Spring 2025
We are offering an introductory discount on Spring 2025 courses until March 31, 2025!
Have more than one student to enroll? We offer family discounts–reach out to learn more. Does one of your kiddos not quite fit the ages listed for a course or workshop? We are happy to speak with you about how to include them!
Our studio is fully accessible and located on the first floor of The Belfast Center. Additionally, our program offers neurodiverse students a way of learning that respects and accommodates their needs with quiet and comfortable spaces for those who require breaks or a space to regroup or reflect. Our studio offers a private, gender-neutral bathroom. If you or your student have any questions about accommodations, we would be happy to answer them via our contact page.
Accessing Shakespeare:
April 27th
2 PM - 6 PM
No experience necessary! This is an introduction to performing Shakespeare, for anyone ages 15+. For one afternoon, come to the Studio and you will learn the basics of speaking the speech, using your body to engage with Shakespeare’s characters, and becoming comfortable with performing Will’s works. Together, we will demystify Shakespeare’s text and do some fun performance work. Whether you’ve never spoken a line of Shakespeare, or he’s one of your favorite playwrights, we invite you to come get better acquainted!
Covering:
Shakespeare basics: how his plays and characters are constructed, and how he wrote both for his actors and for everyday audience members.
Text analysis: breaking down the text so that we all understand it, the difference between prose and verse, and learning to “speak the speech”.
Playing Shakespeare: getting on our feet and using our bodies to engage with Shakespeare characters.
This workshop is designed for everyone ages 15+.
Stage Combat Workshop:
May 4th, 2025
10 AM - 2 PM (4 hours)
Join the Rebellion! Learn to kick butt and take names in a galaxy far, far away–right here in Belfast.
In this one-day workshop we’ll be learning the basics of hand-to-hand combat and how to safely fall out of the way of incoming stun-rays, all in time to get to the Toshi Station for those power converters. A very special May the Fourth (be with you) intro to stage combat.
This workshop runs for 4 hours, from 10 AM - 2 PM, with a 20-minute break at noon.
This workshop is designed for everyone ages 11 and up.
Come wearing comfortable clothes and sturdy shoes or sneakers.
"MidCoast Shakes is cool and the team is awesome. After learning how to analyze the text in Henry V, I now feel more confident when I start reading a Shakespearean play–not only Shakespeare, but any literature."
— Gus, 13yo