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17th

to 22nd

August 2010

Set alongside the River Wharfe, opposite the famous Ilkley Moor,

the Nell Bank Centre is sheltered by an ancient oak bluebell

woodland and is an ideal setting for almost any educational,

recreational or social event.

A perfect location for this six day musical theatre experience.

Welcome

This residential Masterclass will be of interest to anyone who wishes to immerse

themselves in an experience which will extend their knowledge base of stage

performance in musical theatre.

The material used will be core songs from Miss Saigon. You will use the material to

explore and create original ideas, and through this process, expand and enhance your

performance skills - a major focus of the week. You will be asked to identify and

analyse your perceived positive and negative points in areas of vocal skills, dialogue

delivery and stagecraft, and through individual and ensemble work, produce a ‘tool

box’ which you can access in any future stage presentation.

It will be intensive, emotionally challenging, hard work but very rewarding. We are

sure that you will gain hugely from the event.

We look forward to receiving your application soon

Course Organisers

Rebecca Farthing & Andy Reiss

CONTACT

Rebecca Farthing, 23 Thwaites Avenue, Ilkley, LS29 8EH

t: 01943 430 873 email: rebecca@musicanddrama.co.uk

Timetable

Tue

12.00

13.00

14.00

16.00

16.15

16.30

17.15

17.30

18.45

20.15

Welcome and Introductions

Lunch

Nell Bank teambuilding

Break

Miss Saigon - our story

Break

Script work - read and choose

duologues/scenes

Dinner

Music

Evening - games and chill

Wed

08.00

09.30

10.00

11.45

12.00

13.00

14.00

15.30

15.45

17.30

19.30

Breakfast

Good Morning! (warm ups)

Music

Break

Music

Lunch

Music

Break

Auditions

Dinner

Evening - free time

Thurs

08.00

09.30

10.00

11.30

11.45

13.00

14.00

15.30

15.45

17.30

19.30

Breakfast

Good Morning!

Guest Tutor

Break

Guest Tutor cont’d

Lunch

Music and staging

Break

Music and staging

Dinner

Evening - Quiz

Fri

08.00

09.30

10.00

11.30

11.45

13.00

14.00

15.15

15.30

17.30

19.30

Breakfast

Good Morning!

Music and staging

Break

Work on duologues/scenes

Lunch

Music and staging

Break

Music and staging

Dinner

Duologue/scene presentations

Sat

08.00

09.30

10.00

11.30

11.45

12.30

13.00

14.00

15.30

15.45

17.30

19.00

Breakfast

Good Morning!

Staging

Break

Music and staging

Q&A with Andy Reiss

Lunch

Continue staging

Break

Continue staging

Barbecue

Party

Sun

08.00

09.30

10.00

11.30

11.45

13.00

14.00

15.00

16.00

16.30

Breakfast

Good Morning!

Blocking

Break

Continue Blocking

Lunch

Dress Rehearsal

Presentation

Wind down

Pack up and leave

Timetable may be subject to alteration

Accommodation and Catering

Ilkley is a very popular tourist town, especially in the summer months, and a week’s

accommodation can be very costly. With this in mind, bunkhouse accommodation is

provided on site. Whilst the accommodation is basic, experience has shown that this

adds to the whole team spirit of the group. As well as shower and toilet facilities

within the bunkhouse, there is a modern shower

block close to the bunkhouse, which affords

greater privacy.

Full English breakfast and an evening meal will be

cooked and served on-site by a caterer

recommended by the Centre. Serving a choice of

two main dishes and two desserts each day, they

will also provide a barbecue on the last evening.

Vegetarian and any other special diets can be catered for on request (please indicate

on your application form). Typical evening meals include cottage pie, spaghetti

Bolognese, lasagne, chilli, meat and potato pie, quiches. Typical desserts include

lemon meringue pie, sponge and custard, apple pie and ice cream, fruit crumble and

custard, fruit salad.

Rehearsals and Team Building

Throughout the course, there will be an emphasis on working as part of an ensemble.

To help achieve this, there will be team-building sessions led by staff at the Centre

and Andy Reiss. These will add even more depth to an already exciting few days.

Course Director - Andy Reiss

Andy’s career in musical theatre began with hard work and a commitment to learn.

