Catherine Simon's profile
Name: Catherine Simon
Organisation: DRAMA WORKS offers workshops for children, adolescents and adult groups and has extensive experience of working with groups with identified needs e.g. primary and secondary school groups, special needs groups, young people at risk, after schools groups, Youthreach, traveller groups etc. Workshops on offer Include: Introduction to Drama Build confidence, have fun Acting Techniques & Styles Creating & Developing Characters Improvisation Imagination & Creativity Storyboarding Create the structure Forum Theatre Devise your own Play Script Writing How to form characters & plots From Page to Stage Voice workshops Process Drama Bringing Fairytales to Live Magic & Wizardry (Harry Potter) Celtic Stories through Drama African stories with Art, Music & Drama Storytelling workshops Excerpts from Movies Movement Abstract, Musical & Modern Rhythm & Rap Create your own Rap Face Painting & Make-up Artistry Costumes, Set & Sound Arts Days / Arts Weeks/ Festivals/ Camps Drama Modules Drama in Education Link in with the Curriculum Other Specialised Workshops Include: Confidence Building & Self-esteem Anti-Bullying Drug Awareness Substance Abuse Racism Social Inclusion Multiple Intelligences Issues are explored through the media of drama, role play, rap, art, performance, forum and discussion. Other workshops are on offer and at request can be designed to suit individual needs.
Member since:2009-06-02
Last online:2009-06-02
Background
Catherine, a native of Boyle, first got involved in Dublin Youth Theatre in 1996. Since then she has trained with Artstrain @ NAYD, Hope Street, Liverpool & the Theatre Union of Russian Federation, Moscow and numerous master classes with theatre professionals and is currently studying Drama, Arts and Theatre Studies at NUIM .
Catherine specialises in Drama Facilitation & Directing with children, adolescence & adult groups. Other areas of work include: writing, movement, street theatre, performance & film. Catherine has worked extensively throughout Ireland with such companies as Calipo Theatre & Film Company, Cups and Crowns Theatre in Education Company, Act One School of Acting, Calypso Productions, Blue Teapot Drama in Education Company, The Brothers of Charity & The Irish Wheelchair Association as well as Art Centres & hundreds of schools throughout Ireland.
Catherine is Artistic Director of Roscommon County Youth Theatre and Leitrim Carrick Youth Theatre, a Board Member with the National Association of Youth Drama and on the training panel of Drama Spaces with NYCI. Credits include: Realise- Project Art Centre, A Second in Time, The Adventures of Peter Pan- Players Theatre, Li Lun Lad of Courage- Civic Theatre, A Single Tear Town Hall Theatre, Requiem for Lena, Stories, The Crucible, Understanding Marcus Roscommon Arts Centre, Carshow The Square Roscommon & Boyle Arts Festival to name a few, as well as numerous school productions throughout Ireland.
Professional Organisation
DRAMA WORKS offers workshops for children, adolescents and adult groups and has extensive experience of working with groups with identified needs e.g. primary and secondary school groups, special needs groups, young people at risk, after schools groups, Youthreach, traveller groups etc.
Workshops on offer Include:
Introduction to Drama Build confidence, have fun
Acting Techniques & Styles
Creating & Developing Characters
Improvisation
Imagination & Creativity
Storyboarding Create the structure
Forum Theatre
Devise your own Play
Script Writing How to form characters & plots
From Page to Stage
Voice workshops
Process Drama
Bringing Fairytales to Live
Magic & Wizardry (Harry Potter)
Celtic Stories through Drama
African stories with Art, Music & Drama
Storytelling workshops
Excerpts from Movies
Movement Abstract, Musical & Modern
Rhythm & Rap Create your own Rap
Face Painting & Make-up Artistry
Costumes, Set & Sound
Arts Days / Arts Weeks/ Festivals/ Camps
Drama Modules
Drama in Education Link in with the Curriculum
Other Specialised Workshops Include:
Confidence Building & Self-esteem
Anti-Bullying
Drug Awareness
Substance Abuse
Racism
Social Inclusion
Multiple Intelligences
Issues are explored through the media of drama, role play, rap, art, performance, forum and discussion.
Other workshops are on offer and at request can be designed to suit individual needs.
Professional Statement
Dramaworks endeavours to maintain professionalism, best practice and high standards of work in every aspect of its functioning to create safe and pleasant working enviironment for all its clients.
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