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You can now book your place in the Young Company ONLINE for the first time!
Simply go to our website and click on the group you want to join and follow the steps through the booking process. We’re hoping this makes booking your place in the Young Company as fast and easy as possible. We would love to know what you think about the new booking system, so email any feedback to lbarron@bristol-old-vic.co.uk
Prices:
£65 per term for ages 11+
£55 per term for under 11s
or save £15 by booking for the whole year!
…..Fancy joining a second group this term? Save £20 off your second group, £30 off a third group! - this discount is NOT bookable online. If you want to book more than one group for the Autumn term please email getinvolved@bristol-old-vic.co.uk or call 0117 949 3993
Nel says:
Hey guys. Hows everyones summer?!
August 29th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
libby says:
hello,
my name is libby and i had my first session of the young company everr today, in the 16-25 group. It was a fantastic session, great teaching, fantastic people to meet and learn with and work with. And i feel there are great things to come, and more and more that I will learn by doing these sessions. It was very motivating and i felt as though i was in a real team.
The session involved, quick thinking warm up games, warming up body and voice and really being aware, or people and space. Also devising and improvisation techniques. Constantly changing who you work with and that way learning more and more and learning comunication and ensamble skills.
cant wait til the next session.
libby xx
September 10th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Leonie says:
The first session of the term was really really good!! Met some old friends for the year 9 group (before i took a gap year)and new ones.. every one is very nice.
In this session we looked at ‘colouring’. I’ll let you work out what it means…..
September 10th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Simon Camp says:
So, back to the Young Company sessions. The first one this evening was brilliant - quite a lot of admin cutting a chunk out of the start but once it got going it was great.
We learnt a simple but effective technique called ‘colouring’ - building on an idea until it becomes quite layered and complex. While we used it mainly for character and setting construction we quickly found out that in order to use it to its full potential it had to be used as a way of thinking about the whole devised piece too: for creating atmosphere, back story, etc. Shame we didn’t run with the idea a little more - but then, as Tid said, telling us what to do specifically would have taken out the hard work.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Josie Pearsonnnn says:
BOVYCSESSIONS are back! awoohoo! good first sesh, loadsa welcome chat and stuff at the beginning but all the new peoples in the thurs 16+ group seem awesome
worked on a new colouring technique after a mahOOsive game of killer tic. not gonna lie the concept of it was hard to grasp and trying to “run with it” was a challenge but some really interesting stuff was created. so yeh hope everyone had a wicked summer great to see everyone again and having an exciting new group is fun times. yay for next week x
September 10th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Sam says:
Awesome first session in the thursday 16 + group, lots of talking and stoof at first but it was all good :)Lots of warm up games which are always appreciated!.
We learnt a new technique called colouring which involves a basic concept, which stages are then added to in order to create a more ‘interesting’ and ‘complex’ piece.
overall good interesting session and i enjoyed it a lot. see everyone next week
September 11th, 2009 at 12:06 am
claudia says:
hi,bristol old vic was really good today! we played this really good game half of our group (year 7,8 and 9) lined up in a line in the middle of the room we closed our eyes and put our hands on the shoulders of the person in front,and the other half of the group took us from our line to a random part of the room. with our eyes still shut tight we had to get into the line we originally were in exactly the same place and it was so so hard but really really fun! great session
cloudsxxxx
September 15th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Gabby says:
Hey everyone,
I really enjoyed today’s 16-18 group, last week i wasn’t sure about the colouring technique as I felt like we wern’t in control and really were making something that would not be very good! such as “spoony spoony spoon!” but we had to work through that to get the technique right!
This week we worked on improvisational skills which i loved because it was so unpredictable! (as improvs generally are…..) I thought that mostly improvisation needed text to make it interesting or make sense, but the way that people just made noises instead of speaking still got their intention across just fine, and was much more interesting to watch and made the peice live a bit more. I also thought that what Tid said about just commiting yourself and staying in the moment was on the money because if you just ignored everything else or how much of an idiot you might look, it made it much easier to improvise and create something “truly magical”!
Can’t wait for the next instalment!
