This class is a super fun introduction to acting!! Students will play tons of fun theatre games, create, explore and discover their creativity. They will learn the early fundamentals of the stage, while using costumes, puppets and their imaginations! The classes will focus on body and movement, storytelling and collective creation. The final class finishes with a small performance for parents and families.
Ages 4 to 7 Tuesdays from 3:15 – 4:45pm September 24 – November 26, 2019 Location: Yacht Club
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Acting Essentials is a wonderful way to introduce your children to theatre and build their confidence! Through games, activities and performing, the students will learn and develop drama fundamentals, such as character development, script work and creative storytelling, while using their imagination! They will also learn the process of rehearsal and performance techniques. In the final class, students will showcase their developed skills in a final presentation for family and friends.
Ages 8 to 12 Mondays from 3:30pm – 5pm September 23 – December 9, 2019 (10 classes - no classes on Oct. 8 and Nov. 11) Location: Yacht Club
This Acting Essentials class offers a similar experience as Acting Essentials 1, but with a bit more of challenge. This course will involve movement, drama games and activities, with a special focus on group work and rehearsal. No previous experience is required as students will learn drama fundamentals and techniques that extend to an older age range. In the final class, students will showcase their developed skills in a final presentation for family and friends.
Ages 10 to 14 Wednesdays from 3:30pm – 5pm September 25 – December 11, 2019 (12 classes) Location: Yacht Club
Terri Runnalls | Education Coordinator terri@wctlive.ca | 250-372-3216 ext. 524
The training and development of young artists has been a priority for Western Canada Theatre since its inception in the 1960’s. Originally, as Western Canada Youth Theatre, founding artistic director, Tom Kerr, toured with students as far away as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In its current form, our goals have been a little closer to home, offering classes in a variety specific theatre disciplines, based on the skills of visiting and/or resident artists. Classes can include introductory acting classes, advanced performance classes, and musical theatre classes for, primarily, children and youth aged 4 – 18. The program has grown to offer year-round options, including performance courses, in which the students build, produce and perform a full production for a public audience!
We have watched two generations of young people grow in confidence, creativity and expression, having benefited from exposure to and involvement in the performing arts. Whether they develop into professional artists—and some do—or they simply develop a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them, Stage One students profit greatly from the classes. They will be the creative thinkers of the future.
WCT is recognized nationally for producing award-winning artists, so although we live, work and play in a small city, we offer a tangible opportunity for growth for the young people of Kamloops and our region. The Stage One Theatre School is where it all begins.