A full day of workshops with your pupils at the beginning of your rehearsal process – this can either be an entire day spent with one class, or shorter sessions spent with multiple classes if you are a 2 or 3 form entry school. These sessions will cover:  

• Vocal & Physical Warm-Ups 

• Vocal performance skills 

• Stage Presence 

• Characterisation 

• Team building/ Working as an ensemble 

• Delivering a confident performance 

A 90-minute learning & planning session with the school staff working on the show, to share everything we know about how to take a script from the page to the stage. This will include:  

• Script analysis, identifying staging challenges and tackling them creatively 

• Creating an effective rehearsal schedule 

• The basics of blocking 

• How to create a clearly marked script with blocking and technical cues to streamline your rehearsal process 

• How to make clear, effective rehearsal notes, and deliver notes effectively 

A Leeds Playhouse Artist will spend a day as a core part of your final day of rehearsals, during this day our artist will:  

• Run a whole cast vocal & physical warm up 

• Help with final run throughs, including support with scene transitions and integrating music and sound  

• Give notes on at least one full dress rehearsal 

• Be an extra pair of hands with professional experience creating large-scale shows and running rehearsals with children and young people.