AN OFFICIAL KIND OF POST BEFORE I GO

Alright guys, I leave for Germany on Sunday and will be there for three weeks, and I don’t know how much internet I’ll get while I’m there.

To surmise:

1. Subscribe. If you know someone hasn’t, make them.
2. Consent forms first week back, please! If you’ve lost yours, just get your parents to write a quick note saying they agree to the rehearsals and you do too.
3. LINES. I’m going to kick you out of rehearsals if you don’t know your lines. And that counts as a strike.
4. Guys doing the Off By Heart (henceforth OBH)- I really want you to put a lot of work into these scripts. There are heaps of resources on the BBC website, and if you don’t know what something means, I suggest you use No Fear Shakespeare on SparkNotes, where it gives you a literal translation of whole plays.
5. First rehearsal on Tuesday 6th September, 7.40am, New Hall. You’d better let me know NOW if you won’t be there. So far, I’ve heard nothing. Also, just randomly mentioning it to me doesn’t count. You actually need to email me.

Have a good summer!

official: off by heart shakespeare

Edit: this might be of interest to your parents 🙂

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/offbyheart/obhs_what_to_expect.pdf

Guys!! We’ve been given places!!!!

Congratulations!  We are emailing to confirm that your nomination for the BBC Off By Heart Shakespeare contest has been successful. Your nominated student/s have been awarded a place at the London heat on 14th November. Please could you check the details below and email us at offbyheart@bbc.co.uk if any of the information is incorrect. We’ll be emailing you again after the summer holidays in September with more details about the heats; outlining venue details, confirming times and providing a list of things the students will need to bring on the day. Your pupils now just have to perfect their performance – don’t forget there are plenty of resources at bbc.co.uk/offbyheart to help them out. If you need any further information please check the FAQs in the What to Expect document or email us. Best wishes, BBC Off By Heart Shakespeare team

Yay!!! I’m so happy for you guys! Please check the date (it’s a Monday) is okay: that’s my dad’s birthday so if it’s during the day, I can come with you, but if it’s in the evening, I might not: I’ll check.

Yay! 🙂

OFFICIAL: OFF BY HEART SHAKESPEARE NOMINEES

Ryan, Harriet, Matt, this will be useful http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/offbyheart/

They need to let us know if we have places; if not, please don’t kill me! I’ve entered you for the 14th or 15th November in London; hopefully we’ll get places! Harriet and Matt, don’t forget the consent forms or I will have to withdraw you. However, if in two weeks time they email and say, sorry, no, then I’m really sorry 😦

Ryan, here is your speech: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/offbyheart/speeches/hamlet_flesh_would_melt.shtml

Harriet, yours: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/offbyheart/speeches/midsummer_night_out_of_this_wood.shtml

Matt, yours: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/offbyheart/speeches/merchant_venice_to_bait.shtml

I just chose them now, after reading through tons. There should be enough resources on there to help, but I also recommend SparkNotes No Fear Shakespeare which translates it into Modern English, should you need it. I chose three nice long extracts too 🙂

IF YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE, LET ME KNOW BY THURSDAY SO I CAN ASK SOMEONE ELSE.

 

some official reminders

Thankyou to everyone who has already subscribed! Can you tell the others to hurry up?

Also, can you please tell those who weren’t there on Thursday that they need to collect a script from me ASAP. Monday lunchtime would be good, as they’re in Hutch’s room. I don’t carry 50 scripts around with me…

Harriet and Ryan, please do not forget about the consent letters if you are interested! Matt, you seriously need to come and see me or at least email me, it’s really urgent.

Tuesday will be a readthrough but please be aware that some lines may be moved around from person to person. If you’re the kind of person who counts their lines and gets upset if they lose one, get over it now.

Thankyou!

OFFICIAL NOTICE

Could Matt Fairbank, Ryan Schofield and Harriet Johnson please come and see me Monday breaktime in the LRC? It’s quite urgent!

Also, cast list is up.

OFFICIALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY: SHAKESPEARE OFF BY HEART

So I received this email today. Turns out SSF is now a partner of the BBC! We are allowed to nominate three actors very confident with Shakespeare for this competition. If you are interested, talk to me at auditions or email me at chiara.giovanni13@ovi.com

Shakespeare Schools Festival are delighted to be partnered with the BBC.

 We would like to invite you to take part in the Off by Heart Shakespeare Contest.
 
Off By Heart Shakespeare is an exciting new recital contest from the BBC, for students aged 13-15.
 
All students nominated by their school to attend a regional heat will perform a famous speech they have learnt from some of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. They will also get a fantastic opportunity to join a ‘behind the scenes’ acting workshop where they will experience Shakespearean language like never before. They will learn how to breathe it, feel it, vocalise it and finally make it their own.
The eight finalists will battle it out on stage in a bid to be crowned Schools Shakespeare Champion in a televised final.

The BBC challenged ten celebrities to perform a speech from the set list.  Go to the website to see comedienne Katy Brand play Titania, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as a feisty glamour queen and Larry Lamb playing Jaques, from As You Like It, in an east-end café. There are lots more interpretations and classroom resources all available on bbc.co.uk/offbyheart
 
Book now as free places at the heats are limited bbc.co.uk/offbyheart