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Dahl-It-Yourself (DIY) Drama, Music & Writing Workshops at Artscape Wychwood Barns (Theatre Direct Canada)

Toronto Event Date: Sat, September 11, 2010

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Artscape Wychwood Barns (Theatre Direct Canada)
601 Christie Street
Toronto, ON M6G 4C7

416-537-4191

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Dahl-It-Yourself (DIY) Drama, Music & Writing Workshops

When you are old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ve become pompous and grown-up. You’ve lost all your jokiness. – Roald Dahl

The cornerstone of Small Print Toronto’s Roald Dahl Festival is a series of workshops conducted by leading local creators, each designed to help young scribes and tunesmiths cultivate their individual ‘jokiness’.

11:00 am DRAMA (8-10) with LYNDA HILL Christie Studio

Ever want to step inside one of Roald Dahl’s novels? This workshop will offer young thespians an opportunity to do so by playing with his words, images and worlds. (1 hour)

12:00 pm SONGWRITING (8-11) with KEVIN BARRETT Christie Studio

Can you dance to Dahl’s words? Budding songwriters will get a hands-on opportunity to learn the steps of writing a song based on Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and key scenes in The Twits. Participants are encouraged to bring an instrument. (1hour)

12:00pm BUILDING CHARACTERS (10-14) with ROBERT WESTON Wychwood Theatre

From The BFG to Matilda, Roald Dahl created some of the most memorable characters in literature for young readers. This workshop begins with a warm-up observation activity and then moves to a silly game to help budding storytellers remember the most important components of shaping a character. (1 hour)

1:00 pm STORYWRITING: TEEN BEAT (13-15) with NATALIE GHENT Christie Studio
Roald Dahl’s narrators often relay stories that they have heard from other characters. Young authors will get a chance to practice this story-within-a-story technique by crafting a monologue based on The Twits. (1.5 hours)

1:00 pm STORYWRITING: VOLUME ONE (8-12) with NATALIE KERTES & EVAN MUNDAY Wychwood Theatre
The focus of this workshop is on young authors producing their own picture books, inspired by The Twits. (1.5 hours)

2:30 pm SONGWRITING (12-15): with DON KERR Christie Studio

Can you dance to Dahl’s words? Young songwriters will get a hands-on opportunity to learn the steps of writing a song based on Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and key scenes in The Twits. Participants are encouraged to bring an instrument. (1.5 hours)

2:30 pm POETRY/SPOKEN WORD (12-14): with NATALIE ZINA WALSCHOTS Wychwood Theatre

Elaborate, exquisite, and elongated wordplay is one of the hallmarks of Dahl’s writing. Using Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes as a starting point, this workshop will give young scribes an opportunity to create poems in his style. (1.5hours)

After an afternoon of workshops, what better way to unwind than with a film?

4:00 pm MOVIE MATINEE: THE UNEXPECTED & FANTASTIC MR DAHL Wychwood Theatre

To showcase the long tradition of Roald Dahl’s stories being adapted for the screen, we will show selected episodes from the 1980s British television series Tales Of The Unexpected, and, Wes Anderson’s recent stop motion adaptation of The Fantastic Mr Fox.

Workshop Pass $20, includes Movie Matinee & evening Storyteller Soiree; Individual Workshops $7
For Advance Tickets & Registration, go to www.smallprinttoronto.org



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