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Exciting opportunities for young men

Exciting opportunities for young performers – if successful you’ll spend a week (all expenses paid) creating a show with Frantic Assembly in London. No previous experience is required: last year one of the lads worked on the motorways!

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***New Glasgow & Edinburgh Workshops Announced***

Frantic Assembly’s Ignition is back! Are you male? Age 16-20? Risk-taking & energetic? Then look no further – this is for you!

We are excited to announce that we are joining this year’s search for the next generation of new young male performers from all over the UK!

Come to a taster session and try out Frantic Assembly’s fast, risk-taking style of physical theatre. No experience is necessary, just bring your energy! And if you like what you’ve tried, you can sign up for the Trial Workshops for a chance to be selected for the Ignition 2015 company.

During an intensive week, the company will learn new skills, create original work and perform to a live audience.

Think you have what it takes? Sign up for a taster or trial at Dance Base here: http://franticassembly.co.uk/ignition/

Ignition Taster workshops

Thursday 3rd September (TONIGHT!)
7-9pm Dance Base

Friday 4th September
1-2.30 Dance Base
3-5pm Leith Academy

Saturday 5th September
10-12 Vivace Theatre School, 243 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
1-3pm Royal Conservatoire of Scotland-
5-7 Cumbernauld Theatre, Kildrum, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire G67 2BN

Please note that apart from Thursdays session where you sign up on the link above all sessions are drop in or you can reserve a place via Heather@dancebase.co.uk

PYCP happy to receive Wooden Spoon!

Scots rugby legend Chris Paterson was the special guest at Pilton Youth and Children’s Project (PYCP) annual general meeting on Friday 28 September. Chris was representing rugby’s Wooden Spoon charity, whose donation of £10,000 helped PYCP turn a little-used storeroom into an all-singing, all-dancing dance studio!

Unveiling a plaque to opening the new facility at PYCP’s Greenhouse, the record 109-times capped star said: “I’m an awful dancer with two left feet, but if I’d had something like this … well, I think I’d probably still be a pretty rubbish dancer!”

Thanking Chris and representatives of the Wooden Spoon charity, PYCP chairperson Clare Halliday said: “This really is a tremendous space for our young people to enjoy. The room has been transformed – it’s incredible to think that this was just a storeroom, more or less a dumping ground for lots of equipment. Many thanks to Wooden Spoon for supporting PYCP – we really do appreciate it.”

Young dancers from Edinburgh’s Dance Base were first to put the new Wooden Spoon studio to the test, entertaining guests with an energetic routine – Chris Paterson was not tempted to join in!

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