Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre’s Summer Shakespeare Camp presents Twelfth Night, starring you! Join us this summer, outdoors at the beautiful Billings Estate Museum, for three amazing weeks as we rehearse and present this fun and funny play, full of tricks and twins, awkward romances, and fights.
The camp is centred on acting skills, including stage combat (with swords), voice work, singing, using the acting clues in Shakespeare's first folio, commedia dell'arte and more!
No acting or Shakespeare experience is necessary. The play is a great introduction for beginners.
For those with experience, this is a chance to be challenged and to bring your work to the next level, while having a lot of fun.
The camp is held outside, on the beautiful grounds of the Billings Estate Museum, Ottawa. We do have access to some indoor space in case of rain, but the majority of camp is outside in the fresh air among the trees.
The camp will run for three weeks, Mondays to Fridays, from July 8 to 26. Camp hours are 9 am to 4 pm each day.
It's at 2100 Cabot Street Ottawa, Ontario K1H 6K1
Here’s a bit more background...
- The camp will run with anywhere from 15 to 25 participants, depending on enrolment. Everyone gets a part. We try to make sure everyone gets a part that will challenge them appropriately i.e. it feels like a big part but is not overwhelming. Usually, some characters are played by more than one actor, in different scenes. So we might have 3 people playing one character for the beginning, middle, and end. Other actors might get to play more than one character. If we have fewer campers, we cut the text down a bit but still play the whole story.
- The show is at the Billings Estate, outside or under the tent, depending on weather. We rehearse in the same place we perform. It's a Shakespeare in the Park sort of feel, like what the professional actors in Bear and Company and A Company of Fools do in parks around the city.
- In the first week, everyone is given a bit to work on; either a monologue or a scene with one other person. We don't expect anyone to be able to perform it on the first read through; and we teach them different techniques for building character and approaching text. We perform these on the first Friday and then "show parts" are given out on the Monday of the second week.
What to bring...
• A healthy lunch to get you though an active day. Probably more food than you pack for a regular school day.
• Sunscreen and a hat.
• Extra layers in case of rain or cold.
• Your script (which you will get on the first day of camp) No acting or Shakespeare experience is necessary.
Website: https://www.ragandbone.ca/Pages/shakespeare_camp.html
Direct Contact: Kathy MacLellan, Kathy@ragandbone.ca
