UFTON COURT, West Berks

Ages 11-14

£335 inclusive

After a total sell out in 2007, being chosen as the best camp for creative kids by Sainsbury's Magazine AND being featured on BBC 1's 'Do something different', 2008 has a lot to live up to! We return to Ufton Court for another amazing week!

Camp is place to come if you want to have fun, meet like minded people, and to work intensively in a safe and secure environment with professional artists from the world of Theatre. We don't pick up scripts and rehearse. We create a space to play in, and work together to transform the fantastic experiences we take you through during the week into performance.

We always use things we have found to base our Theatre on; objects, records, memories, overheard, conversations. We will sift through loads of different things, some of which we will ask you to bring, before we work together as a company to transfrom the stories that emerge, into a new piece of Music Theatre. Its hard work, but brilliant fun!

There is no formal selection process for our Camps, and anyone is welcome to attend. The only requirement is that you are passionate about Music Theatre! Even though we do not currently receive any funding, we always try to subsidise places for those people who might not be able to afford the course fee.

Who will l be working with? Director: Tim Godwin & Composer: Nicolas Bloomfield

Accommodation: We will have the exclusive use of the Tudor Manor house. Rooms are in dormitory style and within the beautiful manor house.

Food: All meals will be cooked by our very own THRIFT chef. If you have any special dietary requirements then just let us know on your booking form so that the kitchen can prepare something especially for you!

Chaperones:A welcome return of THRIFT chaperones Jenny & Amy Stothard and a small team of counsellors, all of whom have THRIFT'ed before. All THRIFT staff are CRB checked, fully licensed & insured.

8.00
Breakfast
9.00
Morning session 1
10.45
Break:Drinks and snacks/fruit are provided.
11.00
Morning session 2
12.30
Lunch and Freetime
1.30
Afternoon session 1
3.00
Break:Drinks and snacks/ fruit
3.15
Afternoon session 2
5.00
Dinner and Freetime rehearsal for end of course cabaret.
7.00
Evening session
9.00
Cocoa: Sharing of the day's work.

Each THRIFT day ends with a sharing of what the group has achieved during the day.

Freetime
On the last night there will be a cabaret/disco, so during each day there will be opportunities to rehearse a song/piece, maybe even with someone else from the course!

The Performance
On the final day, friends, family and invited guestes are invited to a performance of the piece that we have made during the week.

CONTACT::office@thrifttheatre.co.uk