The Royal Court

The Royal Court.

1)    Using public transport how would you get from Selhurst to the Royal Court?

You would take the train to London Victoria, change to the tube from London Victoria and get the district and circle line to Sloane Square.

2)    What plays are on at the Royal Court at the moment?

The Ritual slaughter of Gorge Mastromas – Dennis Kelly (artistic director- Vicky Featherstone)

Routes- Rachel De-Lahay

     3) What are the reviews like for these plays?

         The ritual slaughter of Gorge Mastromas-          http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/15/ritual-slaughter-mastromas-hysteria-boy-soul

         Routes-

 http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/26/routes-rachel-de-lahay-review

Overall very good reviews with a lot of comments about the theatre (Royal Court) Itself.

3)    What play that started at the Royal Court and stars Mark Rylance is now an international success?

Jerusalem

4)    Who is Dominic Cooke?

Dominic cook is an English theatre director and play write. He won the 2007 Laurence Olivier award for best director for his revival of ‘the crucible’ while working at the RSC. He has also worked on Malorie Blackmans ‘noughts and crosses’ and ‘Arabian nights’.

6) How old do you have to be to start the young writers programme?

’17-and under’?

8) Which wine merchant supplies their restaurant with wine?

Bibendum

10) What plays can you see at The Bussey Building this Autumn?

Dorian Gray & Children Of Fate

Professional Development Plan

Time span- Where do I want to be in...	Objective- What do I want to achieve in this period of time? Why do I want this? What part of your current work is relevant to this?	Method- What do I need to do to achieve this? What resources will I need? Who/what can assist me?	Target date	Date achieved
6 months	-      To Get back in for Post 16 at The Brit School -      To Get A*-C’s in my GCSE’s -      Trying to meet as many new directors and casting agents as I can. -      Seeing as many performances in and out of school.	-       To just revise as much as  I can and asking teachers about things I am not sure on (including theatre) -       Go and see theatre shows and network with more people in that industry.	30/09/13
1 year	-      Starting my post 16 course for theatre. -      Writing more and more plays and scripts. -      Have a part-time job whilst I am studying. -       Maybe have moved out?	-       Being focused and concentrating on theatre and shows. -       Inspiration for my writing. -       Motivation.	30/09/13
Time span- Where do I want to be in...	Objective- What do I want to achieve in this period of time? Why do I want this? What part of your current work is relevant to this?	Method- What do I need to do to achieve this? What resources will I need? Who/what can assist me?	Target date	Date achieved
2 years	-      Finishing my course at BRIT and hopefully looking to apply at universities such as RADA or CSSD? -      Still pursuing a part time job whilst I am studying. -      Looking into different acting agencies?	-       Good grades and a good application for uni. -       Finding the time to work as well as study. -       Putting together a show reel to send around to different agencies?	30/09/13
5 years	-       Having a part/full time acting career in TV/Film -       Also performing on stage as well sometimes. -       Publishing some of my plays and scripts? -       Working with other directors and producers. -       Doing things like touring shows around the world and working with children as well.	-       Getting out there and meeting different directors and producers. -       Finding theatres that would take on young people’s plays. -       Hopefully having the flexibility of working both on stage and behind camera.	30/09/13

Skills Audit

SKILLS AUDIT

STUDENT NAME:  ROMY IRVING                                 

Performance skills ·      Voice (projection, control, accents, singing confidence) ·      Characterisation ·      Rehearsal skills ·      Movement/physical skills ·      Different styles of acting (Comedy? Shakespeare? Emotional work?) ·      Confidence in working with text	6 7 6 6 4 5
Current skills and experience ·         I have had experiences with my previous schools, theatre companies and performances such as the Shakespeare schools festival at the Unicorn theatre and two previous auditions for RSC. ·         I have a strong work ethic in rehersals and like to work with a variety of people. ·         Having had 8 years of voice coaching at a theatre school, i feel like i have confidence in my voice and how to project it etc. ·         I really enjoy devising and beleive that over the last year or so, writing my own plays and monolugues, it has really helped me understand and develop my own characters, which helps me immensley in rehersals. ·         My favourite type of acting is contempary, modern and quite emotional. I dont really know what i am like with things like comedy and feel i’d find it quite hard, but i would love to challenge myself to do more things and step out of my comfort zone a bit more. Areas to improve ·         I think i could improve on accents and using my voice in different ways for different characters. ·         I think i need to become more familiar with types of acting such as comedy etc. ·         I think also reading scripts and learning them, would be something i would like to improve on. ·         I also think that physicality is important, different postures and physicalities for different characters would be good to learn.
Do you have skills or experience in any of the following? ·                     Stage design ·                     make-up, lighting, sound ·                     directing, ·                     script writing, ·                     finance, ·                     digital IT supports ·                     marketing administration	Out of 10 5 2 4 6 3 0 1
Current skills and experience ·         I have been writing my own scripts and monologues for quite a while and love writing anyway. ·         Within the BTEC Course at Brit we have had to learn about set design and set making. ·         For previous school plays I have always helped behind stage as well and also my dad runs a production company and so he has always taught me about lighting and sound. ·         For my work experience I worked with a voice over company, so I learnt about sound more there. ·         I have only had proper directing experience in class and think that I am quite good at coming up with ideas and working with people. Skills to develop ·         I don’t have any experience at all with digital IT supports, so need to work on that. ·         I have previously learnt about stage make up but would like to develop my knowledge on it. ·         I would like to learn more about marketing in theatre, as it is an area that I am quite interested in.
Other skills in the workplace ·                     Communication ·                     Organisation ·                     Team work	8 6 7
Current skills and examples ·         I believe I am quite good at communicating, I always portray my ideas to people just to see what they think, but always listen to other peoples, because I think that together, if you mix up some ideas, you end up with an even better one. ·         I think I am good at working in teams, as I like to work with a variety of people, and not just people that I get on with. I like to see everybody’s skills and working with people you don’t usually work with is really nice. Also working in a team, you get more ideas and contribution in a team and hopefully a better result. Areas to improve ·         I would like to be more organised than I already am. I’m not bad, but I think I’m quite forgetful and probably forget most things that I am told to do or bring along. I could definitely improve on that.