See you all soon
x
September 17th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Louis says:
Last night we had an AMAZING session (monday year 7,8,9)
We were split into groups and were given splips of paper with the start of a instruction on ,then we had to complete the instruction and put them all in a hat. We drew them out then had to act out the instruction, everyone went up at about 4 at a time and there was random stuff such as a boy saying
“well… I like picking my nose and… I like picking my nose as well and…” and someone singing bob the builder or looking for a purple cloud. Part of a sketch I would change would be in mark’s piece where they arested a puffin for selling blue shoes illegaly. At the begining I would have had kenzo and mark slowly walking up behind the puffin then grabbing him by the wrists as to arrest him then the scene could carry on as it did, I enjoyed this performance very well as it changed from one thing to another without you expecting it.
Can’t wait for next monday!
Louis
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 am
Katie says:
last night was so fun the way we did a short peice and mixed with another group.
i love the one with someone using a shoe and making a wardrobe with! My favourite saying in that peice was ” a shoe is an essential item for a wardobe.” It was so funny LOL! i can’t wait for next week!
katie
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 am
ravi munglani says:
I just went to my first session today it was really fun. We wrote instructions and put them in a hat then pick one out and perform it. First with another person then with three other people.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm
yasemin says:
katie are you katie brooks
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
yasemin says:
i found todays session soooooooooooooooooooo fun
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
yasemin kahveci says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
claudia says:
hey wats up yaz? the session was really good today i worked with loads of differnt people!c u soon
claudiaxxx
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
charlotte says:
dance was awesome tonight, left the class buzzing as i always do after a BOV session, which makes the aches an bruises worth it
x
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Lailaaaar'!:D says:
Awesome on thursday (Y) ;D
GET THE HOODIES!! (:
September 25th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Evie:) says:
Thursday was amazing
x x
Firm and sticky just how i like it -(Lol)
I agree GET THE HOODIES
September 26th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Harriet (: says:
Thursday was one of the best night’s , i couldn’t stop laughing at that performance with the Orange tree ! Warm Sticky just how i like it .It was so good .And the idea on the hoodies ! GET THE HOODIES
x
September 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
claudia says:
hey katie cant wait till tuesday bristol old vic is going to be gr8 did u c beast it was really good!claudia
September 27th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
katie says:
hey claudia cant wait till tues!
especially to see all of my mates like natalie yaz and ben etc… as they go to a different school!
see you soon! xx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
katie says:
no i didnt see beast but it was meant to be really fab!
xx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
katie says:
sup clauds, hey yazzmina wat up? are you lookin forward to tues? of course you are!!!! kate bxx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
katie says:
claudia huury up ad write ur comment
September 27th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
claudia says:
awww u should of seen beast it was fab next time a show is on u should go and see it!!i thought beast was very unique and imaginative i loved the supermarket/till scenes!keep writing katie
September 27th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
katie says:
is beast on again soon? xx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
katie says:
hurry up and write back clauds xx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
claudia says:
i dont know i think u missed it
September 27th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
katie says:
we will have to find out wen the next one is then
xx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
katie says:
we could go together x wiv sum over matesx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
claudia says:
im not sure?
September 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
claudia says:
yeh we could go with nats and yazzy
September 27th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
brooklyn / katie brooks says:
sup clauds? like my new name? xx
September 27th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
brooklyn / katie brooks says:
September 27th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
brooklyn / katie brooks says:
:0
September 27th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
brooklyn / katie brooks says:
:-0 do u know how to find out wen the next ‘beast’ show is? xx
September 27th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
brooklyn / katie brooks says:
September 27th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
olivia says:
last week was brilliant. i loved the performance with the jacket in it. it was so clever how they used the jackets in 2 different scences. AWESOME!!!!!!! can’t wait for next week xxxx
September 27th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
olivia says:
last week was brilliant. i loved the performance with the jacket in it. it was so clever how they used the jacket in 2 different scences. AWESOME!!!!!!! can’t wait for next week xxxx
September 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
jake says:
last week was wicked I laughed so hard at “I hit a man i am ashamed” see you soon.
September 28th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
jake says:
the best bit for me was “I hit a man am ashamed” it was brill see ya
September 28th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Rob Welton says:
I am an orange, firm and sticky, just how i like it!!! Briliant great session last week Haha
September 28th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Natta says:
C u all 2nite. i wonder wat we will do.
September 29th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Joe says:
Its Great thanks to all the peeps who run it.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
bryher says:
Amazing session yesterday..
working on some physical stuff with tid and a few duets with peter. personally i think all of the peices created were original, brilliant and inspiring.
i loved the concept of putting a peice of music or a duet with a random movement piece, sometimes it doesnt fit but every time you get something new and exciting out of it.
Thanks so much, amazingly energizing session
xx
November 6th, 2009 at 11:40 am