TT1819 Cultural Catalogue

SECONDARY-SPECIFIC OFFERS
Punchdrunk
Project Name
Physical Performance Workshop
About the Project
Punchdrunk is an award-winning international theatre
company with a reputation for ground-breaking
productions that blend classic texts, physical performance
and design installation in unexpected sites.
Since 2008, Punchdrunk Enrichment has delivered magical
projects with over 100 primary schools, taking
Punchdrunk's immersive ethos and high production values
into school settings, creating experiences to inspire and
ignite pupils’ imaginations and accelerate learning.
Join Punchdrunk for a unique insight into our
performance practice in this 2.5 hour Physical
Performance Workshop. Using Punchdrunk’s unique sitesympathetic
style, participants will develop their
performance skills in response to site, sound and source
material.
During the workshop, students will be introduced to core
Punchdrunk practice and devise their own short pieces in
response to the space. The workshops are led by core
Punchdrunk creative associates.
Punchdrunk is currently one of eight companies selected
as influential theatre practitioners that students can
choose to study on the A Level Drama and Theatre
syllabus. Woyzeck is also listed as one of the prescribed
texts for closer analysis, the source text for Punchdrunk’s
most recent London show, The Drowned Man.
Suitability
GCSE & Post-16 Drama students
2.5 hour Physical Performance Workshop at
Punchdrunk’s village home in Tottenham Hale, London.
Dates, Location &
If the workshops cannot happen at Punchdrunk’s Village,
they will be delivered in-school.
Maximum 20 students in each workshop.
We can offer 6 workshop opportunities to Thurrock
schools, depending on availability.
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