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Monday, September 12, 2022

Acting: Recording: Theatre in Education now...

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Continuation of the courses (CLIL) for teachers in piemonte, organised by Smart Education for All


+ Detective Gordon Goodeye from Scotland Yard
investigates a murder at Villa Ala






2022/24

A series of sessions at Liceo Porporato, Pinerolo, dealing with English literature (Animal Farm, Gulliver's Travels, Blake, Shakespeare, Theatre of the Absurd (Beckett) +  a course for their Drama Club.
TO. Workshops at SMS Nole and an International day for students from Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy.

A series of workshops for Ist. Curie di Torino (Spontaneous Theatre and Shakespeare)Two weeks at Liceo Percoto Udine (spontaneous theatre and literature.

Course in Iasi Romania and a series of workshops for groups of teachers in Piemonte (drama, CLIL, active storytelling organised by SMARTedu4al: ⬇️


Teacher's Course

Shakespeare


INAUGURAZIONE
Nuova iniziativa a Pinerolo

Another 7 scenarios for Zanichelli to accompany "Performer shaping Ideas" 
 
Voice over for ODS (documentary)
Podcast speaker for Be Content/Dolce & Gabbana

Wrote three more scenarios for Zanichelli to accompany "Performer shaping Ideas" (Othello, The Mysteries of Udolpho and Dr Faustus). 

Istituto Comprensivo Pinerolo , una serie di incontri con classi della 1a alla 5a "English Meeting".Drama sessions at SMS Dante Alighieri Torino. Two weeks at Liceo Percoto (UD). Two weeks of Spontaneous Theatre and Shakespeare at Liceo Curie, TO and a series sessions at liceo Cattaneo TO, Drama Workshops at SMS Dante, TO. Workshops at SMS Nole and an International day for students from Poland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. Another series of sessions of Drama and English literature at Liceo Porporato, Pinerolo ("So, many credits to your great job, as usual! We were absolutely sure of such results...Just we do hope to be allowed to continue our cooperation in the future!")

A series of sessions at Liceo Porporato, Pinerolo, dealing with English literature (Shakespeare, Oliver Twist,Blake, Theatre of the Absurd and three courses for three classes, ending with a presentation (each class presented to friends and parents some extracts from literary texts in English, Italian, German and French Castle Miradolo).
Three weeks at Liceo Percoto, Udine, Gemona and Tolmezzo (drama and literature).
A series of drama sessions (Spontaneous Theatre) and an introduction to Shakespeare  at Liceo Curie, Grugliasco .
Drama sessions at SMS Dante Alighieri Torino.
Two weeks of "Meeting English and Spontaneous Theatre at the SMS and several elementary schools at Quarto, Genova.
4 days at the Scuola Media di Nole.
Presenter for series of videos for Zanichelli.
Speaker for a documentary film"I call & Not One Answers" by Davide Demichelis.



 

⏩ Over the past five years 2016-21 ⏪

Recorded the (English) voices for several statues in Parma (available as an app - Talking Teens). The texts were created with students and each statue has an IQ code with the characters explaining who they are.

"Marta and the Elephant" a talking art work.

Completed a course  of 30 hours for Scuola Media Don Minzoni di Collegno
with two groups, both finishing with a performance just before Christmas; one group focussing on drama the other on 
 "Romeo and Juliet" .


Wrote and presented a series of short videos for Rizzoli 
(they  form part of an English Literature  text book ("Its Literature") : 
24 videos dealing with 8 English literature classics, from Romeo and Juliet to 1984. Available .



Shakespeare


Frankenstein

Daniel Defoe







Charles Dickens








James Joyce


1984


Followed up by two webinars, now on U Tube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztSeJIvd4ZE&t=725s. / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaAcIjD6qno&t=18s


Presenter  of a series (filmati) of introductions to English History for Zanichelli.

Recorded the English voice for the App. Adventures in Ancient Egypt e altri app. per Art Stories (available as an app at Apple)

ASK Ted for Case: video recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHoyzk6uEK4 


5 weeks in Udine & Tolmezzo working with secondary school students 
including 


Spontaneous theatre foe various classes and a short video conceived and performed by the students in one class (filmed and edited by Brian)  

Several days at Liceo Cattaneo (TO) to be repeated in Feb. 2022

Una serie di incontri al Liceo Copernico-Lussemburg: Spontaneous Theatre and English literature plus a session for the teachers  

Shakespeare and Romeo & Juliet at the Lic. Classico of Pinerolo (TO) plus Theatre of the Absurd and next year Blake and Oliver Twist

Spontaneous Theatre and Shakespeare at Nichelino (Ist. Erasmo di Rotterdam).

