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The Pop-up Globe Masterclass series consist of workshops for experienced and emerging theatre practitioners with a background in performance. Classes will explore dynamic approaches to unlocking Shakespearean text, directing techniques, vocal dynamics in the unique space of the Pop-up Globe, as well as producing for large-scale shows.

Acting for Shakespeare Masterclass with Ben Naylor (UK)

Unlock the power of Shakespearean performance with British Director Ben Naylor through rigorous textual and dramatic analysis, while drawing on improvisation and play to liberate the body and imagination. ​You will explore the psycho-dramatic structures the playwright embeds in his form and language, and the intimate and truthful relationship between actor and audience.

Spaces are limited to 12 actors who are either training or have graduated from a tertiary level drama school or have working experience in the performing arts industry.

All participants will be contacted and asked to prepare a scene from a Shakespearean play written after 1595 before attending the masterclass.

Ben Naylor is director of Pop-up Globe’s 2017 production of Othello and was director of the 2016 season of ‘Romeo & Juliet’. He is also a teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and has extensive directing experience around the world. ​Ben has taught acting at Shakespeare's Globe, the Shakespeare Centre, the Method Studio, LAMDA, ASAD, Cambridge University, Queen Mary and Westfield, Kingston University, Birkbeck College, at Berlin’s Forum fur Filmschauspiel, and in the US, New Zealand, Israel and Greece; he also currently teaches for Florida State University’s Theatre Academy London.

Spaces are limited to 12 actors who are either training or have graduated from a tertiary level drama school or have working experience in the performing arts industry.

All participants will be contacted and asked to prepare a scene from a Shakespearean play written after 1595 before attending the masterclass.

Last day to register for the masterclass is March 10th

Group 1:
Friday 17th March
4-10pm
Where, Pop-up Globe, Cellarage, 32 Crummer Road, Grey Lynn. Only 12 spaces available
Cost: $125 equity members, $135 non-equity members

Group 2:
Saturday 18th March
12-6pm
Pop-up Globe, Cellarage, 32 Crummer Road, Grey Lynn Only 12 spaces available
Cost: $125 equity members, $135 non-equity members

To book please go online to: http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2017/acting-for-shakespeare-masterclass-with-ben-naylor-uk/ auckland/grey-lynn/tickets

Directing for Shakespeare Masterclass with Ben Naylor (UK)

Discover insights into the approach and methodology of directing Shakespearean performance with British Director Ben Naylor, who draws on rigorous textual and dramatic analysis, along with improvisation and play to liberate the actor’s body and imagination.

Spaces are limited to 15 directors who are either training or have graduated from a tertiary level drama school or have working experience in the performing arts industry.

All participants will be asked to attend as spectators to one of the acting masterclasses on either the 17th or 18th of March in preparation for the directing masterclass.

Ben Naylor is director of Pop-up Globe’s 2017 production of Othello and was director of the 2016 season of ‘Romeo & Juliet’. He is also a teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and has extensive directing experience around the world. ​Ben has taught acting at Shakespeare's Globe, the Shakespeare Centre, the Method Studio, LAMDA, ASAD, Cambridge University, Queen Mary and Westfield, Kingston University, Birkbeck College, at Berlin’s Forum fur Filmschauspiel, and in the US, New Zealand, Israel and Greece; he also currently teaches for Florida State University’s Theatre Academy London.

Spaces are limited to 15 directors who are either emerging or experienced in the industry. Last day to register for the directing masterclass is March 14th

When:
Sun 19th March
12-6pm
Pop-up Globe, Cellarage, 32 Crummer Road, Grey Lynn Cost: $125 equity members, $135 non-equity members

To book please go online to: http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2017/directing-for-shakespeare-masterclass-with-ben-naylor-u k/auckland/grey-lynn

Producing Masterclass with Miles Gregory

The producer plays a critical role in realising the vision and potential of a project. The producer oversees the overall production, monitoring and managing everything from the budget and contracts to securing venues, suppliers and gathering a team.

In this targeted, intensive workshop participants will develop and enhance their knowledge and ability in the key processes and practices in producing a theatre project ranging from negotiating deals, contracting, budgeting, raising funds and managing a team.

