Friday 28 September 2012

Windmill Young Actors in Music Video

As the August clouds loomed ominously, Ben Murray-Watson, co-director of Windmill Young Actors, the community acting group hosted by Blatchington Mill, set out to play the lead role in a new music video for the band, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. However, he wasn’t alone. The story required a number of young actors and therefore the call went out to parents of Windmill Young Actors that here was an opportunity to come and act in a professional film. The story was of a man who had a magnetic body. He awakes to find himself alone on the sea front, a 50p coin stuck to his hand and his keys jumping mysteriously into his palm. As he walks off it’s not just the inanimate objects that cling to him but casual passers-by who turn and follow him as he walks.

Both Ben and business partner, Tanushka Marah, who run Windmill Young Actors, work professionally in theatre and film and are always looking for opportunities to work with their students. Ben said, “Because we run workshops as we run professional rehearsals, we know that our students will be a great asset to any production as they are both focused and able to take direction extremely well. Not only that but they are all fantastically talented!”

The music video can be seen at http://genero.tv/watch-video/33693/

Windmill Young Actors 8 – 12 year olds meet on Saturdays during term time from 09.45 – 11.45 and 12.00 – 14.00 and the 13 – 16 year olds meet on Thursdays from 18.00 – 20.00

For more information on Windmill Young Actors, contact info@windmillyoungactors.com

Sunday 9 September 2012

Windmill Young Actors Going Social

Dear All,

You can now follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all of the latest information, updates, offers and discounts along with photos and videos of our work.

https://www.facebook.com/windmillyoungactors

Twitter: @WYActors

Wednesday 5 September 2012

New Advanced Thursday Acting Group

The new drama club for 13-16 year olds starting on Thursday evenings is for young performers who want to take acting seriously. That also means having some serious fun!

If you want to really focus on drama and learn essential techniques in text, movement, character and comedy then this is the place to come. We see everyone who comes to us as a young actor and we run our sessions as we would a professional rehearsal room.

Both Ben and Tanushka are professional directors with contacts in the professional theatre and film industry and we are therefore more than happy to help young actors get into the business if they wish.

We also actively encourage the young actors to experiment and create their own work. Last term we incorporated original writing from our actors together with choreographed movement and live music into our final year production at The Windmill Theatre.

With use of the Windmill Theatre we have the potential to create 3 stage performances a year and alongside that we are always looking for further opportunities in local festivals and with local film companies.

So come along for a taster session on Thursday 13th September at 6pm and see if you want to join for the term.

Place - Blatchington Mill School Dance Studio
Times - Thursdays in term time 6 - 8pm
Cost - £70 concs, £80 siblings, £85 Blatchington Mill Students £100 full price
Contact- info@windmillyoungactors.com 07765 111 883

Welcome Back!

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a great Summer!

Windmill Young Actors is back!
Saturdays start again this week on 8th September, 09.45 - 11.45 and 12.00 - 14.00. It's the first term running the club ourselves so you can imagine that we are very excited and we have lots of exciting projects planned for the next academic year, including the potential of 3 performances in the Windmill Theatre.

The older age group kicks off on Thursday 13th at the same location from 6pm - 8pm.

Places are filling up fast so if you haven't already, it would help us enormously if you could confirm your child's place by sending a cheque made out to 'Windmill Young Actors' to:

Windmill Young Actors, GFF, 64 Tisbury Road, Hove, BN3 3BB. Alternatively, email us back here.

A big welcome to the new people and potential new people joining us this term. We are really looking forward to meeting you and working together. Please arrive a little earlier the first week so that we can make sure we have all of your details and can start on time.

Please call us on 07765 111 883 if you are having any troubles. Attached is some important information including how to get to us. 

Looking forward to seeing you all very soon.

Best Wishes,

Tanushka and Ben