Workshops
Icarus is piloting a series of workshops, educational programmes, internships, and work-placements. Join in now!
The Lesson Workshops
Icarus has developed several workshops to go along with our current production of The Lesson and forthcoming production of Othello.
We also provide one-off workshops in Drama, English and non-arts-based subjects. Whether you are a School, College, Community Group or Business, we can provide workshops and masterclasses which use drama techniques to explore and teach in a fun and hands-on way.
Our team of workshop leaders are professional actors, directors and designers, and trained in a wide range of technques. Please contact us to discuss tailoring a specific workshop to suit your needs.
These hands-on, educational experiences can be tailored to you!
First, pick a workshop.
Theatre of the Absurd:
Beckett, Genet, Ionesco!
How is Theatre of the Absurd different from classic realism and epic theatre? We get students on their feet, improvising, reading text, and discovering for themselves the world of the Absurd.
Suitable for Year 9+.
Taking Clowning Seriously
The world of the Clown and the world of the Absurd in perfect harmony and extreme juxtaposition. Explore how clowning is more honest than classic realism.
Suitable for all ages.
Method Acting & Stanislavski
Stop pretending, start taking action!
An introduction to the principals of
Stanislavsky, Meisner, and Strassberg.
Suitable for Year 10+.
Game Theory
Before the text, before each rehearsal, before the really hard work, the actor prepares. Explore acting exercises that expand the mind, free the body, and heighten the senses.
Suitable for all ages.
Next ask us how to customise that workshop for you!
We can teach your students:
- How each workshop relates to the production,
- How the workshop related to the work of the Icarus Theatre Collective,
- or how these concepts can be used in the broader theatrical profession.
Most of our workshops can vary in length and focus, taylored to your individual needs.
Then book a workshop or for more information:
-Please call 0207 870 3787,
-Click here to email us using a form on the internet,
-or Email Education Officer Rosa Wyatt at 
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The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
in 15 of 17 reviews
Out of all productions with a star rating in the last 3 years:
in 20 of 22 reviews
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
"Max Lewendel's production succeeds by the strength of its acting and the steadily increasing tension."
Jeremy Kingston, The Times
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
"Directed so specifically that the beast of chaos that charges through Ionesco's work like his own rhinoceros is safely routed through the play."
Rebecca Banks, Ham & High
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
"A daring production by an energetic new company, the London-based Icarus Theatre Collective, it pulls no punches in its visceral pursuit of pure absurdism."
Daniel Lombard,
South Wales Argus
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
Premiul special al juriului
Special Jury Prize:
Cash prize from Romania
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
Premiul pentru cea mai buna actrita ín rol principal
Best Actress in a Leading
Role: Amy Loughton
Coyote Ugly by Lynn Siefert
"Scarlet, a wild 12-year-old, like a coyote bitch on heat".
John Thaxter, What's On
Coyote Ugly by Lynn Siefert
"The five-member cast fill the dim confines of the theatre like a desert storm".
Le Roux Schoeman,
Church of England Newsletter
Coyote Ugly by Lynn Siefert
"This sexy, steamy drama really hits home, especially after delivering the scorpion sting in its tail".
Philip Fisher,
British Theatre Guide
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
"Comedy, tragedy, fear, mystery, sex, violence, disturbance: The Lesson has them all".
Eleanor Weber,
Raddest Right Now
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
"It is impossible not to enjoy Icarus Theatre Collective’s production of Ionesco’s one-act play".
The Stage
Coyote Ugly by Lynn Siefert
"The cast navigates the perilous emotional terrain with aplomb".
Visit London (Totally London)
Coyote Ugly by Lynn Siefert
"Sizzling bursts of desire and hate among the North American sands".
Timothy Ramsden,
Reviews Gate
Coyote Ugly by Lynn Siefert
"Sizzling bursts of desire and hate among the North American sands."
Timothy Ramsden,
Reviews Gate
Albert's Boy
by James Graham
"Extraordinary...
Victor Spinetti is outstanding."
Cheryl Freedman,
What's On in London
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
"The Icarus Theatre collective's production of Eugène Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece is brilliant. A fast-paced, sixty-five minute screaming journey from a bare classroom into utter chaos."
Kevin Hurst, Extra! Extra!
Many Roads to Paradise
by Stewart Permutt
"You would pay a lot of money in the West End for a class act like this, so why not pop along to the Finborough and find out what great nights are made of."
Gene David Kirk,
UK Theatre Web
The Lesson Eugène Ionesco
"You can reach out and touch the emotional atmosphere."
-Julienne Banister,
Rogues & Vagabonds
