Gamelan Indonesian Music and Puppetry Workshop Monday 7th April, 9.30am

Free workshops for YR 7-8 only on Monday 7th April.  

Only 40 students per session, split into two groups.At the War Memorial Hall. Two 75min sessions where students get to experience playing the gamelan instruments and work with a puppeteer before joining together to present a small show.

  First session 9.30-10.45

Second Session 11.15-12.30 (if there is demand)

Shakespeare's Tool Kit Workshop (Y9-13)

Friday 1th April, 9.30am

For new and seasoned Shakespearean performers. This workshop is designed to arm you with the tools to decipher Shakespeare's works. Aimed specifically at performance but can also just be useful for those wanting to be able to read and understand Shakespeare's works for their own pleasure, we break down Shakespeare's text and language in a fun way that helps actor's find part of their characters and the delivery of the words in the way that Shakespeare intended. You will leave this workshop with a better understanding and an easier, more relaxed way into figuring out Shakespeare's scripts using literary tools and having a better grasp on iambic pentameter.

Taught by Laura Irish - Creator and Artistic Director of The Barden Party, and Shakespearean actor and director since 2005, having studied Shakespeare at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC and with the former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Laura has taught, directed and acted in many Shakespeare performances for over a decade. 

The Barden Party fresh from the Adelaide Festival are performing two free twilight shows: Malone Gates Friday 11th and Pioneer Village  Saturday 12th April.

If you are interested in having your students attend any of these events please email shakespearestratford@gmail.com or ring Jo on 0211870030

Friday April 11th, 9.30am

Imagine spending the afternoon wandering through the historic Pioneer Village and finding incredible musicians performing in the Courthouse, or the School house , in the beautiful Mangatoki Church or on the Village Green. Add in some delicious food, train rides, the Bouncy Globe Theatre, perhaps relax with beer in the barn, and from 6pm you can enjoy The Barden Party performing their incredible bluegrass Macbeth!

Ever wonder what was Top of the Pops in the Elizabethan Era? Now is the perfect time to find! Amazing soaring harmonies in some unusual spaces will give you a musical experience like no other!

Through falling leaves you can pick you way slowly to find these outstanding musicians playing songs that have become iconic in Kiwi culture over the past half century!