How to do stage makeup

Tonight at StageOne we worked on core skills and learnt how to apply basic stage makeup. This was also in preparation for StageOne's panto beauty and the beast. This workshop was led by one our cast member Hannah.

To start with we learnt how to apply foundation taking special care to cover down the neck and ears so this doesn't show under the stage lights. We then covered our face with powder to make sure there was no shine. After we worked on applying the finishing touches such as eyeshadow, mascara, eyeliner and lipgloss. This evening was a fantastic workshop and gave everyone peace of mind that stage makeup isn't difficult.

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Back to Basics Workshops and Easter Preparations

For the last two Tuesdays we had perceptive sessions on stage movements and walking and developing characters from a script. Fascinating and very relevant to our panto! Find out more about our panto!

We have been preparing and reading various Holy Week and Easter scripts for our proposed Easter Road show and this will continue this subsequently.

We are aiming to get our own presentation together and put it on in various church locations. We want to be confident it will happen and we want to get some fixtures in as soon as we can.

We've got a lot of potential scripts covering a wide spectrum of the Easter story both in biblical and contemporary modes. We need you too so we can show what a talented and thoughtful group Stage 1 is! Do please be in touch with suggestions and to affirm your availability!

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StageOne Summer Revue Celebrating 10 Years

StageOne's summer revue celebrating 10 years is this Saturday from 6pm till 9pm.

StageOne will presents some of their best work to date in their “Audience with StageOne” cabaret evening with thought provoking and funny sketches including a look back at what StageOne has done and what they intend to do in the future. StageOne has graciously welcomes Elliot Shore, the winner of “Kent’s Got Talent 2013”, Dave Fowler the Magician and the Trefoil Guild Choir.

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StageOne’s first read through of major Cinderella scenes (10th November 2013)

On Tuesday StageOne had their first read through major scenes of the Cinderella play that Michael Hale had written specially for StageOne. We are still giggling and laughing at some of the jokes and gags that were cunningly written in that you will not see them coming until they hit you.

We still need hep from others. Let others know! Please be in touch with us. We always aim to be all-inclusive, but we need commitment. That's all we ask - and folk's enthusiasm and help. Roger Smith. 01303-259896.

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Class acting and Script Writing Workshops | 29th October 2013

Last Tuesday StageOne explored Class acting where different scenarios were explored including a former British army sergeant as a driving instructor teaching an elderly pupil, and two Elizabethan gents trying to move a piano and end up having a duel. This was all a lot of fun even though many scenarios were not intended as comic acts.

The second workshop revisited script writing. Various points were looked including the aim of a script i.e. what it was intending to do such as get laughs, make you think and so on. Other points were length of scripts and not making them too long or drag on with regard to individual sketches. Collecting ideas for scripts was another major point.   

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New Workshop pages for StageOne website | 8th May 2013

New workshop pages have been added to the StageOne website which provide more detail about the workshops StageOne lead and what skills can learnt from them. See stageone.org.uk/stageoneworkshops.html 

Core Skills Workshop and May & Ray Special | April 30th 2013

On Tuesday Mavis and Ray Roe ran a stage and theatre themed quiz which tested StageOne’s knowledge of types of stage, part of the stage such as the orchestral pit, curtains calls, and the various roles and positions there are in any stage and theatre performance.

In the second half, Sue Roe was very creative with here Core Skills workshop and help StageOne examine the funny and scarey side to performing. This was all about how one presents themselves on stage by facial expression, voices, and how one moves about. A happy person may have a spring in their step. An evil villain may creep about slowly and with stealth.