MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
By Bertolt Brecht
As war unfolds, Mother Courage struggles to keep her business afloat and her three children safe.
Photo by Steve Rogers
Wed 6 - Sat 16 November, 8pm at The Factory, Sligo
2 hours in length with an intermission.
Directed by Niall Henry
Blue Raincoat Ensemble: John Carty, Sandra O Malley, Bob Kelly, Aisling Mannion, Fiona Buckley and Killian Filan
Set Design: Jamie Vartan | Sound Design: Joe Hunt | Lighting Design: Barry McKinney | Production: Maurice Power
BLUE RAINCOAT THEATRE ACADEMY 2025
Junk Ensemble Workshop
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th January 2025
Tutors: Megan & Jessica Kennedy
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
Time : 10.00 – 16.00
Fee: €200
Junk Ensemble Co-Directors Megan and Jessica Kennedy will lead the workshop, exploring devising tools and devising tasks throughout both days with an eye to creating dance theatre and site responsive work. Open to all ages over 16 and all disciplines.
Corporeal Mime
Wednesday 12th - Saturday 15th March 2025
Tutor: Corinne Soum
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
Time : 10.00 – 16.00
Fee: €200
This workshop involves training in the discipline of Corporeal Mime. Corinne Soum combines her experience as former assistant to Etienne Decroux and having taught, developed and directed Corporeal Mime for more than 30 years.
The training will include gestural grammar, body articulation, counterweights, walks and displacement in space, figures of style, mobile statuary, and musicality of movement. Extracts of the repertoire of Etienne Decroux will be taught during the workshop to fully experience this unique modern mythology of movement theatre. Participants will also explore the infinite possibilities of drawing from this repertoire to create personal work.
Voice
Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th June 2025
Tutors: David Goldsworthy & Marianne Le Tron
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
Time : 10.00 – 16.00
Fee: €200
Voice Training and Development are explored through the methodologies and techniques of the Roy Hart International Voice Centre, France. David Goldsworthy & Marianne Le Tron, senior teachers at the Centre, will conduct this 2-day workshop.
This workshop will introduce students to the techniques and exercises inherent in Roy Hart Vocal Training including diaphragmatic breathing, projection and breath control as well as focusing on the development of individual vocal range.
The pedagogic approach of Roy Hart Training begins with the premise that each individual voice is unique. There is no singular established method, rather the training is a disciplined exploration guided by the teacher releasing sources of energy and imagination to open the voice to realise its potential. Roy Hart teaching workshops have been developed based on a history of more than 80 years of research, study and practice of the human voice.
Anne Bogart Workshop : Embodied Problem Solving
Wednesday 18th - Saturday 21st June 2025
Tutor: Anne Bogart
Venue: The Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland
Time : 10.00 – 17.00
Fee: €200
Participants will engage in the art of devising theatre together that emphasizes Embodied Problem Solving and Creativity-in-Action. Participants will create bold theatrical moments while exploring the intricacies of composition, arrangement, juxtaposition, balance, contrast, stillness, movement, rhythm, proportion and more.
This is a cross disciplinary workshop and is open to applications from individuals from all backgrounds in theatre.
If you wish to apply for this workshop, please send a CV and Biography to academy@blueraincoat.com prior to booking. Successful applicants will be sent a link to enable online booking.