Open auditions led to several jobs, then most notably a contract with Les Miserables

for the first resident production outside of the West End. The production in

Manchester was to begin Andy’s long association with Cameron Mackintosh and Les

Mis.

Andy stayed with Les Miserables throughout its residency at the Palace Theatre in

Manchester. He was thrilled to be offered the job of Assistant to the Resident

Director after such a short time on the professional scene and quotes the time spent

working with, and watching, the creative team on Les Mis - Ken Caswell and John

Caird - worth a three year course at any drama college.

Andy has also performed in Les Miserables in Dublin and Edinburgh and after a two

year break from the show he returned as the Resident Director for the first National

Tour. Andy can also be seen as the Paris Pimp in the 10th Anniversary Concert at the

Royal Albert Hall. He was very happy to be chosen as one of the fifty costumed

characters from a company chosen from the worldwide casts of Les Miserables.

He has played Che in Evita in the UK National Tour, and performed in Chess, both in

the UK and Norway. He was also Musical Director for Annie in Portsmouth and

Guildford, directed the first UK production of Seussical in Glasgow, and then was MD

for the same show at the Teatru Manoel in Malta in 2006. Andy has directed a new

production of The Rocky Horror Show in Malta, and directed Carousel in Basingstoke.

Most recently, Andy headed an international cast, playing the lead role(s) in Jekyll &

Hyde, again at the Teatru Manoel.

Although touring with Beyond the Barricade takes up the majority of his time, Andy is

also in demand as a director of Musical Theatre Workshops throughout the UK and

abroad. He developed the Les Miserables Residential Masterclass, with Cameron

Mackintosh/Creative Masterclass Company, giving people the opportunity to come to

the West End and enjoy a four day workshop which culminated in a performance on

the Les Mis set. Andy now gives the same knowledge and experience within his own

Masterclass, using not only Les Mis, but several other classic musicals.

With David Fawcett, he has also produced UK tours including Pure Puccini, Money

Money Money, Kingdom of Song, and Sing for Victory.

Feedback from previous workshops at Nell Bank

Overall experience: Enjoyable, nicely paced, I learnt more and developed.

Inspiring challenging, fun, emotional, fantastic.

Superb week. The mix of team-building, workshop,

guests and entertainment made for a great experience

that I will long remember. Fantabulous. It was a really

great experience and I really enjoyed it!!

Fan-bloody-tastic. Had an amazing week.

Very good. I enjoyed it a lot and have benefited from

the experience.

Really good and very enjoyable. Very well organised

and there was always something to do.

Brilliant! Met the loveliest people and had the best

time!

Fabulously outstanding! One of the best weeks of my

life.

Brilliant! Loved it, loved it, loved it

I had a great time, old friends, new friends, great

venue, wonderful food and a challenging, engaging

programme of workshops and sessions.

Workshop I liked the material we worked on - something for

everyone to do.

Andy - great mentor and teacher. Despite this being

my fourth workshop with him I still learn every time.

The mix of singing/blocking and building your ‘toolbox’

is just right for me.

I thought that the exercises that Andy got us to do to

get us into character were really amazing. Best

director ever!!!

Very informative and useful. The tools we learnt -

priceless!!

Andy opened up a deeper understanding of the show

which could never be heard elsewhere. It helped to

underpin the story when you heard the original text.

Loved it. Putting the songs together and staging them

was so exciting. Andy is amazing!

Fabulous. Loved the ideas thrown at us re

storyboarding.

The experience was great. Andy delivered an

enjoyable and challenging course, that left you feeling

exhausted but fulfilled.

The monologue exercise was brilliant - good to do and

enjoyable to watch.

Not only was it a great learning experience but also a

very nurturing one.

A huge thank you to all the people (who I know call

friends) who made me so welcome.

The exercises Andy had us do to become our

characters were brilliantly effective.

I’m also glad I did my monologue - I would have

regretted it had I not. Thank you.

Accommodation Basic but fine - as expected.

Fun and sociable - all part of the bonding, and amazing

views.

Bunkhouse - basic but clean and adequate. I’d prefer

the cost of the experience going to workshops,

guests/food etc than the accommodation

They were fine although the bunkhouses were a little

small.

The classrooms were fine. The bunkhouses were ok .

Basic but comfortable. Amphitheatre was awesome.

Adequate dorms. Middleton Room suitable for

purpose.

