FOURSIGHT THEATRE aim to provide a year round programme of workshops, lectures and residencies, which reveal and explain the FOURSIGHT method of work.
All our work is based on the FOURSIGHT method, which reflects the content and
style of our shows. The work will promote the concept of Total Theatre:
- theatre which starts with the physical impulse to enable textual and character
development
- theatre where the image is as important as the spoken word
- theatre which integrates the textual, musical, visual and physical aspects
of performance.
Participants experience working in the FOURSIGHT method and gain an understanding
of how the company creates its work, as well as finding and developing their
own theatrical and creative skills. When leading a workshop or residency, FOURSIGHT
will emphasise the following core values:
- a commitment to high quality work which is thought provoking and risk-taking
creativity based on collective and non-hierarchical processes and structures
- a respect for the experience of individuals [both company members and participants]
which encourages authenticity and integrity
- the importance of promoting individual creative expression and the importance
of personal choice
- the empowerment of women both artistically and socially [though not at the
exclusion of men].
A dedicated education workshop programme for schools accompanies our shows and national tours. For further information, please go to the relevant page on this website (current/past productions).
For further information and to make booking please contact FOURSlGHT'S Administrator, Emma Beale on 01902 714257 or Frances Land, Special Projects Co-ordinator on 01902 312352.
JUNIOR SCHOOLS THEATRE SKILLS PROJECT
Foursight Theatre is launching a new education project which is being offered to schools in the Black Country. The project involves a series of workshops using theatre skills as a tool to develop a sense of teamwork, to help children grow in confidence and build upon their self-esteem. Each project can be tailored to the individual school and focus on specific areas of the curriculum if desired.
The project was initially developed in association with William Brookes School, Much Wenlock as a link with its feeder schools. Following a very positive response from the schools involved in the first project, we are now offering these workshops to schools within the Black Country and Wolverhampton.
The workshops will run across a period of 5-6 weeks, with regular visits one morning or one afternoon each week. Through a variety of methods, the children will get to experience themselves, each other and the world around them in a way that is not always possible within the constraints of the curriculum or the classroom.
Teachers and class support, from the outset, will be encouraged to join in and hopefully use it as an opportunity to acquire new skills and further the work done in the drama sessions in their own activities with their class.
Pupils would be encouraged to use the sessions to explore new means of self-expression, with a strong emphasis on learning to work together, sensitivity to others, team building and confidence building.
Call either Frances Land or Emma Beale at the office for further details.
As part of its Education Policy, FOURSlGHT THEATRE also responds to targeted commissions and takes part in Artists in Residency programmes. Examples include commissions for Art Galleries, Schools, and Adult Education Outreach groups. Descriptions of previously commissioned shows are as follows:
Why not invite Queen Elizabeth 1 to your school. 400 years of lying in a grave
besides her detested half sister Mary Tudor has done nothing to moderate her
behaviour! Vulgar, opinionated and full of gossip, the Queen gives a lively
insight into her reign , her family and her boyfriends!
Available for years 5 to 11 (curriculum area 'Victorian Working Conditions'). Realistic, gritty and full of humour,
this play follows the life of Gertie, 'The Bone Scrubber', employed at Coalport China Works in Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge 1840 - 1890.
Always at loggerheads with the local chartermaster, her story centers around her family who all work in the area, down the pits, on the pit bank or in
the iron works. Strikes, weddings and funerals are all part of the rich tapestry of Gertie's life.
Pigs Might Fly is a funny, fast moving and gripping look at women's work during
the Second World War.
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