WORKSHOPS

Our Artistic Partner for Borka Workshops:

Ignite workshops are suitable for young people of all ages.

See below for formats that we can offer!

All our workshop are run by two members of our Ignite team and all leaders are DBS checked and trained under the guidelines of our safeguarding policy.

Our Artistic Partner for Borka Workshops:

As part of our Borka 2023 Tour, Ulster Touring Opera will be presenting workshops in schools in Northern Ireland.

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IGNITE WORKSHOP FORMATS

One Hour Workshop: Performance Intro or Performance Development - £500

30-35 participants
Singing, Drama, Improvisation, Stage Craft, Devising, Rehearsal & Performance
Create a mini company with Artistic Director, Sue Moore
Can be tailored to your group’s ability - from novice to advanced
By the end of the session the group will have warmed up physically & vocally, learnt the basic rules of stagecraft, created characters & a setting for their performance, learnt a short extract of music as well as staged and performed that extract
We require a large, quiet space, a piano or full sized keyboard, a projector & screen for this workshop

Three Day Intensive Workshop Production: Mini Production - £1500

30-35 participants
Singing, Drama, Improvisation, Stage Craft, Devising, Rehearsal & Performance
Create a mini company with Artistic Director, Sue Moore & a tailored team
Can be tailored to your group’s ability - from novice to advanced
By the end of the three days the participants will have warmed up physically & vocally, learnt the basic rules of stagecraft, created characters & a setting for their performance, devised and written elements of their final performance, rehearsed and memorised music and staging including dialogue and song and given a final performance of the piece for families and friends (20 mins)

Five Day Workshop Production: Mini Production - £3000 to £5000

Up to 70 participants
Singing, Drama, Improvisation, Stage Craft, Devising, Rehearsal & Performance
Create a mini company with Artistic Director, Sue Moore & a tailored team
Can be tailored to your group’s ability - from novice to advanced
By the end of the three days the participants will have warmed up physically & vocally, learnt the basic rules of stagecraft, created characters & a setting for their performance, devised and written elements of their final performance, rehearsed and memorised music and staging including dialogue and song and given a final performance of the piece for families and friends (30-40 mins)

Co-Creation Leadership Training - £750 to £1500

5-10 participants
To help teachers & leaders to build a tool-belt of skills & techniques to co-create performances & productions with their group
These workshops can range from 1/2 day to 5 days, depending on your needs & availability. They can also be intensive or weekly/fortnightly sessions spread across a term
At the end of the sessions participants will have a portfolio of warm up exercises, workshop activities as well as skills to build up and devise a production with a group including song, music, writing text & melody, drama, dialogue, narration, puppetry, costume & set design, staging, rehearsing and performance. Also how singing, music & drama can be incorporated into daily activities, enhancing other subjects & activities

Commissioning Projects, Pieces or Productions - £1500 to £10,000

Creating a tailored project, piece or production for you & your participants
These can be written & delivered for your use or they can also be produced by the Ignite Creative Team
For up to 70 participants
Final piece ranging from 20 mins to 1hr