3  days in Pesaro for Liceo Scientifico Marconi, working with 3 groups per day.  

3 days at the two Middle Schools of  Caselle, working for an hour with each class.

several days at the scuola media di Carmagnola.

several days at the  SMS Dante (TO) including workshops to help initiate a video

Christmas at Bruino Middle School.


A PON course of 60 hours at Scuola Elementare Silvio Pellico + a course of 5 hours for 4 classes which finished in a video recording.

A summer course for Roletto, Pinerolo, one week every day finishing with a performance.


A week at Quarto Genova working with four schools to be repeated  in February 2022

6 courses of 10 meetings each, finishing with 6 performances for the Elementary schools  at Caselle (TO), working with the children and teachers.
Performances included 4 Scenes and songs in English for the 2nd year children and 2 performances of an adaptation of the BFG by Roald Dahl 

Return to Bruino to work with the scuola elementare.

Annual visit to Roletto, Frosssasco and Cantalupa with programmes based on what the students have studied . 


2015
Presidente Nitish  per il lungometraggio “Il mio vicino di casa”, prodotto da Pepito Produzioni per la regia di Fabrizio Costa .
Recorded the English voice over for a documentary about Christoph Hainz the great mountaineer/climber (the voice of Christoph Hainz).

Recorded the English voice for the App. Duomo di Milano + il Cenacolo Vinciano , Palazzo Marino + MUBA (children's museum in Milan : an educational app. for children in English and Italian: an app su Dante

http://www.artstories.it



A video "Take Ted's Word for It" for Case/S.G.I 
https://www.facebook.com/caseconstructionequipment.italia/videos/ask-ted-sitewatch/797713457762217/

Recording for W&A/Loescher: English and Philosophy and the speaker for a series of short videos


Internal training for inRebus/UNICREDIT: the speaker for a series of slides on liquidity risks for training.

…"volevo solamente ringraziarti per la professionalità e bravura che hai dimostrato ieri."

Video e speakeraggio for DiaSorin. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgem47gRm9c)


Again  worked with the whole school at Ciari, Grugliasco. Also working with poetry and  English stories for the 5th year. 

3 courses of 10 meetings each finishing with three videos for Scuola Elementare Antonelli (TO), working with the children and teachers . The Savannah, an adaptation of  "The Selfish Giant" by oscar Wilde and One Day in the Wood. A chance for the children to see what it's like to create a video, participate in a story and see themselves on film.


Return to Bruino to work with all three primary schools.


Another day at Bibiana (TO), working with the whole school.


A visit to Vogogna (VB), to present "English Meeting at the Elementary School.


3 days at the two Middle Schools of  Caselle, working for an hour with each class.

Two days at the middle school of San Carlo Canavese, working with the whole school. /


3 days at the Middle School "Dante" (TO): Spontaneous Theatre and film/drama workshops.


4 days at the Middle School at Borgaretto (TO) working for an hour with the 1st and 2nd years and 2 hours with the 3rd year.


Return to The middle school "Alberti" (TO). Two mornings of Spontaneous Theatre.


Return to the middle school "Antonelli" to work with the whole school, an hour with the first and second years and an hour and a half for the third years.


A day at the SMS Nigra, working in the classroom with several classes.


Return to the Middle school at Bruino to work with the first years, an hour in each class.


3 days at Ist. Superiore "Erasmo di Rotterdam," Nichelino(TO). Shakespeare and Spontaneous Theatre.


Return visits to Liceo Cattaneo e Ist. Bruno to perform Spontaneous Theatre.


Another visit to Udine: workshops on drama & literature. A weeks work with the Liceo Classico Stelline + a conference on Harold Pinter in the afternoon.

("just few words to thank you for your precious contribution to Focus on Culture through English at our school. Students are speaking highly of this experience and hope they'll be given another enriching opportunity next year." Liceo classico "Stelline", Udine.)

