Summer Theatre School

About

Immersive Theatre School

A week long summer theatre school for ages 14-18

After seven years running Exeter Phoenix’s Film School, selling out year after and year and creating so many awesomely bonkers stories, worlds and characters, we are changing tack somewhat to offer this year… an immersive theatre school!

Immersive theatre is, after all, our main speciality. But we will model it closely on what has made Film School so well loved, namely:

- Making a whole show from scratch in 5 days
- Feelgood summer camp vibes, this time at the gorgeous wooded surrounds of Beer Quarry Caves, near Seaton
- Offering experience in a wide array of skills (writing, design, acting, directing, sound effects, lighting and film projection)
- All coming together in a final celebration of our work for friends and family to enjoy on the Friday evening.

In line with our other projects this summer, the theme for our immersive play will be Greek mythology.. What’s not to love?! So if you are a young creative person aged 14-18, interested in multi-media storytelling and curious about what goes into creating an awesome immersive theatre show… sign up now!

The week long program will run at Beer Quarry Caves from 9am - 4pm each day with a performance for friends and family on the Friday early evening. Early booking is advised as places are extremely limited on this course.

Tutor: Four of Swords Theatre:

Four of Swords Theatre was founded in 2012, born of two friends’ determination to create sensational theatre, and right from the start the use of film projection in their theatre shows was integral to their work. Since 2014, they have combined their filmic and theatrical expertise for Exeter Phoenix’s Summer Film School and other filmmaking workshops including ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of How to Act on Film’.

In 2018, Film School even went international, when Four of Swords took it to Shanghai, China. Recently, Four of Swords has been working on some epic multimedia projects such as “Beyond Gaia” at Exeter Cathedral, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and “1984: We Heart Big Brother”, funded by the Wellcome Centre at Exeter University.

Four of Swords have created three immersive theatre shows at Beer Caves over the years including adaptations of Shakespeare's Macbeth and Greek classics Medea and Oedipus.