Miles Gregory is the Artistic Director and Founder of Pop-up Globe. He has formerly held positions as Director of the Bristol Shakespeare Festival, Artistic Director and CEO of The Maltings Theatre, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Regional Producer (Bristol) for Shakespeare's Globe, London, and as Artistic Director of the British Touring Shakespeare Company. He has directed over twenty professional productions of Shakespeare around the world including seasons in

London's West End, UK national tours and site-specific productions. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Staging Shakespeare from Exeter University, and a PhD in Shakespeare in Performance from Bristol University.

Capacity is limited to 12 per person and places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Pop-up Globe Auckland is a full-scale working temporary replica of the second Globe Theatre originally built by Shakespeare and his company in 1614, the result of ground-breaking international academic research. With a steel frame ‘skinned’ in plywood the Pop-up Globe fuses cutting-edge scaffold technology with 400-year-old designs and superb contemporary performances to create an immersive 360 degree experience unlike any other.

When:
Sat 1st April
10.30-1.30pm
Pop-up Globe, Cellarage, 32 Crummer Road, Grey Lynn Cost: $60 equity members, $65 non-equity

To book online please go to: http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2017/producing-masterclass-with-miles-gregory/auckland/gre y-lynn/tickets

Voice Masterclass at the Pop-up Globe with Sylvia Rands

The Pop-up Globe is a rare performing space which demands all the skills of the actor to be fully awake. One of the most important elements in this Round 'O' which offers Shakespeare’s brilliance to the world, is perhaps the Voice - whose every nuance is able to be felt almost tangibly by the audience. The space demands both epic and intimate performance and the voice must be capable of the power and the subtlety to serve both the demands of the text and the space. Sylvia will teach her Four Elements Voice process and its application to performance as participants work with a short section of self-chosen monologue.

Sylvia Rands is one of NZ’s most experienced voice teachers and an actor of 35 years experience. She has toured the country with her solo Shakespeare show Such Sweet Thunder and performed on the stage of Shakespeare's Globe (London) when participating in Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ’s International Fellowship in 2009. She is the Pop-up Globe vocal coach for the 2017 season.

”Rands commands the stage utilising a wonderful array of vocal techniques to hold the audience spellbound as she swings from contemptuous irony to explosively timed humour and a brief moment of heartfelt anguish as the play reaches its electrifying climax.” - NZ Herald, Paul Simei-Barton The House of Bernarda Alba , 2010

Pop-up Globe Auckland is a full-scale working temporary replica of the second Globe Theatre originally built by Shakespeare and his company in 1614, the result of ground-breaking international academic research. With a steel frame ‘skinned’ in plywood the Pop-up Globe fuses cutting-edge scaffold technology with 400-year-old designs and superb contemporary performances to create an immersive 360 degree experience unlike any other.

Capacity is limited to 12 participants and places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so book your tickets now. Please wear appropriate, comfortable clothing for the workshops.

Tuesday 4th April
2-5pm
Pop-up Globe Stage, Ellerslie
Cost: $60 equity members, $65 non-equity

To book tickets please go online to: http://www.popupglobe.co.nz/2017/voice-masterclass-at-the-pop-up-globe-with-sylvia-rand s/auckland/ellerslie

Stage Combat Masterclass with Alexander Holloway

Alexander Holloway is the fight director for the Pop-up Globe Globe Theatre Company. After both fighting and fight directing In London's West End, Alexander came to New Zealand to teach workshops for schools and to direct fights for theatre productions across the country.

In this Masterclass experienced and emerging performers and drama practitioners will learn the art of stage fighting, drawing on different techniques using the short sword and other forms of combat, in an engaging, safe and entertaining manner.

You can follow this link to watch Alexander's teaching video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz-Dc9gjjjI

A maximum of 10 people can be accommodated in this workshop. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so book your tickets now. Please wear appropriate, comfortable clothing for the workshops.

Pop-up Globe Auckland is a full-scale working temporary replica of the second Globe Theatre originally built by Shakespeare and his company in 1614, the result of ground-breaking international academic research. With a steel frame ‘skinned’ in plywood the Pop-up Globe fuses cutting-edge scaffold technology with 400-year-old designs and superb contemporary performances to create an immersive 360 degree experience unlike any other.

Friday 28th April
10.30am-1pm
Pop-up Globe Stage, Ellerslie
Cost: $60 equity members, $65 non-equity

To book tickets please go online to: http://www.popupglobe.co.nz/2017/stage-combat-masterclass-with-alexander-holloway/auc kland/ellerslie