Pupperty Workshop with Creative Puppet Ministry and Sketch Acting (18th June 2013)

On Tuesday StageOne had a very informative puppetry workshop thanks to Creative Puppet Ministry from Cheriton Baptist Church, Folkestone. This workshop covered the basic puppetry skills needed for a successful show. Skills include proper entrances and exits, lip syncing and movement. Everyone had a lot of fun.

In the second half John Simpson led a workshop exploring, regardless of script, what was the group could perform the sketch. Ideas that came up were performing a given script as a musical or just as a sung item, a thriller, serious and of course the comical way. 

Enactment of Acts of The Apostles CH2 V1-41 | Churches Together in Folkestone Pentecost Service (May 19th 2013)

StageOne took part in the Churches Together in Folkestone Pentecost Service on Sunday and performed an enactment of Acts Chapter 2 Versus Verses 1-41. StageOne gave a strong and enjoyable performance with the aid powerful sound effects and wonderful home-made tongues of fire worn on their heads.

StageOne played the apostles and clearly showed their fear and anxiety after all that had happened previously and what was going to happen next. StageOne then transformed themselves and showed the apostles as charged agents of the Holy Spirit and going out speaking languages of all kinds to all people.

StageOne reads Tartuffe, or The Impostor by Molière (May 14th 2013)

On Tuesday Michael Hale lead StageOne through Tartuffe, or The Impostor which is one of the most famous theatrical comedies by Molière. The characters known as Tartuffe, Valère, and Dorine are considered among the greatest classical theatre roles.
The play opens with the Orgon family is up in turmoil because Orgon and his mother, Madame Pernelle, have fallen under the influence of Tartuffe, a pious fraud. Tartuffe pretends to be pious and to speak with divine authority which has led to Orgon and his mother taking no action on any event without first consulting him. Orgon himself has a single-minded obsession with Tartuffe which is shown clearly Act I, Scene5.
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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 

Enactment of Acts of The Apostles Chapter 2 | May 7th 2013

On Tuesday Roger lead StageOne in organising and preparing an enactment of the beginning of Chapter 2 of Acts of The Apostles where it is Pentecost and the disciples are hidden away in the upper room and receive the holy spirit and thus go out into the town speaking the language of many of the visitors who have come to the town.

StageOne will be performing this at the Churches Together – Pentecost Service at the U.R.C at 6pm on 19th May

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.

StageOne Core Skills with StageOne Drama Cooperative | April 29th 2013

This week StageOne has another Mavis and Ray special followed by another exciting drama core skills workshop with Sue. Come and down and have fun in these.

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