Two day workshop opportunity at Rosehill Theatre

Site Responsive Theatre and Adventures in the Real World

A unique two-day workshop experience by CONEY at Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven

When?

Sat 4th February- Sunday 5th February 2012

Who is it for?

Actors, writers, devisers, performers and any professional and emerging theatre-makers and artists interested in site-specific and interactive work are invited to attend this two-day workshop hosted by Tom Bowtell and Mimi Poskitt of Coney.

What?

Participants will explore an array of techniques for making interactive experiences outside of traditional spaces in a workshop which combines practical experimentation and play with theoretical exploration. At the heart of the workshop will be responsiveness: theatre which responds to its location and the people in that location.

 We will explore techniques such as Secret Agent Training from Coney's workshop platform (watching everyday people, noting their behaviour and speculating on their lives to create narrative), interview and documenting (finding notable individuals to interview, and then using the texts to generate material), Invisible Theatre techniques, Performance Art and other fun ways of generating theatre in urban environments.

Where?

The two day workshop will begin at Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven before spreading out into other locations around Whitehaven and Workington as participants put their techniques into practice.

The workshop will run from 10am-4pm on both days and lunch will be included. There is no public transport between Whitehaven town centre and Rosehill Theatre, however minicabs are easily available.

Please note: Our rendevouz point on Sunday 5th will be Workington town centre.

Cost

£20

More information

Tom Bowtell is a writer, actor and Co-Director of Coney, a London based company who create interactive theatre which is responsive to its audience, and allows them to become part of the story. Coney has recently become an Arts Council England National Porfolio Organisation and has worked across the UK and Australia.

Mimi Poskitt is Artistic Director of documentary theatre company Look Left Look Right and directed You Once Said Yes, an acclaimed interactive adventure across the City of Edinburgh in 2011.

Coney and Rosehill are collaborating on Let Them Eat Jam, a brand new piece of interactive theatre which will run at Rosehill from March 8 to March 11 2012.

This opportunity has been made possible through West is Best (the West Cumbria Arts Engagement Initiative).

How to book

You can register for the workshop here

For more information

Please call Julie McCarthy on 07976 710835 or email Julie McCarthy

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