues and scenes. The presentation of work to an invited audience will take place on the last day of the summer school at the M Space intimate theatre, Blue Box.
Masquerade director Anthony Bezzina describes this workshop as “an immersive experience into the world of professional acting and a taster of what it’s like to be in a full-time drama school”.
Adding to its international connections, Masquerade also announced its collaboration with the London-based Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, to offer a series of technical training sessions and master classes.
The classes will take place between July 22 and 29, daily from 9am to 4pm. The participation fee for the course is €450. All participants are chosen on the basis of application, experience and a letter of recommendation. Those interested in applying are to send an e-mail to veronica@masquerademalta.com.
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