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The Flying Cow Theatre Studio introduces you to acting at different levels — from taking your first steps on stage to seriously developing professional skills. Participants study dramatic art, stage speech, movement and improvisation, as well as stage fencing, stage combat and other theatrical disciplines.

Theatre Studio

Learning at the studio goes beyond classes: both children and adults have the opportunity to apply their skills in real performances and appear on stage before an audience. We also participate in international theatre festivals, where we present our productions to audiences abroad, exchange experiences with participants from other countries and discover new creative approaches.

  • Theatre studio participants posing together in a rehearsal space; several people hold European Union co-funding signs.
  • Theatre participants posing and waving in a hall in front of a stage with a red wall and brown curtains; some wear colourful traditional dress.
  • Performers in white clothing on a dark stage, raising poles with colourful ribbons under blue and red lighting.
  • Three performers on stage under green lighting; a young woman in a pale dress stands between two others.

At the studio, you can develop not only your acting abilities but also a wide range of creative skills: creating scenery and posters, and working with costumes, makeup, and props. This allows participants to discover theatre in all its diversity and bring their own ideas to life on stage.

  • Interior mural of the Town Musicians of Bremen beside a classical column.
  • Workshop scene of a plaster face mask being made on a reclining participant.
  • Participants on a wooden stage working on a large triangular piece of scenery.
  • Three participants drawing and planning at a table in a timber workshop.

The Theatre Studio is not only a place to learn, but also a welcoming space for connection. Children become part of a supportive group where they learn to communicate, listen to one another and work as a team. Adults can meet like-minded people, make new friends and enjoy spending time in a creative atmosphere.

Studio participants in a close huddle with arms around one another under warm stage light.

Groups

  • Parents and childrenages 4–6
  • Children’s groupages 7–11
  • Teen groupages 12–15
  • Senior groupages 16+
  • Adult groupages 23+

Teachers

  • Black-and-white portrait of Janika Koppel in profile, looking left.
    Name
    Janika Koppel
    Role
    director, actress, acting teacher and head of the Flying Cow family theatre
    Education
    Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, directing and acting course, 1995–2000. Further training at the Enne Tantsu free-dance studio and the School of Dramatic Art led by Anatoly Vasiliev, 2001–2002
    Theatre experience
    more than 26 years — working in theatre and teaching acting since 2000
  • Portrait of Alexander Semenov looking at the camera.
    Name
    Alexander Semenov
    Role
    actor, director and children’s theatre studio teacher
    Education
    Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, puppetry acting, 2013–2017
    Theatre experience
    more than 9 years — working professionally in theatre since 2017

Guest teachers (individual workshops)

Alexander Arabkin