The Shakespeare Centre

2011 Youth Shakespeare Festival

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1 August 2011

2011 NSW State Youth Shakespeare Festival
- Monday 1 August 2011, York Theatre, Seymour Centre
The RESULTS

Thanks to all who came today. It was a fantastic day with such great work shared.

Here are the adjudicators decisions

Photography
Best in Category - James Ruse Agricultural High School

Music Category A
Best in Category - James Ruse Agricultural High School

Music Catergory B
Highly Commended - Abbotsleigh
Best in Category   - St Mary's Star of the Sea - Wollongong

Set Design

Highly Commended -Ascham
Best in Category - William Clarke College

Costume Design
Highly Commended -James Ruse Agricultural High School
Best in Category - Sydney Girls High School

Movement & Dance
Highly Commended - James Ruse Agricultural High School
Best in Category - Hunter School of the Performing Arts

Duologue
Highly Commended - Sydney Girls High School
Best in Category - Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Scene
Highly Commended - St John Bosco
Best in Category - TIE - Scots College & Coffs Harbour Christian School

Solo
Highly Commended - St Aloysius
Best in Category - St Ignatious, Riverview

Mash- Up
Highly Commended - TIE - St Aloysius & Coffs Harbour Christian School
Best in Category - Hunter School of the Performing Arts

A thanks again to our Adjusicator
Barbara Robertson, Phillip Scott, Chris Williams, Amanda Mugleton, Adrian Barnes, Luke Rogers & Di Smith.

27 July 2011

2011 NSW State Youth Shakespeare Festival
- Monday 1 August 2011, York Theatre, Seymour Centre

You can book at the Book now at the Seymour Box Office 02 9351 7940

Tickets are available for a single Session ($15.00) or as a day pass. ($25.00) . Prices are inclusive of GST and booking, handling and credit card fees may apply..

And here is the schedule.

	PERFORMANCES	INTERVIEWS
Time
8.45 AM	Briefing	Briefing

9.15 AM	SESSION ONE	SESSION ONE
	Music Category A	DUOLOGUE
	Movement & Dance	SCENE
	Music Category B	DESIGN
11.00 AM	SESSION ONE COMPLETE

	SESSION TWO	SESSION TWO
11.30 AM	DUOLOGUE	SOLO
	SCENE	MASH UP
1.30 PM	SESSION TWO COMPLETE	SOLO
		MUSIC A & B
		MOVEMENT & DANCE

	SESSION THREE
2.00 PM	SOLO
	MASH UP

3.30 PM	Guest Performances
4.10 PM	Announcements

Looking forward to seeing you at the Seymour!

Bring on the State Festival - Monday 1 August - The Seymour Centre.

With almost 40 Schools across the state participating the the Regional Festivals we now head toward the 2011 State Youth Shakespeare Festival at The York Theatre, Seymour Centre in Sydney.

More details will be posted here and on our Facebook page as they come to hand

See you at the Seymour!

11 MAY 2011

We are about halfway though our In-School Festival season and look forward to the upcoming Regional Festivals next month.

Currently* the Regional Festival Dates are as follows:

Metro North Friday, 10 June 2011

Met North West Thursday, 9 June 2011

Hunter Friday, 10 June 2011

Wollongong Thursday, 23 June 2011

South West Friday, 10 June 2011

Metro East/ Sydney Friday, 17 June 2011

North Coast TBC

ACT TBC

Mid North Coast TBC

Northern Tablelands TBC

Central West TBC

The State Festival will be Held in the first week of August

* Subject to change

Membership

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Why Membership?

One of the reason that The Shakespeare Centre has opted to have a membership base is: firstly to build a community of like minded people and secondly to give that community a place to belong.

To ensure that it is accessible to as many people as possible we have two levels of membership:
Associate Membership and Full Membership. Each of these come with certain rights and responsibilities and these are outlines below.

To become an associate member just fill in this form and send it in. We will send you an invoice for payment.

If you are under 16 or participating in the Shakespeare Youth Festival then please use this form

Welcome ! You'll be glad you joined

Benefit	Associate Member	Full Member
Cost	$15 for Individuals, $50 for Institutions	$25
Discounts on Programs	Yes	Yes
Access to special offers	Yes	Yes
Free Entry to State Final	Yes	Yes
Transferable Free Pass to State Final	Yes	Yes
Right to attend the AGM	No	Yes
Right to be elected to the committee	No	Yes
Right to vote at the AGM	No	Yes

Photo Gallery

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Highlightes Of Macbeth Opera Verdi / Shakespeare - Invitation

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The Italian Government Tourist Office in conjunction with the University of Sydney is proud to present an amazing Italian high-tech visual experience: Macbeth - created by Paolo Micciche' on Thursday 29th October 2009.

