Montage at LEWISHAM PEOPLE’S DAY!

Saturday 14 July 2007
Mountsfield Park, Stainton Road, SE6

In a fairy-tale setting on the Kid's Stage, over 100 children, young people and adults performed on a beautiful day.

Our Street Jazz 2 dancers on the Young Mayor’s Stage opened the day for this stage - and they brought a very enthusiastic crowd over to watch them.

Thank you to all of you - every single performer shone on these stages and did the Montage community proud! If you have any photos - do email them in please.

Have a wonderful summer and see you in the new year to continue our good work. And do bring your friends along - we need new recruits!!

Best wishes

Judy and the Montage team!

MONTAGE'S MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER SCHOOL - click to enlarge.

Youth Theatre at the Albany!

A huge WELL DONE to the Youth Theatre Company who performed TEECHERS by John Godber at The Albany, Deptford on Monday 2nd July 7:30pm

Some audience comments:

"funny, confident and brave perfomance from a very exciting group Well done!"

"this is the first amateur play I've been to when I could hear the cast perfectly. It made such a difference"

"excellent performance, from young talented performers!"

"what a result! they were all so confident and a wonderful ensemble..."

" a very funny play performed with tremendous enthusiasm and committment. Engaging and inspiring, this is what theatre is all about"




Some post-show cast members' thoughts...

'Over the last year I really think that everybody has worked so hard to get this far and to do so well with ”Teechers”. My character was easy with the lines but was harder to act, I really think that everyone has put so much into this and I think it really paid off. Thank you to everyone who has helped.'

'The experience of preparing a full play and performing it in such a professional space at the Albany was a completely new experience. I was terrified about there being problems or messing up lines etc, but in fact all of the hiccups in the play and on the way to it only added to the enjoyment of the process as we all managed to overcome them together.'


'I can’t believe my mum turned up. She said she couldn’t come. I was kinnda pleased but glad I didn’t know otherwise I would have been sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo scared and nervous. '

Montage at LONDON YOUTH GAMES: Sat Levels 2 and 3 and Breakdancing

LONDON YOUTH GAMES
Sunday 1 July 2007, 9.00 am
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Ledrington Road, SE19 2BB

Just to say thank you to all of you who performed and watched this performance - the rain cleared for us to entertain the troupes with not just our dancing but an impromptu warm-up with Kiki! Great fun and another fantastic morning - well done to you all!

Montage at Scoop! - Street Jazz 2 and Breakdancing

SCOOP!
Sat 23 June 2007, 10.00 – 12.00 midday
Queen’s Walk, Next to City Hall (London Bridge)

What a fantastic morning - and no rain! Our groups were excellent as usual with the crowd going wild as Olivia opened the number. The little ones were cheered on in their Breakdancing section as were the street jazz dancers . Kiki enjoyed his spot too and it was a thrill to see the other groups around London present their work.

So well done to all those who took part and on to our next shows!

Judy

FREE HALF-TERM DRAMA WORKSHOPS

FREE WORKSHOPS in Voice, Character, Writing and Movement!
For young people over 12 years! Just turn up for the workshop and join!

When: Tuesday 29th May and Wednesday 30th May, 11 - 1pm and 2 - 4pm both days

Where: Crossways Academy, New Cross, SE4

As part of our funded project for the Youth Theatre Company this year, Montage will be offering a series of free workshops with theatre professionals. Montage staff will be with the students for both days and during the lunch hour including Hannah and Michael.

Tues 29th May 11am- 1pm: Voice – led by Clive Holland
Clive Holland is an actor/director who has worked with many nationally and internationally renowned theatre companies including; Cartoon de Salvo (“Gloriously theatrical, delicious …” The Wall Street Journal), Third Party (“… innovative and enriching theatre …” The Irish Times) and Trading Faces (“Beautiful, surreal …” The Oxford Times). His roles have included Claudius (Hamlet), Estragon (Waiting for Godot), The Porter (Macbeth), Flamineo (The White Devil) and Captain Hook (Peter Pan). Clive has directed companies as far afield as East Sussex (And His Name Was Jim … The Company) and Suwon City, South Korea (Richard the Third … The Suwon International Company). Clive produces theatre that is innovative, joyful, exciting and surprising but which holds at its heart a strong connection between the audience and the performer. Clive’s strong belief in theatre as a magical and essential art-form has driven his desire to nurture and develop people’s skills, knowledge and enthusiasm through training, workshops and classes.

Tues 29th May 2pm-4pm: Character – led by Adam Quayle
Adam is Artistic Director of Box of Tricks Theatre, which is Associate Company at The White Bear. He has previously worked as an assistant director at The Library Theatre in Manchester.
Please note that we will still be running our Youth Theatre session at 5.15pm at Brockley Primary School after this workshop.

Weds 30th May 11am-1pm: Writing/Devising – led by Kenneth Emson
Kenneth is Associate Writer for Box of Tricks Theatre. He has recently been awarded a grant from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation, and will shortly be workshopping his play Rural at the National Theatre Studio.

Weds 30th May 2pm – 4pm: Movement – led by Margaret Tully
Margaret Tully began at The Old Vic Youth Theatre before going onto Webber Douglas. She was picked by MGM to join the show Jubilee in Last Vegas and continued to train and work in America for twelve years. Margaret has appeared in shows ranging from improvisational comedy, Shakespeare, Restoration Comedy, Musical Extravaganzas to Poetry Recital in both America and England. Since becoming a teacher Margaret has brought a group of students to the Cottesloe Theatre as winners of the Shell Connections with Mark Ravenhill’s play, Citizenship in 2005. Her students have gone onto drama school, become members of the National Theatre Young Company, RADA Youth and Winners of Shell Connections.