First Encounters with Shakespeare Research and Development Workshops

The RSC are offering University of Birmingham student the opportunity to participate in three ‘First Encounters with Shakespeare Research and Development Workshops’ at The Other Place, Stratford -upon-Avon. The RSC’s First Encounters with Shakespeare productions are 90 minute adaptations of Shakespeare plays, aimed at 8-13 year olds, with the intention of providing children with a fun and engaging first experience of Shakespeare. During these Research and Development workshop, students will work as actors and participants with an RSC director on an adaptation of The Comedy of Errorsfor a future First Encounters with Shakespeare production. The R&D work will specifically focus on how young people can be integrated into a First Encounter production alongside the professional cast. Each workshop will culminate in the sharing of key ideas that have been developed in the course of the three days.

Dates for workshops:

• 30 October – 1 November
• 7 – 9 November
• 29 November – 1 December