Remedial Drama Coaching

Personal Development and Drama Workshop

Length of workshop: 3 hours a week for 15 weeks.
Size of group: Minimum 10 people.

Aims:
To improve self-confidence and help people to play a more effective role in the community.

This workshop will consist of 15 sessions that will involve improvisation, role-play, exercises and games.
Dealing with such issues as: self-confidence, anger/rage, motivation, bullying, fears, poverty, homelessness, racism, domestic abuse, achieving goals, drug and alcohol problems and multicultural integration.

Drug and alcohol problems could be a separate group specific to that problem.

Immigrants and mixed cultures could be a separate group to deal with multi cultural integration.

A questionnaire will be given out at the beginning of the workshop to determine what the participants hope to achieve and a questionnaire will be given at the end to evaluate the course 'what did I get from it' etc.

Video will be used as an aid to help people to study themselves.
Every session will end with a discussion group.

Other services:
In addition to the workshops, individual one on one and couple coaching using psychodrama techniques and role-play are available.
I also offer formal theatre and acting coaching.

Outline of a project using 'Alice in Wonderland'

Using a script of 'Alice in Wonderland' as a template. (I am have written a musical drama version).

I will create and expand on the scenes through the use of improvisation to deal with the issues below.

Issues

Violence, bullying, anger-rage, drug addiction, alcoholism, suicide, grieving, spousal abuse, elder abuse, poverty, homelessness, fear and lack of self confidence, communication problems, competitiveness, racism.

Synopsis

The Mad-hatter is a hypochondriac/drug dealer who also turns Alice onto drugs. She is a runaway who is chasing the white rabbit.... An illusory figure.

The Duchess is an elderly man who is also a cross dresser.

The Queen is an alcoholic racist, tyrant and bully who chops everyone's head off. Her husband is a frightened diminutive man who ends up chopping her head off after being pushed too far by her.

Because of her tyranny none of the characters are able to express themselves and communicate freely.

The tea party is a highly dysfunctional affair.

The house where the Duchess and screaming baby is also a highly dysfunctional situation.

The baker is a thief.

The Mock-turtle constantly talks and sings of suicide.

Throughout the journey Alice discovers herself and finds out who she is. Through her empathy towards others she learns how to help them. Her level of confidence increases and her loving bond with others opens the door to a spiritual life.

The King also has a spiritual awakening and begins to practice goodness.

The grand finale is a musical extravaganza.

The very end is a stark solo dance of the soul finally free.

The dances and music will be either created by the participants or choreographed and written by professionals. Poetry will be written by the participants and woven into the final production.

The entire project will be videotaped and edited for the web.

For information on individual tutoring and group workshops please call: 01482-788699 or email.