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Live Drama Workshops - Bruiser Theatre Company

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Featured across multiple syllabuses as a named practitioner, Bruiser’s workshops have been designed to support the current curriculum and can be adapted to suit your individual needs. All of our workshops are also available at a higher level for students at University, College and Drama School level.

Workshop bookings are open to any group of any age (schools, universities, colleges, community groups, youth clubs etc) and we can adapt the session to suit your needs - be it a one-off, a full day crash course, or series of sessions over an extended period of time.

WORKSHOPS WE OFFER

  • Live Workshop
The Bruiser Style Practical Drama Workshop

This workshop covers the fundamentals of our trademark style and lays the foundation for creating their own work informed by Bruiser’s unique approach. It is ideal for those studying Bruiser as a chosen practitioner or evaluating one of our productions for their live theatre review.

Choose between Introduction to Bruiser Style/Advanced Bruiser Technique workshops.

  • Live Workshop
Ensemble Playing and Collaborative Choreography Practical Drama Workshop

In line with Bruiser’s trademark style, this workshop introduces students to the development of ensemble performance practice, and the process of collaboratively creating choreography.

  • Live Workshop
Characterisation and Physicality Practical Drama Workshop

This workshop focuses on characterisation and physicality. Whether from a scripted or devised piece, students will learn techniques to embody the character they’re portraying and give an embodied, believable performance.

  • Live Workshop
Devising Methodologies Practical Drama Workshop

This workshop provides students with techniques and exercises they can use to devise their own piece of theatre. We will tailor the approach to your exam specification, stimulus and/or performance brief.

  • Live Workshop
Exploring Drama as a Subject (Suitable for KS3) Practical Drama Workshop

This workshop has been designed to support young people who are new to live theatre and performance. The session is focused on confidence-building, and is ideal for Key Stage 3 students considering studying Drama at GCSE.

  • Live Workshop
Bespoke Workshop Practical Drama Workshop

If you have something specific in mind, we can develop a workshop to best suit your needs. Get in touch to let us know the level, group size and what you'd like to achieve in the session(s).

Bruiser commonly offers bespoke sessions that focus on:

  • Understanding the theatrical conventions of a set practitioner.

  • Exploration of a set style/genre/theme.

We also offer show specific workshops based on your cohort's chosen text(s), or to accompany a Bruiser Production. To see which shows we have in our repertoire, please have a look at our Production Archive. This workshop will be informed by the chosen text.

“These two weeks have really fired me up as an actor to keep learning my craft and challenging myself. We’re so lucky to have a theatre company like Bruiser here in Northern Ireland.” - Graduate Academy Participant
“Definitely good value for money – I came home everyday exhausted! It was definitely tough … but it was a really good challenge! I’m thoroughly glad that I did it and I have an even greater appreciation for Bruiser’s style.” - Graduate Academy Participant
“This is a style I’ve never experienced before but always loved to watch on stage. It was challenging but also extremely enjoyable … it really pushed me as an actor.” - Graduate Academy Participant