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HONK!
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PERFORMANCE / PRODUCTION
WORKSHOP
July 16th to August 25th
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PLEASE NOTE
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We reserve the right to cancel or change the schedule at
any time.
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Festival Antigonish cannot be responsible for accidents
or injuries incurred on its premise.
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Registration form and payment must be received one
week before the beginning of class. We recommend
early registration, as space is limited.
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During the time students are taking part in workshops
they will see a Matinee performance of Honk! as part of
their course.
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Festival Antigonish is once again producing
an exciting Musical Theatre project for
young people aged 10 to 19. In this
workshop, up to 30 talented young actors
work under the direction and guidance of
the Festival Antigonish professional staff
through the rehearsal and production stages
of the show.
The young actors are selected by
audition in early spring and take part in an
intensive rehearsal process for Honk! - 10am
to 5pm six days a week and are supervised
by the facilitators during the lunch break.
Director for the show is Halifax
theatre educator, Cliff Le Jeune. Musical
Direction is by Ross Thompson.
Fellow performers come from all
parts of the province and the Festival
Antigonish professional staff are
responsible for every aspect of direction,
design, stage management, set and costume
construction, lighting, and sound
requirements for the show.
HONK! has 12 shows over a twoand-a-half week period, with both 2pm and
8pm performances.
Cliff Le Jeune
(Actor/Singer/Director/Choreographer) is
frequently on stage at the Neptune Theatre. He
recently performed in Oliver and has appeared
in Warbrides, Angels in America, Les Misérables,
Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Man of La Mancha,
and Dracula…A Chamber Musical
Other Theatre includes: Berlin to Broadway
(Chester), Pélagie (Canstage/NAC), Beauty and the
Beast (Globe), Sincerely a Friend (Belfry), Into the
Woods (ATF), Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum (Sudbury), Driving Miss Daisy
(T.N.L)
His CD If It Be Your Will (Songs of Leonard
Cohen) is currently in world release with SRI
records. Cliff toured Eastern Canada, Spring
2007, and is short-listed to perform at the
International Leonard Cohen Festival in 2008.
Ross Thompson trained at the University
of Calgary, the Banff School of Fine Arts, the
University of Toronto and Acadia University.
His career has included opera, musical theatre,
choral direction, voice instruction, composition,
arts administration and event production.
He is a guest clinician, conductor and
adjudicator for numerous choral camps,
workshops, festivals and clinics throughout the
Maritimes. Other recent composition credits
include “Belinda the Bicycle Witch” a childrens’
musical which was presented by Festival
Antigonish in 2005.
Ross is currently a music teacher at New Minas
Elementary School. In the spring of 2002, he was
a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for
Teaching Excellence.
JUNIOR THEATRE WORKSHOP
Theatre games, movement, music
and exercises will be the tools for
sharpening observation and concentrations
skills, igniting imagination and boosting self
confidence and poise. The participants will
be swept up in the world of make-believe!
Because of the popularity of this program,
we are offering a choice of two sessions this
year!
Dates:
Session 1: August 14 to 18
Session 2: August 21 to 25
Times: Daily 1pm to 5pm
Age Group: 7-9
Maximum Class Size: 16
Fee: $110.00
INTERMEDIATE THEATRE WORKSHOP
Improvisation, theatre games,
movement and sound will be the bases for
creation, as participants move towards text
as the week progresses. An introduction to
musical theatre will also be incorporated
into the week’s activities.
Dates:
Session 1: August 14 to 18
Session 2: August 21 to 25
Times: Daily 1pm to 5pm
Age Group: 10 to 13
Maximum Class Size: 16
Fee: $110.00
THE INSTRUCTORS
Danny MacDonald fell in love with
acting after taking classes in Calgary,
with The Company of Rogues. Over the years
he has fed his passion for theatre by
performing in various Theatre Antigonish
and Harbor Players productions. Danny will
be entering his third year at Ryerson
University’s Acting Program in Toronto,
where he recently played the role of
Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream. "I
feel incredibly lucky to be a part of Festival
Antigonish’s Young Company for the
second year in a row! I can't wait to see
what this summer is going to bring. All I
have to say is “get ready to play!"
Courtney Lancaster is back in her
home town for her second season with the
Festival Antigonish Young Company.
Courtney will be entering her final year of
theatre training at UBC in the fall. Some of
her past productions include Tough! and
Welcome to the Moon at F.A.S.T.'s Stage 2, The
Skin of our Teeth and Mother Courage and her
Children with Theatre at UBC, and Antigone
with Seven Tyrants Productions. Courtney
had a great time at Festival Antigonish last
summer, and is thrilled to be back!
Jonathan Logan has been living and
loving the acting world since being in
Theatre Antigonish's The Sound Of
Music at age twelve. Last seen at FAST
in “Les Miserables” and “If You Could
Wear My Sneakers”, he is now entering
his third year of the Sheridan Music
Theatre – Performance program. He has
had two years classical acting training at
Ryerson Theatre School and produced
and directed the family musicals "You're
A Good Man, Charlie Brown" and
"Snoopy" in New Glasgow these past
few summers. He has spent two years
directing and teaching students at the
NOSCO Academy of Theatre Arts in
Truro and taught summer theatre
classes at FAST in 2003.
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