A week in Liceo Copernico, UD, in March (Spontaneous Theatre, Chaucer, The Novel and Theatre of the Absurd).

3 days at the Lic. Scientifico di "Copernico" (TO). Spontaneous Theatre.

"The Ancient Mariner" and Theatre of the Absurd" at the Lic. Classico of Pinerolo (TO)


3 days in Pesaro working with Spontaneous Theatre and English literature.


A week in Monfalcone for the Liceo Scientifico Buonarotti in January.


7 Days at Liceo Artistico Passoni (TO) for an hour on two occasions with the 2nd year students (songs and scenes). 


Two days in Lamezia Terme (CZ) working with children, young people and adults at the ISA English World


An afternoon conference on Harold Pinter.





Played  Potentate II in Creators by Piergiuseppe Zaia and Eleonora Fani in the 
Savoy Castle  Gressone



Over the past year…2014-5

Recordings:
an English text book for W&A, an industrial recording about pistons and The Majella National Park and dubbing for Tc Rec,  describing las Vegas for Quartarete, FATA update recording.

Educational recording for 2nd year English course  +"Speak Your Mind"  + “Visions and Perspectives” (a literature course) at W&A studios  plus a voice over for an internet video. Internal commentary for Ferrera (Tic Tac) at Punto Rec + a voice over for an internal video to be used in England.  


Workshop in Udine
Voice overs for the Loescher videos on internet.
2014
Scuola Elementare Sabin/Marchesa: 6 courses for the first year classes and one for the Materna Luzzati, ending in "open lessons".
2 Courses and performances for Scuola Elementare Antonelli  2nd year classes (TO).
6 courses at Pino Torinese for the 4th & 5th year classes. All the courses finished with a presentation, stories and scenes created 
by the children, presented in the local theatre.
Working with all the classes at Scuola Elementare "Ciari", Grugliasco, 4 half hour meetings with all the 1st & 2nd years and 3 hours with each of the   3rd, 4th and 5th classes - a school I have been working with over a decade.
21 courses over the past year.
A return visit to the SMS Nigra(TO), SMS Alberti, SMS Dante  and the SMS at Nole, where I have been working with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes for yeeeears.
Working again with the two SMS at Ciriè and San Carlo. An hour with each class for every class. 
Working again at the SMS at Caselle and Pianezza.
This year working also for the Scuola Elementare at Caselle.
Working again at SMS Antonelli, with the whole school for an hour at a time with each class. 
Visited  the  Liceo Classico Stelline & Liceo Copernico in Udine, at the end of March, to work with the students  (11 days); English literature and drama plus a presentation "Theatre Today: reflections (a personal impression)".


2 more days in Pesaro for Liceo Scientifico Marconi, working with 3 groups per day.  
 3 days at the  Liceo Scientifico Cattaneo in January.
A morning at the Liceo Classico in  Pinerolo (Poetry and Drama).
2 Days at Liceo Bruno (Spontaneous Theatre).

Working with the Scuola Elementare section of the Jean Giono school in Torino ( 10 meetings).

2013
Finish working for Scuole Elementare Novaro, Abba, Levi
Preparing
(3 different schools in Turin/ the same Direzione Didattica). Over 40 sessions with the materna, 1e, 2e, 3e, 4e, 5e; some in May/June of this year and another 20 hours in September. Previously working twice with the 4th and 5th. Now exploring meetings, colours, numbers, position and dramatising traditional English songs.

Ran courses for the 2nd year of Scuola Elementare Sabin/Marchesa. 
Working in class from 15/10/13 up to Christmas; 10 meetings for each class ending in 5 performances  just before Christmas.

A course for Scuola Elementare "Antonelli" at Torino: finishing with an open lesson before Christmas .


4 days of Spontaneous Theatre and Shakespeare at Nichelino (Ist. Erasmo di Rotterdam)  in November. "Hi Brian, this is to thank you for coming and delighting us all - students and teachers- as usual."

4 days work in Pesaro, Liceo Mamiani, in November:workshops on "Shakespeare, Drama"& Oscar Wilde. "Caro Brian, ti scriviamo solo per dirti che il feedback che abbiamo avuto dagli studenti che hanno partecipato ai tuoi workshop è stato molto positivo. Come sai, ci piacerebbe che tu tornassi in primavera per le classi del biennio."

