Grove Productions
What is a Grove Workshop?
What To Expect
Our workshops are run by professional working actors who are also experienced in theatre-in-education.​
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Each workshop is designed to support the curriculum and cover specific themes of the text.
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We can also build from scratch with your school’s specific needs in mind. This means that we could deliver a workshop/workshops around one particular text or give a more generalised workshop (for example, a workshop on understanding Shakespeare).
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The workshops can be aimed at any year group.
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We can bring costumes and props to the workshops to give the students a greater understanding of how they are used to tell the story
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Set Workshops:
Jekyll and Hyde
Macbeth
Blood Brothers
Topics included:
Nature vs Nurture
Tragedy
Character Development
The Journey of a Character
Superstition
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Example of Exercises Included:
Police Line Up - Prove who's life was most tragic
Direct a Song - Students direct workshop leaders performing "That Guy" to understand context and direction impacting emotion and story
Devise a Scene - Students discuss relationships and elements of the story they would like to have seen and devise it in groups or develop a scene further.
e.g. What if Mickey had put down the gun when he was told to at the end of the play?
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Our standard 2 hour workshops are curriculum supported and use acting exercises and games to delve in to the themes of the plays, character development and narrative. Using acting techniques to enable the students to embody the texts in a different context to class.
Topics included:
Duality
Good vs Evil
Reputation
Religion vs Science
Victorian Values - Masculinity
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Example of Exercises Included:
Walk Like a Character - Inhabit physicalities of different characters and different points in the play
Monster in the Mirror - Pairing up, students mirror each other's actions with Jekyll vs Hyde intention​
Devise a Scene - Students discuss relationships and elements of the story they would like to have seen and devise it in groups or develop a scene further.
e.g Group of three. One is Jekyll and one is Hyde after transforming into Hyde at the park, you have to get to safety without being caught.
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Topics included:
Power and Ambition
The Supernatural
Corruption of Nature
Masculinity
Tragedy
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Example of Exercises Included:
​Grandma's Footsteps ​- Warm up game where students play as different characters at different points in the story i.e the witches, the soldier's advancing on Macbeth or as Lady Macbeth sleepwalking.
Time Emergency - In groups the students recreate a scene from the play in 1 minute, then have to recreate that scene in 30 seconds, 15 seconds and then 2 seconds. engaging with tension, storytelling and stakes.​
Devise a Scene - Students discuss relationships and elements of the story they would like to have seen and devise it in groups or develop a scene further.
e.g What if Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had children? How would that change the story? ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Types of Workshop
Weekly
We come to you for weekly workshops on the text of your choosing. Either as an after-school club, or as a scheduled part of your English/Drama lessons.
One Off
Using our set structure or collaborating with you based off of your needs we would bring a one off 2-3 hour workshop. Diving in to text, bring themes to life through acting games and touching on character arc and narrative. Bringing the piece to life through drama and games and allowing the students the freedom of dramatic interpretation.
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We can create a made to measure workshop that works for your school's needs.
Managing affordability and creativity!
Pre GCSE
Help to prepare younger students for the texts they will be studying later in their education in an accessible and fun way. These can be one off or weekly as with our other workshops.
Additional Options
Activities Week
Many schools have a scheduled activities week, and Grove can feature as part of those activities. Whether it is a pure drama workshop or made to tie in with the curriculum (in a fun and engaging manner), Grove can come and bring the spirit of the theatre to your school.
Forum Theatre
This involves actors performing a short scene from the text (if the text is a novel, we will pre-write a scripted version), and then the students will redirect, and inform the scene by discussing the meaning, subtext, and motivation of the characters.
Post Show Q&A
You have the option for the students to do a Q & A with the Cast and the Director after the show. We are happy to answer text specific questions as well as questions about the process of putting on the show, and performance. As the cast have inhabited the characters, they are in a great position to talk about their motivations and what drives the character's actions.
The Practitioners
Moa Myerson is a professional actor who trained at Arts Ed in London. She has taught workshops both on an individual and group basis to both children and adults. As well as teaching Drama, she has experience as a tutor in Biology and Chemistry. Moa has been with Grove Productions from day one and is the company’s performance coach and assistant director, as well as having performed in all of their productions.
Moa Myerson
Assistant Director, Workshop Coordinator
CONTACT US
To discuss workshops and get a quote, please email