Admission is Free so be sure to mark this date in your diary and tell all your friends not to miss this exclusive opportunity to be a part of this high tech powerhouse Italian operatic stage performance with state of the art projections, moving lights, smoke, recorded sounds and live acting. This event is to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Italian Government Tourist Office in Sydney.

For more details, please download the PDF here.

Department of Education and Training NSW

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The NSW Department of Education and Training delivers high quality, internationally competitive public education and training from early childhood (pre-school), through to the compulsory years of schooling (Kindergarten to Year 10), and senior secondary education leading to the award of the NSW Higher School Certificate (in Years 11 and 12).

It also provides TAFE NSW courses, migrant English programs, post-secondary art courses and advice to the NSW Government on higher education. The Department is particularly focused on addressing the training needs of industry and meeting the challenge of skills shortages in certain trades. Grants are distributed to Adult and Community Education (ACE) providers for the delivery of vocational training.

TSC's Other Friends and Business Partners

Shakespeare Schools Festival

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The Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF) charity is the largest youth drama festival in the UK. Since its inception in 2000, with 8 schools, it has put 75,000 young people on the stage. It is partnered, for the first time this year, with the National Theatre and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. The 2008 Shakespeare Youth Festival for youth directors aged 16-18yrs, was so successful that it has now been incorporated into the main Festival. Our growing international programme now includes cultural exchange between the 35 participating countries and the UK Festival schools.

TSC's Other Friends and Business Partners

Actors College of Theatre and Television

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ACTT provides a home for students, practitioners, directors and other artists from Australia and overseas who are exploring what it is that makes great actors and great performances. Over the years, the ACTT team has developed and accumulated a body of knowledge and expertise that is unique on the Australian landscape. The quality of the courses, the exceptional teaching methodologies, and the impressive achievements of the graduates are extraordinary.

ACTT is a fully independent organisation in the forefront of its field; we survive on reputation and quality and attract passionate artists at the peak of their abilities to work with you. Everyone who works, teaches and studies here belong to the ACTT community of creative thinkers, dreamers and explorers where passions are ignited, new ideas and works are created and emerging artists launch their careers.

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The English-Speaking Union

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The English-Speaking Union is an international charity founded in 1918 to promote "international understanding and friendship through the use of the English language."

That has never been so important and never so possible. The world desperately needs international understanding and the reach of English provides a way of achieving it.

Latest news

The ESU is running a series of Green events, including a poetry competition for primary schools, between October and November. The Green pages contain information about being more green in your daily life, at work and helping the government meet its targets.

Visit the green pages now to get ideas about how your local ESU branch can help make the world a greener place!

more news >>

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What A Piece of Work...

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The Shakespeare Centre

presents

What A Piece of Work…

Workshop Mon 12 - Fri 17 October 2009 : 10.00 AM – 4.00 PM

General Information

To launch The Shakespeare Centre and as part of the International Shakespeare Schools Festival we invite your students to participate in our October workshop, WHAT A PIECE OF WORK…

Selected Shakespeare highlights will be shaped by a core of theatre practitioners drawing heavily from the ideas and inspirations of the participants’ acting and movement skills. WHAT A PIECE OF WORK…will give performers the opportunity to use Shakespeare to unleash their ideas.

During this week long workshop, the ensemble will create a 30-minute production, entitled WHAT A PIECE OF WORK… Participants will be able to invite friends and family to see their group devised creation at the conclusion on Friday 17 October at 3.00 PM

Suitable for Years 9-11

Dates and Times:

Mon 12 - Fri 17
October 2009
10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Cost:

$330 (Inc GST)

More Information

Phone/Fax: (02) 9572 9998

Email: info@theshakespearecentre.org.au

Special Thanks

The Spring Workshop of WHAT A PIECE OF WORK… is proudly supported by the English Speaking Union – New South Wales Branch.

The performance of WHAT A PIECE OF WORK… is assisted by the Actors College of Theatre and Television - Australia's leading independent college for the performing arts.

Forms and Applications

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Which Form Do I Use??
As you would understand there are somethings we can do by email and phone but other things require us to have a bit more of a "paper trail". So to download the right form for the right job, click on "this form".

We have tried to make it easier by having as much information down-loadable from this page. If you can't find what you're looking for, click here to email us and we will send it to you.

