Rose Theatre’s Stephen Unwin To Visit USC Upstate
November 2, 2010
SPARTANBURG, SC – November 1st – 5th, 2010 – The theatre department at the University of South Carolina Upstate is pleased to announce that Stephen Unwin, artistic director and chief executive of The Rose Theatre in Kingston, England, will be in residence at the university from November 1-5, 2010. He will conduct seminars and workshops and teach several classes.
His schedule is as follows:
Monday, November 1
9:00 a.m. Alternative Styles of Acting, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
12:00 p.m. Voice for the Actor, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
Tuesday, November 2*
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Master Class for USC Upstate Students ONLY*, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
Wednesday, November 3
9:00 a.m. Alternative Styles of Acting, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
12:00 p.m. Voice for the Actor, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
Thursday, November 4
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Master Class, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
7:30 p.m. Evening Presentation, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Theatre, topic TBA
Friday, November 5
9:00 a.m. Alternative Styles of Acting, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
12:00 p.m. Voice for the Actor, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Studio
USC Upstate signed a special agreement with the Rose Theatre in Kingston Upon Thames, London, England, earlier this year that affords USC Upstate students the opportunity to intern at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. That theatre is based on the Rose Theatre in London, an Elizabethan theatre that staged the plays of Christopher Marlowe and early plays of Shakespeare.
As part of that agreement, the theatre’s artistic director, Stephen Unwin, agreed to come to USC Upstate to conduct acting workshops for theatre students. All workshops are open to the public except for the Master Class on November 2. Unwin has an extensive theatre background. In the 1980s he was associate director atthe Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. In the 1990s, he served as resident director at the NationalTheatre Studio and he founded English Touring Theatre. Unwin has also directed a dozen operas and written numerous books.Contact Jimm Cox, professor of theatre, at [email protected] or (864) 503-5697, for additional information.
