Educational Outreach in the Voluntary
& Community Sector

'Central to the Common Air Theatre Company's community work & educational outreach work is the belief that theatre can spearhead social change and offer participants opportunities to express themselves and to explore problems & solutions in the safe environment of play acting'

We offer a range of drama classes to children of both primary and secondary age incorporating techniques including improvisation and forum theatre along with playscript writing & developing. We can cover the following 'issues' in our workshops for schools (but welcome suggestions offered by schools & teachers as to important topics that they feel need to be covered):

  ·Conflict resolution

·Bullying & peer pressure

·Drugs and alcohol

·Transitions (leaving home, moving schools, etc)

·Raising Aspirations

·Sex & Relationships

·Emotional Health & Well Being

·Domestic violence

·Anti social behaviour

·Interview technique

·Teenage pregnancy

·Gun & knife crime

Along with facilitating a range of theatre skills and games for the youth.

Drama workshops and theatre are essential in a child's education; it is also an invaluable tool for the teachers who gain valuable insight from the workshops: being introduced to new techniques as well as having the opportunity to act as participants instead of their usual role as teachers.

Our workshops focus on the curriculum being taught thus adding value to the teaching.

We work with the students in an engaging way emphasising “creativity as an educational tool.”

We aim to give all young people the chance of a positive future by helping them to learn in ways that motivate and stretch them and enable them to achieve; engage in positive developmental activities; make informed choices about their lives and benefit from high-quality, targeted support before problems escalate.

Courses Offered:

Forum Theatre

Playscript Developing & Writing

After School Drama Programme (facilitation & consultation)

Staffing

The Common Air Theatre Company employs professional theatre practitioners who bring to the workshops skills and techniques which have been learnt outside the educational establishment. We pride ourselves on our professional theatre work in London as well as our educational outreach strand.

Our Courses are created to support the following Government Strategies

Every Child Matters

Personalization Budget:

Raising Achievement of 'At Risk' youth

Raising Underachievement

Gifted & Talented

Literacy Framework

Speaking & Listening

Skills Learnt

Devising, Acting, Story Construction, Movement, Forum Theatre, Voice, Thought-showering, Critical Evaluation, Self-reflection, Listening, Communicating, Trust & Teamwork.

Prices

Due to the fact that pricing is highly subjective with many mitigating factors that can determine the costs such as ability to pay, class size, company members needed, etc, the following price list should be seen as a guide. Exact prices can be determined on a case by case basis.

  Full day course: £250-£350 (depending on requirements)

Half-day: £150-£200

Hourly: £25/ hour / practitioner

Performing Rates: £600 (for a company of five)

Development Rates:£1200 (for a company of five)

Project Rates are Negotiable

 

To book a Course

To book a course, please contact Matthew Hahn on 07816 334 897 or

email on HAHN@HOTMAIL.CO.UK.