The Upper School

A year of exciting Drama workshops

Friday 1 August 2025

What an exciting year of Drama scholarship provision we have had, and wonderful workshops run by Bristol-based practitioners and directors.

Over this academic year we have held the following workshops:

Workshop with Krista Matthews - Director and Facilitator

  • Krista delivered an incredible physical theatre workshop with our scholars, focusing on their awareness and quality of their movement, collaborative skills and creating character and imagery.

Devising workshop with Harry Gould - Deviser and Director

  • Harry led an innovative devising workshop with our students, working on the principles of saying yes, interpreting stimuli, free writing and developing ideas.

Physical comedy workshop with Feargus Woods Dunlop (New Old Friends Theatre Company).

  • Feargus led a comedy workshop, focusing on physical, character-led comedy in particular.

Workshop on developing puppetry work for performance with Chris Pirie (Green Ginger Theatre Company).

  • This focused on the central puppetry principles of the breath, gaze and basic movement.

Stage Combat Workshop with Maisie Carter

  • An engaging stage combat workshop with Maisie Carter - Stage Combat and Fight Choreographer!