Days of Summer...
Some weeks it’s really obvious to me what I want the blog to be about and some weeks I have to just start writing and see what emerges…this is one of the second sort of weeks…
I think the lack of a clear subject this week is because there have been too many nice things to choose from…the Pinter Workshop on Monday was an intellectual delight…11 actors trying to get their heads round the ambiguity of his scripts looking at what’s inferred, at communicating the subtext and at the challenge of portraying characters when so little is known about them from the text alone…
Then I had the privilege of calling in for the last 90 minutes of the Play in a Day…12 youth theatre members aged 11- 14 years had spent the day exploring the legends of King Arthur and had in doing so created an utterly engaging piece of theatre. Under the famed creative eye of our one and only Gemma Whelan they had produced something with integrity and humour that was a joy to watch…
Finally for the Summer Days this week 10 youth theatre members took residence in Black Cloud at the Hepworth Gallery for the day. The result? A glorious day of playing with shapes and movement and expression and freedom which in turn resulted in a unique piece of physical theatre…if you haven’t already, check out the video of it on youtube…the link is on our facebook page…
So an overarching point to justify bragging about my brilliant week…ermmmm… well here’s one…I have long been an advocator that the process of creativity is equally as important as the product and these days are hard evidence of this. You only need to listen to the reflection at the end of each workshop and read the facebook comments and blogs to get a picture of the level of enjoyment that is had…and at the same time the product of the days is equally undeniable…not just in the practical work undertaken realised but also in the development of understanding, confidence and knowledge. Sometimes the product is as simple (but none the less crucial) as individuals stepping out of their comfort zone for a while…but all this is achieved whilst having a thoroughly nice time…a far cry from the philosophy of too many practitioners…
So I hope you participate and enjoy the remaining 4 summer days and while you are let us know what you think about them and other days you’d like us to programme in the future as we’re already planning next summer. So if there’s a creative process you’d like to enjoy you just have to mention it to us…
I think the lack of a clear subject this week is because there have been too many nice things to choose from…the Pinter Workshop on Monday was an intellectual delight…11 actors trying to get their heads round the ambiguity of his scripts looking at what’s inferred, at communicating the subtext and at the challenge of portraying characters when so little is known about them from the text alone…
Then I had the privilege of calling in for the last 90 minutes of the Play in a Day…12 youth theatre members aged 11- 14 years had spent the day exploring the legends of King Arthur and had in doing so created an utterly engaging piece of theatre. Under the famed creative eye of our one and only Gemma Whelan they had produced something with integrity and humour that was a joy to watch…
Finally for the Summer Days this week 10 youth theatre members took residence in Black Cloud at the Hepworth Gallery for the day. The result? A glorious day of playing with shapes and movement and expression and freedom which in turn resulted in a unique piece of physical theatre…if you haven’t already, check out the video of it on youtube…the link is on our facebook page…
So an overarching point to justify bragging about my brilliant week…ermmmm… well here’s one…I have long been an advocator that the process of creativity is equally as important as the product and these days are hard evidence of this. You only need to listen to the reflection at the end of each workshop and read the facebook comments and blogs to get a picture of the level of enjoyment that is had…and at the same time the product of the days is equally undeniable…not just in the practical work undertaken realised but also in the development of understanding, confidence and knowledge. Sometimes the product is as simple (but none the less crucial) as individuals stepping out of their comfort zone for a while…but all this is achieved whilst having a thoroughly nice time…a far cry from the philosophy of too many practitioners…
So I hope you participate and enjoy the remaining 4 summer days and while you are let us know what you think about them and other days you’d like us to programme in the future as we’re already planning next summer. So if there’s a creative process you’d like to enjoy you just have to mention it to us…
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