To REGISTER for the 2011 Shakespeare Youth Festival
use this form
Fill in the form and then post or scan and email it back to us

To BOOK an In-School text workshop use
this form
Fill in the form and then post or scan and email it back to us

To BECOME an associate member
Wanna be in the know and get discounts?
Sorry to be old school but for legal reasons we need to have your autograph on a piece of paper, so - please - click here to download the PDF form.
For only $15 for individuals or $50 for institutions you can access a whole heap of stuff, including: E-Newsletters, special offers, discounts on The Shakespeare Centre programs and more
Fill in the PDF form and then post, fax or scan and email it back to us

You'll be glad you did.

Latest News

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2011 Youth Shakespeare Festival released
You can find the 2011 Youth Shakespeare Festival guidelines on the quicklinks box on the right.
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The guidelines have been modified due to the feedback we received from the 2010 Youth Shakespeare Festival. Some of the categories have been slightly adjusted and infomration about props and costumes have been further clarified.

If you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact us

We look forward to sharing the journey with you again or for the first time.

October 2010

At the AGM the following office bearer were elected:

CHAIR Michael Huxley

SECRETARY Mark Hourigan

COMMITTEE MEMBER Nicholas Gledhill

COMMITTEE MEMBER Victoria Nicolls

31 March 2010

Bookings are now open for AS YOU LIKE IT
You can book by Phone on 02 9213 4508
Or through the secure online booking site here
A banished Duke + a girl dressed as a boy + a forest + unrequited love= Shakespeare’s witty comedy AS YOU LIKE IT playing at Sydney’s hottest new independent theatre venue – The Cleveland St Theatre.

Previews April Tues 20 and Weds 21.

Season 22 April to 8 May – Weds, Fri and Sat 7:30pm, Wednesday matinees 2:30pm

Prices: Cut Price Previews - $25
Full - $36.00 Conc - $30.00
Shakespeare Centre Members $25.00

All prices are inclusive of GST and booking fees may apply

NB School booking must be made though The Shakespeare Centre by using the down loadable form.

This production is supported by ACTT
Australia's Leading Independent College for the Performing Arts

Feb 24th 2010

Clarification on number of participants in the MASH-UP category.
There is a discrepancy in the Shakespeare Youth Festvial guidelines about the number of participants for the MASH-UP category of the Youth Festvial. The number of participants should read "1-5 participants" . However, this year there will be no penalty if there are up to 7 participants in the entry.

Feb 8th 2010

Fax Machine
Our fax machine is currently out of order. While we attempt to solve the problem could you please email or mail (old fashioned we know) any correspondence
Thanks for your understanding

Feb 1st 2010

2010 Youth Festival Guidelines Released

The new 2010 Shakespeare Youth Festival Guidelines have been released. You can download the guidelines by clicking here.
You can register your school with the school booking form - download it by clicking here.

There are great discounts if your school becomes an associate member. You can download the application here

Oct 22nd 2009

New Membership Application

Show your support for The Shakespeare Centre today. Print the application form and send it to us - click here to download form.

Oct 20th 2009

2009/2010 Creative Program

The Shakespeare Centre is proud to announce its 2009/2010 Creative Program.

Oct 10th 2009

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Sep 25th 2009

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2010 Creative Program

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2010 Creative Program
Download the Creative Program PDF here, or skip straight to details of each of our 2010 events in the list below:

February - June 2010

2010 Youth Shakespeare Festival
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...

Location: Your School, Your Region & Sydney Metro (State Final)
February - June 2010
Invite your students to explore one or more of Shakespeare's plays by doing their own thing in the following categories: Scene, Duologue, Mash-up ( mash together text, music, movement to create an individual take), Movement & Dance, Set or Costume Design and Photography.
Students progress through school and regional festivals concluding in the State Festival Celebration held in Sydney in July. Selected students will be chosen to be part of the KING JOHN production in October
Recommended for Yrs 7 – 12
Prices:

Member School: $50
Non-member School: $125

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM?

May/June 2010

"You could for a need study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, which I would set down and insert in’t, could you not?"
Hamlet II i

Speak the Speech...

Making sense of HAMLET*

Location: Your School – double classroom/drama room or similar

May/June 2010

This two hour hands-on workshop, delivered in-schools, is designed to let your students discover Shakespeare’s language without fear. Focusing on HAMLET and using demonstrations and practical exercise students can understand and harness the power of the language of the play and how it reveals character and themes

Although the study of Shakespeare is often placed in the category of literature, it is important to remember that Shakespeare was a man of the theatre with his works being spoken before they were printed. Speak the Speech…will allow students to explore Word, Line, Speech, Scene and Act though seeing and hearing and then exploring Hamlet by “speaking the speech” rather than just reading it.

