Leading On... Awaken Your Voice! With Regina Crowley -Booking Fast

Leading On... is part of Youth Theatre Ireland's commitment to training and supporting leaders working in youth theatre.

This year Leading On… will be held from the 16th to the 18th of June 2023 at Maynooth University.

The residential is a valuable opportunity for youth drama practitioners to explore new approaches, gather new material and develop their own artistic practice. The training is open to affiliated youth theatres as well as Organisational and Individual members.

Learn a series of physical and imaginative exercises that will awaken the expressive potential of your voice. Drawing on the work of world-renowned voice specialist Kristin Linklater, author of Freeing the Natural Voice, these exercises will give you a clear understanding of the elements involved in developing your voice and finding more freedom and release in the breath, body and voice in the moment of speaking.

The workshop will take you through a progression of step-by-step practical exercises that include relaxation, awareness of breathing, the exploration of vocal vibrations, how to open the throat, the development of resonance and range, and work on articulation. You will then apply these principles to a spoken text piece.

Regina Crowley is a founder member of GAITKRASH Theatre Company and has been involved in all of their shows to date as a deviser, director and performer. In 2010 she qualified as a Designated Linklater Teacher – the first Irish theatre professional to receive this award. She currently utilises this work in the training of performers and has led workshops both nationally and internationally. 

Performance credits include Mouth In Beckett's Not I,  W2 in Beckett's Play, Clare in Playing the Maids directed by Phillip Zarrilli and English in England by Tim Crouch. Directing credits include Killing Stella for GAITKRASH, Gone Full Havisham with Irene Kelleher, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer's Night's Dream and, an adaptation of Cocteau's film Orphee.

She lectures in Voice, Performance and Directing on the BATDS Degree at the MTU Cork School of Music and is currently completing a book commissioned by Routledge on the work Kristin Linklater.

There are 15 residential places, and 3 non-residential places on the course. You must be over 18 and available for the entirety of the course from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon.

The residential cost is €120, including all workshops, your accommodation, breakfast, and lunch. Places are reserved on a first come first serve basis with priority given to current Youth Theatre Ireland Members. If you are not currently a member, then please select the ticket option that also includes a membership.

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If you have any questions or would like more information, please get in touch with Alan King, Deputy Director, Youth Theatre Ireland.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Places are reserved on a first come, first serve basis. The closing date for submissions is the 26th of May.