A practical workshop on the
Theatre of Bertolt Brecht

Offered to students aged 14+ at GCSE, AS/A2 level and National Diploma in association with Ensemble’s production of...

The Uninvited

Songs and Voices of Exile

• Duration of workshop: 1.5 hours
• A maximum of 20 students per workshop
• Students must wear suitable clothing, to be able to move freely

The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht

• A warm up session for both body and voice, with exercises that encourage mental and physical alertness and co-operation.
• An introduction to Brecht’s political ideas, contextualising and examining them.
• Looking at Brecht in relation to Stanislavski through fun, practical exercises.
• Concept of ‘Verfremdungseffekt’ explored through practical exercises and demonstrations.
• Students will create their own short pieces of epic theatre, ‘demonstrating a passion’, enabling them to translate Brecht’s vision into their own.
• A summing up of what we have discovered about Brecht, with a chance for questions.

The Brecht Education Pack can be emailed upon request and there will be a list of useful web addresses linked to each section of the pack

For further information about the workshops please contact Ensemble