Got a New Years Resolution? Want to try a new skill? What about Acting?

These classes are fun, dynamic, entertaining and non-threatening.

Designed to help strengthen your voice, develop confidence and enhance your performance skills the classes will be presented in 8 week blocks beginning Monday 13 February, 2017.

Who: All acting levels from no experience to acting veteran, will be catered for.

What: The program will cover the following topics:

• understanding and finding your voice
• exploring and interpreting text/script
• stage craft skills for acting
• techniques for speaking to camera (screen acting and social media marketing)
• rehearsing a short scene

Where: Classes will be held in The Studio, Napier. First Floor, 4-6 Hastings St, opposite the Cathedral. Stairs entrance between Viva Gallery and Baimint Thai.

When: Mondays 7.00 – 8.30pm

More details

Newsflash:

Due to the success of Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare in the Park, an additional performance has been scheduled for Friday 1st April at the Hawkes Bay Opera House Plaza. Buy tickets at eventfinda! Here

Hawkes Bay is set to commemorate 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare in a truly unique way across two special venues. The Hawkes Bay Shakespeare Festival hosted by the Will Power Trust kicks off with the annual Shakespeare in the Park day at Church Road winery on Saturday March 19, 2016 followed two weeks later with a performance at the Hawkes Bay Opera House Plaza on Sat April 2, 2016.

“We are delighted to announce that local trio ‘Confetti’ will be accompanying the stage production and the girls have been busy transposing and arranging since November, working alongside choreographer Champa Maciel”. Musician and cast member Michael Rowlands has also contributed two musical compositions for the play. Costumier Angela Elliott has been tasked with costuming the cast of sixteen. “It is a pleasure to work with these fine industry professionals and we are very excited about this and future collaborations”.

Actors Champa Maciel and Daniel Betty will be taking to the stage in the roles of Beatrice and Benedick alongside Kelie Jensen and Michael Rowlands in the roles of Hero and Claudio. Gerard Cook, in his third consecutive performance at the festival, will be playing the role of Leonato. Other cast members include Tim Walton, Rob Mackintosh, Isaac James, Jane Sutherland, Amanda Jackson, Ian Gosling, Will Couper, Ashleigh Burt and Jack Warren.

Shakespeare in the Park is all about the activities of the Elizabethan Village set up for just one day at Church Road winery. Archery, knife throwing, apple bobbing, maypole dancing, food stalls, artisan crafts people, gourmet bbq . . . . and then at 4.30 settling down in your low back chairs, cushions and picnic rugs to watch the performance. There are family passes, combo deals with food and drink, all available at here you can also buy tickets in person at isite Hastings or Havelock North.

Shakespeare at the Plaza is a more intimate affair at the lovely Hawkes Bay Opera House Plaza. You can buy seats – theatre style, or purchase a whole table for Whanau and friends – comes with a gourmet platter! There is a cash bar available.
Go here to purchase tickets or buy them in person at the Hastings or Havelock North isite.

Some photographs from rehearsal:

On behalf of Juliet, Peter and the whole team at The Drama Workshop’s ‘Expertease Corporate’ we want to wish you a safe and merry holiday season! Thank-you for your support in 2015 and we hope to see you all for more fun, murder, bogus speakers, training, mystery, customer service and quiz questions in 2016.

Our offices will be closed from the 22nd of December 2015 through to the 5th of January 2016… but after that we are back onboard and ready to launch our 4 new products.

▪ Ah-maze-ZING – An amazing race style adventure around town whilst solving a mystery.
▪ The Last Resort – Join hosts Gerard and Elizabeth Last as they re-open their health club that unfortunately was closed 12 months ago due to a mysterious death on the property.
▪ Anchors Away – Onboard the MV Costa Lotta guests will find themselves drowning in a plot of swirling intrigue and salty revenge.
▪ Speakeasy – Welcome to the 1920’s and Big Jims world… where BIG money, BIG hair and BIG arguments will dominate!

… Looking to up-skill your staff in 2016? Talk to us about our Staff Development workshops, we use our unique hands-on approach “real learning for real-life” to enhance your customer service skills.

Happy Holidays to you all

The Team at Expertease!

Due to popular demand, two new classes will launch in Havelock North in 2016. See below for details:

The Stars:

Ages 7 to 9   (Yrs 3 and 4)

Tuesday’s 3.30 – 4.30
Cost: $120 term
For building confidence, learning performance skills and having fun while doing it! Students will present to parents.

The Dramatists

Ages 9 to 11  (Yrs 5 and 6)
Tuesday’s 4.30 – 5.30
Cost: $120 term
To learn basic theatre and performance skills, playbuilding and stagecraft incorporating process drama and performance work.

To enrol, visit the Play On page here