With demonstrations of the text in action, this workshop focuses on various aspects of the mechanics and dramatic clues of Shakespeare’s language. This leads into textual and dramatic exploration by the students, on their feet, enabling them to discover how the language shapes character, meaning and influences response. Their imaginative investigation will highlight for them the collaborative and diverse nature of theatre. Selected texts will also reflect some of the themes of Shakespeare’s best known play.

Speak the Speech…will help years 10 – 12 English and Drama Students lift the words from the page to the stage in a way that will support aims of their respective syllabi. Although Hamlet is the focus of this workshop, the knowledge gained from this experience will be useful in the study of any Shakespeare play.

For all bookings, maximum group size is 30 students per two-hour session. For larger bookings parallel workshops will be arranged.

In assoc with Actors College of Theatre and Television - Australia's leading independent college for the performing arts.

For more details please download
the Speak the Speech... informational PDF

Recommended for Yrs 10-12 Drama and English Students

Prices:

Assoc. Member School: $350
Non Member Schools: $420

Length: 2 Hours (or double period if preferable)
Max Number of students: 30 Students per session
Min number of students: 10 Students per session

*other texts available on request N.b Max 30 Students per session

*Additional workshops can also be tailored to fit a school’s particular need. Previous workshops have included “Clowning in Shakespeare”, “Stage Combat and Character Choices,” “Designing Shakespeare,” “Music in Shakespeare” as well as focus on aspects of specific plays. These can be designed and discussed with The Shakespeare Centre’s artistic team.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM

April - May 2010

As You Like It - Major Production

In the Forest of Arden, banished lovers, Rosalind and Orlando, become entangled in a game of love, lust and mistaken identity. Away from the repressive world of the court, traditional rules of romance, gender, nature and politics are broken. This new production of As You Like It will bring the passion and lyricism of one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies to Sydney’s Cleveland Street Theatre from April 19 – May 8, 2010.

Location: The Cleveland St Theatre, Cleveland St, Surry Hills (Near Central)
Tuesday 20 April – Sat 8 May, 2010

Full Performance Schedule:(inc school performances)
Week of April 19:

Tuesday - 7:30pm - Preview
Wednesday - 7:30pm - Preview
Thursday - 10:30am
Friday - 11:00 am & 7:30pm
Saturday - 7:30pm

Week of April 26 & May 3:

Tuesday - 11:00am
Wednesday - 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Thursday - 11:00am
Friday - 7:30pm
Saturday - 7:30pm

Recommended for Yrs 8 – 12
HSC Set Text. Area of Study: Belonging

Prices:
Previews $25
Full Price: $36
Concession: $30
Shakespeare Centre Members: $25
All prices are inclusive of GST . Booking Fees may apply

Bookings:
You can book by Phone on 02 9213 4508
Or through the secure online booking site here

Schools should click here to download the booking form

Privacy Policy

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www.theshakespearecentre.org.au is the website of The Shakespeare Centre (TSC).

TSC is committed to respecting your privacy in accordance with worldwide online information standards.

The following protocols apply to all information collected from the TSC website.

Information collected by TSC is restricted to data entered by users through online e-forms, and print-out forms.
Email addresses submitted by users are kept confidential within TSC.
Other information collected is used only to maintain the website itself which includes the collection of such data for statistical purposes.
We endeavor to ensure the security of our website, but always be aware that there is no such thing as 100% security where the internet is involved.
Whilst our website links to other pages and sites, such websites are owned and operated by other individuals and organizations. TSC is in no way responsible for the content published on such sites.

Contact

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Phone:
(02) 9572 9998

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW MAILING ADDRESS
from 1 JULY 2011
Mail:
PO BOX 243
MARRICKVILE NSW 2204

Email:
General Questions
info@theshakespearecentre.org.au

Youth Shakespeare Festival Questions
festival@theshakespearecentre.org.au

Bookings, Registrations, Creative Program Questions
programs@theshakespearecentre.org.au

Registered Office
802/135 Elizabeth St
Sydney NSW 2000.

Committee of Management
Michael Huxley Chair
Nicholas Gledhill
Mark Hourigan Secretary
Luke Rogers
Adrian Barnes

Friends and Business Partners

In our efforts to ensure the continuing quality of The Shakespeare Centre's productions, and educational programs - the Centre works in close association with a number of key Educational and Theatrical bodies from around Australia, and internationally.

These include:

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