NISDA

NISDA 2024

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The conference will commence on Friday 31st May with registration from 1.30pm and the conference beginning at 2pm in the Harvey Hall Performing Arts Centre. The afternoon will then include sessions with a range of practitioners.

These sessions will include prop making, stage make-up, mask work, lighting or sound. These sessions will last two hours.

This will be followed by a BBQ and drinks in our Quad at 5.30pm, and at 7pm Box House will present its nominated for Offcomm’s Offest Award 2024 ‘Twisted Tales’. After the performance, there will be a chance to socialise over a drink in the Harvey Hall foyer.

We have secured a wide breath of theatre practitioners for the Saturday sessions, including Dreamthinkspeak (Dreamthinkspeak), Splendid (Splendid Productions – High performance theatre) , Peta Lily (peta LiLY - ABOUT), Paperbirds (The Paper Birds Theatre Company : The Paper Birds), Mel Simpson (Gallery - Mel_Simpson_Dance (squarespace.com)), Told by an Idiot (Told by an Idiot) and many more. You will have a choice of three of these two hour workshops.

Saturday will culminate with a drink reception at 7pm, then our traditional gala dinner at 7.30pm which is included in the conference fee.

This will be followed by a much-loved ‘Bandeoke’ in the Harvey Hall with a great local band.

On Sunday we will host a games exchange, prop making for those who did not have the opportunity on Friday, dance workshop and other activities. The conference will close with a special guest speaker. We are really excited about this year’s guest speaker!!

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THIS IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.

DON’T MISS OUT ON THE EARLY BIRD OFFER AND BOOK NO.

Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of creativity, inspiration, and theatrical magic! With a wide range of engaging workshops. Dive deep into the craft with hands-on workshops led by industry experts. Sharpen your knowledge and practice in acting skills, learn the nuances of stage direction, explore the art of immersive theatre, and much more!

 There will be also networking opportunities: Connect with fellow drama enthusiasts, forge new friendships, and expand your professional network. You never know who you might meet.

We have secured a wide breath of theatre practitioners for the Saturday sessions, including Dreamthinkspeak (Dreamthinkspeak), Splendid (Splendid Productions – High performance theatre) , Peta Lily (peta LiLY - ABOUT), Paperbirds (The Paper Birds Theatre Company : The Paper Birds), Mel Simpson (Gallery - Mel_Simpson_Dance (squarespace.com)), Told by an Idiot (Told by an Idiot) and many more. You will have a choice of three of these two hour workshops.

Early bird over for Independent school drama teachers and a superb discount for state schools.

Book now on the link in our bio.

Or DM for more information.

’Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of creativity, inspiration, and theatrical magic! With a wide range of engaging workshops. Dive deep into the craft with hands-on workshops led by industry experts. Sharpen your knowledge and practice in acting skills, learn the nuances of stage direction, explore the art of immersive theatre, and much more!

 There will be also networking opportunities: Connect with fellow drama enthusiasts, forge new friendships, and expand your professional network. You never know who you might meet.

We have secured a wide breath of theatre practitioners for the Saturday sessions, including Dreamthinkspeak (Dreamthinkspeak), Splendid (Splendid Productions – High performance theatre) , Peta Lily (peta LiLY - ABOUT), Paperbirds (The Paper Birds Theatre Company : The Paper Birds), Mel Simpson (Gallery - Mel_Simpson_Dance (squarespace.com)), Told by an Idiot (Told by an Idiot) and many more. You will have a choice of three of these two hour workshops.

Early bird over for Independent school drama teachers and a superb discount for state schools.

Book now on this link https://www.cognitoforms.com/StSwithunsSchool1/NisdaConference2024

Or DM for more information.

We are excited to have joining us for They will also be providing our Friday evening entertainment.

Platform Theatre is Box House's brand-new theatre style that restricts actors to the confined space of a gym mat. This particular style is incredibly unique as the actors do not have any assistance from props, set, costumes, and sound. By doing this, it means the actors only have their physical selves and voice to tell a story.

Platform theatre is the art of showcasing choreography, attention to detail, and interesting characters using minimalistic performance techniques. When successfully devised, your students will be able to transport the audience to far away lands within seconds.
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This style also allows your students to freely explore the use of multi-rolling, caricatures, mime, and choreographed movement with ease.

How splendid that will be joining us for .

Splendid are a theatre company and an education company. They create challenging, entertaining, politically engaged theatre for young audiences, and provide expert training in all areas of drama practice and theory.

They believe theatre is an empowering and enabling force that is available to everyone: all you need is a story, a body and a space to be heard.

Splendid are creative adaptors, who take old stories and spin them into new thought prodding, theatrical, inclusive, political, anti-4th wall, heart-exposing versions. As storytellers, they are interested in the universal human experience and specifically what will engage and provoke a young audience. They also want to give a voice to those characters that have been neglected, stereotyped or written out of the original version.

Today we announce that deamthinkspeak will be joining us for

dreamthinkspeak creates and produces the work of Tristan Sharps and is internationally recognized as a pioneering creator of site-responsive performance.

Since its formation in 1999, the company has played a key role in the evolution of site-responsive work in the UK and beyond.

We are thrilled to announce that will be joining us for

The Paper Birds is a devising theatre company, with a social and political agenda. They are recognised as UK leaders in devised verbatim theatre. They’re artists, investigators, entrepreneurs, educators and pride themselves on taking complex, multi-faceted subjects and making them accessible. The Paper Birds have an artistic programme and a creative learning programme and nurture both equally.

We will be announcing more practitioners over the coming days.

We’re super excited to share our save the date for .

Our residential conference for Drama teachers is happening again in 2024, and like every year, we have a wide range of very interesting theatre practitioners who will be sharing their first hand professional experience with us. we can’t wait to give you details about who is coming to us this year.

This year we will be at school in Wi******er. Stay tuned for further details and of how to book for

NISDA
Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning

Patrons drinks reception with two of NISDA’s patrons, David and Peter. A delicious meal followed but a live band, much dancing and musical numbers around the piano.

Sunday workshop options were musical theatre dance, musical theatre choreography, yoga & meditation or creative play.

Our keynote speakers this year were Megan Treadway and Richard Weinman.

Thank you to Dawn, Lou and everyone for making us feel so welcome and putting on a NISDA to remember.

You’ll be thrilled to hear that we are already starting to plan NISDA 2024.

NISDA 2023
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Patrons drinks reception with NISDA Patrons David and Peter followed by a delicious evening meal.

Live band and dancing then musical theatre singing around the piano.

Workshop options on Sunday
Musical Theatre Singing
musical Theatre Dancing
Yoga & Meditation
Creative Play

Closing address and keynote speakers Megan Treadway and Rich Weinman.

We can’t wait for NISDA 2024!

The committee are arriving today to get everything ready for which kicks off tomorrow.

It’s so good to be back 😎

Two weeks today we’ll be in full swing - the best value Drama teacher cpd in the country is BACK, and we’re excited to welcome you all in 🥰

Drop us a line if you have any queries ahead of the conference, and if you haven’t signed up yet…GOOD NEWS…there are still a few spots left. Get that Friday feeling and treat yourself!