‘It’s life son. It might make you laugh at your age, but one day it’ll make you bloody cry.” All In Good Time by Bill Naughton
Over a period of five weeks participants will explore a selection of Northern plays from Harold Brighouse and Stanley Houghton to contemporary writers including Simon Stephens and Richard Bean.
The course will place focus on acting skills and through a rehearsal process will analyse the various demands these plays place on the actor.
What can we learn from the plays of the past and how do they differ from contemporary Northern plays? How as actors do we approach different styles of play and make an older play come alive for a modern audience?
This explorative process will culminate in an informal performance for an invited audience of industry professionals at The Zion Arts Centre.
Course led by Katie Lewis, Natalie Grady, and guest director Chris Honer
| To apply for a place, call the Actors Centre North on 07818 462981 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, or make an enquiry by email here |
NATALIE GRADY
Natalie trained as an actor at Drama Centre London and has gained extensive experience working with acclaimed actors and directors including Samuel West, Chris Honer, Douglas Hodge, Philip Wilson, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Hytner, and Meera Syal.
She works as a freelance voice tutor and director and is currently directing a new Northern Comedy Coal Providers, Soul Survivors by Martin Henshall which is a new commission from North West Playwrights. Theatre credits include See How They Run (West End and Tour), As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare company and Sheffield Crucible), Gallithea (Shakespeare’s Globe), What the Butler Saw (Salisbury Playhouse), and The Importance of Being Earnest for the Library Theatre Company. Natalie was part of the Olivier Award winning Northern comedy Rafta, Rafta by Ayub Khan Din at the National Theatre.
KATIE LEWIS
Katie trained as a director on the MFA in Theatre Directing at Birkbeck College. She worked as an Assistant Director on the International season at The Flea Theatre, New York and as Assistant Director at The Library Theatre Manchester. Directing credits include: Killing Dad, (Whitechapel Gallery) Eight, (Lowry Studio) Mr Happiness, The Jewish Wife (Library Theatre Company), Unmanned (Arcola) Fractures, The Mixer (Theatre 503) Shelflife (Old Red Lion), Spoonface Steinberg (Etcetera, Kings Head). Last year Katie worked with Ransom Theatre Company in Belfast for their Write on The Edge Programme, an initiative dedicated to promoting the work of female playwrights, and she is currently developing Bruntwood Finalist Laura Stevens’ new play The Firewatchers. Katie works as a workshop leader and facilitator for The Queens Theatre Hornchurch and is currently working towards a large-scale production with young people, written by Philip Ayckbourn.
CHRIS HONER
Artistic Director of the Library Theatre Company