A little small. Showers and everything were fine.

Amphitheatre is beautiful.

Basic, but what I expected

No problem with these, basic yes but adequate for the

purpose.

Catering Lush. Like being looked after by Mum. Quality and

quantity both brilliant.

Excellent quality, well cooked, plenty available and

great friendly staff. Difficult to improve on.

Amazing - what can I say!

Amazing food and such nice people. They really went

out of their way for people - eg gluten free stuff.

Phenomenal. Incredible. Excellent! Fabulous - lovely

people and delicious food!

Gorgeous. I want their cook book!

Bloody fantastic.

Amazing, food was good, varied and they never

skimped.

Nell Bank teambuilding session Very good. A brilliant start to the week - lots of laughs.

Great ice-breaker and it had people enjoying

themselves from the start, and no-one feels left out.

Lovely staff too.

I thought it was really fun, helped us to get to know

each other better. Good fun and gelled group

together.

A great laugh and a great start. Very good. I made lots

of friends and got to know people this way.

Loved the assault course - so much fun, wanted to do

it again. Fun.

Great fun. Assault course was a bit scary but worth

while. Very good - Ruth was passionate - pulled

everyone together. Fun! And a bit wet. Great way to

get to know the team.

Really great, the staff of Nell Bank made the

experience worthwhile

Booking Information

Date: Tuesday 17 - Sunday 22 August 2010

Venue: Nell Bank Centre, Denton Road, Ilkley, LS29 0DE

Fee per person: £335.00

A non-refundable deposit of £35 per person is payable on application and

by 28th

February 2010 and the balance can be paid in two instalments. The

first instalment of £100 is due by 31st

March 2010 and the final instalment

of £200 by 30th

June 2010. (Payment by smaller instalments is possible;

please contact Rebecca Farthing for details)

Fee includes:

• Accommodation in the bunk house with shared shower and toilet

facilities. Students should bring their own sleeping bags/duvets.

• Breakfast, tea/coffee at break times, evening meal (lunch is not

included but the town centre is a 10-15 minute walk or 5 minute drive

away)

• All tuition including all classes during the week and costs for rehearsal

pianist and guest artistes

Places: There are 26 places available and these will be allocated strictly on a first

come, first served basis.

Cancellation: In the event of cancellation of the Masterclass by the organisers, monies

will be refunded in full. Please notify the organisers, in writing, in the event

that you need to cancel your booking. Your deposit cannot be refunded, and

the following percentage charges of the fee will be charged in the event of

cancellation by you.

More than 90 days’ notice Deposit only

61-90 days’ notice 25%

31-60 days’ notice 50%

15-30 days’ notice 75%

2 weeks’ notice 90%

1 week or less notice 100%

Insurance: You may wish to insure yourself against having to cancel attending the

Masterclass. The Nell Bank Centre and the Masterclass organisers are fully

insured against accidents.

Please complete the application form overleaf

Please retain a copy of the Booking Information/Application Form

for key dates and financial information

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Please photocopy this form as necessary and pass it to others who may be interested in the Course,

copies are also available on our website www.musicanddrama.co.uk/application

Personal Information

FULL NAME

ADDRESS

POST CODE

AGE (if under 18)

TELEPHONE NUMBER

MOBILE NUMBER

EMAIL ADDRESS

SOCIETY

DIETARY REQUIREMENTS

I declare that I have read, understood and will abide by the contents of the Booking Information section in

this brochure

Signed: Date:

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(please tick)

� I enclose a non-refundable deposit of

£25*

AND

� I wish to pay the balance in instalments

of

£100 due 31/03/2010

£200 due 30/06/2010

OR

� I enclose full payment of £325*

*Full payment must be received by 30th

June

2010. If full payment has not been received by

then, your place may be forfeit and any monies

paid by you prior to this date will be retained as a

cancellation charge, unless you have notified the

organisers, in writing, that you need to cancel. In

this case, the charges set out previously will be

applied.

NOTE: Places cannot be reserved until a deposit

has been received, and places are not guaranteed

until full payment has been received.

Please send your completed application form with your payment to:

Rebecca Farthing

23 Thwaites Avenue

Ilkley

LS29 8EH

Please make your cheque payable to Rebecca Farthing and enclose your email address if you

would like a receipt.