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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.

Bruiser is never short of innovative ideas. British Theatre Guide
Bruiser don’t do things by half measures, they give it 100 percent. Belfast Times
Bursting with ideas, energetic, inventive, intelligent concepts. Simon Fallaha
With a Bruiser production you’re sure to get a high quality, high octane and highly dynamic show. Laura Caldwell
When the Bruiser Theatre Company do something they do it well and this is no exception. Irish News
Bruiser has worked wonders in bringing to life this sophisticated piece of European-inspired theatre. The Irish Times
The delicate attention to detail across the production is amazing and becoming Bruiser’s trademark. Alan Meban
Moments of pure theatrical magic that director Lisa May can create with sheer ingenuity and imagination. No More Workhorse
This may well be the single finest theatrical production I have seen in Norther Ireland ... I advise you to buy, beg or steal a ticket. Culture Northern Ireland
All in all this is a stellar cast and a stellar production. Pastie Bap
Seeing this underlined the importance of theatre. The Irish News
What we have here is a stunning, breath-taking piece of theatre. Culture Crush NI
This is a piece of theatre that deserves the biggest of audiences. No More Workhorse