Bristol Old Vic Youth Theatre Summer School

Partnering with Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Hauser & Wirth Somerset is delighted to host the hugely successful Bristol Old Vic Youth Theatre Summer School again this August. This is an incredible opportunity for young people interested in drama and performing arts to work with professional directors to create an original piece of theatre. In collaboration with the team at Bristol Old Vic Theatre, this year’s course participants will be asked to devise a new play told through movement, music and theatre. They will take Rashid Johnson’s exhibition as their starting point. The Summer School will run on weekdays from 14 until 24 August 2017, 10 am – 5 pm daily, and culminates in a public performance on Thursday 24 August 2017, set within the grounds of Hauser & Wirth Somerset. It is available to young people aged 11 – 16 years. This is a subsidised event and tickets are £140 for the full course. We ask that all participants are delivered to the gallery and picked up by a responsible adult, please let us know if you wish your child to travel to and from the gallery on their own. Children should bring a packed lunch, snacks and drinks as necessary. For further enquiries please contact Debbie Hillyerd, Head of Education, debbie@hauserwirth.com Director: Maisie Newman Maisie Newman is a Bristol-based director, movement director and digital artist, associate director for Twisted Theatre and co-director of Fen, currently developing WULF (Bristol Old Vic Ferment). She is a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic’s Made in Bristol programme 2014/15, member of Propolis Theatre and director of Spill (Camden People’s Theatre, Bristol Old Vic Studio); other credits include The Fox and The Child (Dir. Sharp Teeth Theatre) and The Love of The Nightingale (assoc. dir. / co-choreographer, Bristol Old Vic Y/C). Assistant Director: Alison Cowling Bristol based actor musician, theatre maker and improviser, Alison graduated last year from the University of Bristol. This year Alison is doing Bristol Old Vic’s ‘Made In Bristol’ residency and is musical director for INKBLOC Ensemble whose debut show will be performed, in association with Bristol Old Vic, in July. This event is now sold out