2 days at SMS Caselle  working with 3rd year classes for an hour each in November.

2 more days in Pesaro for Liceo Scientifico Marconi, working with 3 groups per day.  

 3 days at the  Liceo Scientifico Cattaneo in January.
A morning at the Liceo Classico in  Pinerolo (Poetry and Drama).
2 Days at Liceo Bruno (Spontaneous Theatre).

Working with the Scuola Elementare section of the Jean Giono school in Torino ( 10 meetings).

2 more days in Pesaro for Liceo Scientifico Marconi, working with 3 groups per day.  

 3 days at the  Liceo Scientifico Cattaneo in January.
A morning at the Liceo Classico in  Pinerolo (Poetry and Drama).
2 Days at Liceo Bruno (Spontaneous Theatre).

Working with the Scuola Elementare section of the Jean Giono school in Torino ( 10 meetings and a performance).  
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                                 CURRICULUM VITAE

Brian Ayres is based in Italy where he lives and works freelance . He was born in London in Nov. 1944.
He trained as an actor for three years at Drama Centre, London, and then worked in television and the
atre. He worked for a period with Word & Action, Dorset and then, throughout the 1970's, ran a theatre

group in the South West of England. During this period he began working with all ages, running courses, presenting plays, writing, directing, acting and working for theatre in education (schools and colleges) and was vice manager and manager of the local Arts Centre . At the samtime he began to work with students learning English, first in England and then throughout France. After a session at Exeter university with teachers from all over the world he was invited to work in Italy. He has also worked in Spain and Switzerland.

He was a founding member of the Sedgemoor CommunityTheatre group which toured plays written by local authors, working with large casts of amateur and professional actors, as suggested by Anne Jellicoe in her book “Community Plays” and toured his one man show “Togger’s Peace” throughout England including performances at Glastonbury Festival.

He has recorded audio and videos to accompany text books and courses, particularly literary texts, and has written scenarios for course videos, including a series of songs and scenes for the video “Hi There!” for Loescher Editore, “Shakespeare: Reading, Acting and Performing (a “workshop” on Shakespeare) per la Loescher, has directed groups of students at the Università di Torino in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The Tempest” , adapted and directed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” , “The Canterbury Tales” “Blood Brothers” ( a musical) , “The Phantom of the Opera” and “High School Musical”

for groups of students at a Liceo Scientifico in Asti . He worked with IRRE, Genova, on a Socrates project involving 8 European countries which produced a DVD and course book and he filmed and edited a DVD for IRRE summarising the work coordinated over two years with schools throughout Liguria.

He ahas also acted as a speaker for documentaries, industrial recordings , publicity, has dubbed cartoons and has experience as actor and director in theatre and as an actor in T.V. and film.

He was artistic director of “Crosslight”, an English language company that
wrote and presented plays with music and songs, together with Sharon Fryer. H
acted in the films “Non Ho Sonno” di Dario Argento, “The Etruscan Mask” by
Ted Nicolau, “Richard, the Rebellion” by Stefano Milla, “Il Mio Vicino di Casa” for the RAI and “Creators” by Piergiuseppe Zaia .

During the last few years he has: run courses for scuole materna, elementary schools, scuola media and secondary schools, sometimes finishing with performances or short films -including The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde and “The GGG” by Roald Dahl ; continued to tour; visiting schools in and outside Piemonte (from “English Meeting” for elementary schools to English literature for secondary schools); recorded English text books and voice overs to accompany videos; written and presented 24 videos for Rizzoli plus two Webinars (on U Tube); acted as speaker for a series of history videos and written a series of texts for videos accompanying a literature text book for Zanichelli . He has run summer camps in Roletto and for Scuola Elementare Silvio Pellico in Turin where he recently returned to to complete a course for 6 classes which ended in a series of short video films.

He continues to act as a speaker and actor for recordings and film (including the speaking statues of Parma and the apps for Art Stories), runs workshops, courses, conducts sessions of Spontaneous Theatre, poetry drama and “Meeting English” for children, young people and adults and is particularly interested in how language can be explored in a creative, enjoyable and personal way, both to express ourselves as individuals and to reinforce our capacity to function well in groups. 

Brian Ayres, cell 3357087046 brianayres@alice.it page1image65870128Blog: http://brianayres.blogspot.it/