One of Bahrain’s oldest theatre clubs is gearing up for a special showcase, featuring top monologues, duologues and group scenes, set to be staged by the end of next month.
Sixteen members of the Manama Theatre Club (MTC) will be showing off their dramatic, comedic and acting chops at the ‘Voices of Bahrain’ showcase, taking place on November 28 at the British Club’s Queen Elizabeth II Hall.
“We have been running weekly acting courses, as part of a 10-week workshop, since September, and we have covered a range of topics including stage presence, voice and breath control, tempo, rhythm, subtext, physical theatre, scriptwork and more,” said workshop leader Liz Hadaway, whose Dubai-based production company Bark at a Crow has been helping facilitate the workshop.
“And the culmination of these workshops will be the showcase, during which all 16 participants will be taking the stage.”
MTC, a section of the British Club, is putting on the performances with minimal set design and a focus on the work that participants have put into their pieces.
MTC chairperson and showcase producer Hannah Turner noted that lights would be a basic stage wash and the showcase would be open to friends and family of the MTC.
“British Club non-members will be paying the club’s BD1.500 door fee, and the performances themselves would have no tickets or reservations required,” she added.
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