In a synthesis of management science with the creative arts, CLICK is also offering drama consultancy workshops for business.

Augusto Boal said that “...everyone is an actor, but not everyone will necessarily choose to act. Most of us go about our daily lives expecting little, and doing little out of the ordinary. We follow the rules, the conventions, the restraints, in short, we are oppressed.” His subsequent work named “Theatre of the Oppressed” utilises drama techniques to develop authentic theatrical performance, but also promotes the effectiveness theatre methods as a means of people looking at their own behaviour in the quest to better oneself. Boal developed "Forum Theatre" where, facilitated by a neutral "character" whom Boal called "The Joker", the audience would get the chance to address their concerns and develop strategies through discussion and improvisation of the problem.

CLICK utilises such theatrical practise (which goes beyond basic "role play") to advise improvements in management training. Workshops include "ACTING THE PART" a half hour interactive session as part of the series of events hosted by Brunel Business School aimed at raising the student experience which focusses on the silent communication of body language. Participants are taught to become aware of their non verbal cues and sensitive to those of others and given the opportunity to practise their skills in a safe forum comprising "the Joker", an actor and of course the audience themselves. CLICK has also devised a 2 hour “ACE (Attitude, Competence, Empathy) Self presentation” workshop and the 5-day "Shaken not Speared - Project Management to Performance" course which draws from Kolb’s (1984) Experiential Learning, all aimed at offering a more holistic and person-centred training experience to develop confident and reflective learning managers.

We are also pleased to advise entrepreneurs in developing the use of the arts in training.


All sessions are facilitated by:

	"The Joker": AUDREY TANG is a professional (equity registered) actress, as well as a qualified teacher (both Secondary and Higher education), Audrey holds an MSc in the History of Science and Medicine from Imperial College London, and her first degree was Psychology at University College London. She has a Postgraduate Diploma in Law, as well as a performance Certificate from LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), and a certificate in Person Centred Counselling. Prior to commencing her PhD at Brunel University (submission date August 2010) she was a drama teacher for 4 years, and Head of Psychology for one year during this time at Marlborough School, St Albans, and prior to that taught dance and drama at the Kirsty Forbes school of Dancing in Oxfordshire. She is the founder and artistic director of CLICK.
"The Actor": DAVID SANDERSON, as well as workshop facilitator for CLICK, David is Product Engineer at GM, Vauxhall. Further to this, David is also studying for a Masters in Automotive Engineering at the University of Bath. He is an experienced actor with roles including The Arbiter – Chess: The Musical (Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket; Marlborough); Richard III – Richard III (BBC Shakespeare Festival, Barnet Arts Depot); Judas – Jesus Christ Superstar (Edinburgh Fringe; Marlborough). Recently he designed and created the Set and Props for “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”; and “Into the Woods” performed at RADA’s Vanbrugh Theatre; as well as originating the role of Romero in CLICK’s London Premier production of “Romero: The Musical”.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER:

As well as productions, we offer LAMDA examination tuition, and our team can prepare flexible creative arts programmes culminating in a variety show (we would also be able to tailor this to focus on certain aspects of culture such as good citizenship or world arts.) We also encourage students to create pieces themselves which we would include in a showcase. We would also be able to develop a full scale musical projects in which we can involve performers on a larger scale.

WHY CHOOSE CLICK:

Of course there are many groups around offering such services, so the choice has, of course, got to be that of the “piper”, therefore, what does CLICK offer that others do not?

In the first instance the Production Team are all qualified teachers. We are experienced at creating stimulating and enjoyable lessons to further the education of people of all ages and abilities ranging from University age to primary school (even adults!). This sort of grounding is not often to be found in theatre groups. Further, our teaching background is not limited to the arts, and thus, while we wish to instil a love of performance within whomsoever we work, we are all advocates of pursuing a vocationally suitable career (be it academic or practical) as well. Thus while we offer to teach the “tools of the performance trade” and give those we work with the opportunity to be involved in a high level production, we also impress the importance of utilising these skills in a transferrable manner.

We are also a “freelance” team. We come together on specific projects, but otherwise focus on our day jobs (as teachers) and our own productions where we continue to develop and reflect on our practise as educators to keep improving each time we take on a new project as a group. The freelance nature of our group is also testimony to our ability to maintain a supportive working relationship with each other, which is the essence of creating the correct atmosphere to engender creativity in the casts with whom we work. Further, our core performers have always returned to work with us for as long as we have been together which is again, a highly positive reflection on the way this team functions.

We also have close ties with professional performers who can not only offer guest workshops in specific skills, but will also spare some of their much sought after time to give a performance of their acclaimed work. Malaysian-born Ashley Alymann in particular is one of our favourite actors and his award winning one-man “Storyteller” productions written and performed by him are nothing short of intoxicating.

Our programme not only involves educational workshops in all aspects of the creative arts, but also the opportunity for involvement in a variety or a full scale production at the end of the workshop sessions which consolidates the learning that has taken place. Offering both a variety and full length production means we are flexible depending on time and budget commitments.

Pine and Gilmore (1999) said of the theatrical experience that it should at once be aesthetic, educational, entertaining and escapist. We at CLICK offer all four in our workshops and productions PLUS honour the importance of treating all we work with, with the same Courtesy, Learning, Integrity, Communication and Kindness that we would expect from anyone we would put on our stage.

We hope that ours is the tune you would choose to dance to.