VITAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS

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"The best example of someone to watch how to perform is George Dillon. He uses tremendous fluidity of movement, almost balletic grace, giving the distance that it needs, and he almost flatters my work... Physical theatre suggests... working with the body and not with the voice. But the uniqueness with George is that he's an excellent speaker with a wide vocal range and is able to marry the two parts." 
Steven Berkoff

"Just a line to thank you again for yesterday's workshop.  The feedback from the students has been extremely positive: they felt challenged, ennervated, enriched by the three hours they had with you, and it has already set the Sixth formers thinking about how they can incorporate that style of theatre into their forthcoming scripted pieces.  I enjoyed your easy rapport with them all, the discipline of the session, and the manner in which you challenged orthodoxies as required by curriculum exams.  A thoroughly excellent afternoon, which more than met my expectations and blew the kids' Christmas cobwebs away. Many thanks."
Matt Smith, Head of Drama, Lancing College
January 2006

"George Dillon's workshop was exciting and inspirational. Attuned to the needs of the students, he combined theory and practice in a stimulating and accessible way which provided the basis for outstanding A Level devised and scripted performances. The workshop was one of the highlights of the A level course and hopefully a key feature in the years to come."
Hamish Wilson, Head of Drama, St Christopher's School, Letchworth
May 2006

"George was the best possible actor to take this workshop and the students gained an enormous amount of inspiration from him. He was particularly inspiring in his physical presence and vocal agility, making the students understand the total development of movement and voice."
Sue Collins
Andover College

"George Dillon did an excellent job.  Having done some teaching before, he was able to establish an excellent rapport with the children.  He made a number of general points which applied to all the actors, but was able to relate them to the specific scenes that we studied.  George was amusing and lively and kept everyone interested for the entire morning.  It was an extremely successful workshop & I’m most grateful to the Interact scheme for making it possible."
Nick Milner-Galland
Cumnor House School

"A well-planned session which really did meet the demands I had requested.  George was sensitive to the needs of the group and responded accordingly.  Extremely useful for Upper 6th students to relate practical aspects to theory (practising for examination)... powerful induction programme for new 6th formers.
All students felt they had benefited tremendously from the day.  Time went very quickly.  In an ideal world a 2 day workshop would be tremendous.  Thanks very much for this valuable opportunity."
Pat Martin
Stratford High School

"The workshop was extremely effective, one major benefit was the way the session enthused the students.  Since the workshop, rehearsals have had much more purpose.  Many thanks to the National and W.H. Smith for the opportunity to work with George Dillon."
Jon Aldridge
Broadoak 6th Form Centre

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