Theatre and Open Space.

Mon Nov 14 10:39:16 PST 2005

Sounds wonderful – wish I could be there. Opening space for a creative crowd
is always a treat. I recall one such event for the Arts Councils of the USA
which turned into a three day dance/sing/paint/drum festival. They also got
a lot of work done. Just a suggestion not to forget who you are – or in more
familiar words – remember, “There’s no business like show business. . .”
Best sung to the music with vigor.

Harrison

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Phelim
McDermott
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:04 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Theatre and Open Space.

Hi to people on this list,

I'm new here but have been a ghost observing some of the conversations..

My name is Phelim and i work in the uk in Theatre. If you want to know about
our company the website is www.improbable.co.uk. We have done wide ranging
shows from improvised shows in tiny places, to west end/braodway  shows, to
building a flaming sticky tape tower in front of the sidney opera house.
The common factor in the shows is creativity developed from improvisation
and ensemble.  Three years ago I recieved a NESTA fellowship to study
connections between Mindell's World Work and `improvisation. As part of my
research i of course  came across open space technology.  In January I will
be opening the space for Improbable's first OS event.. "Devoted and
Disgruntled" aimed at dealing with some of the things that might be better
in my field of work.  There might be people on this string who are actually
involved in theatre who may want to come or people may simply be pleased to
know it's happening. Its exciting to see all the different activity on here
and interesting to see the discussions about deep democracy and Amy
mindell's idea of "metaskills" which have been central to the work i have
been developing. 

Any way here's the advert..  no apologies i just cant keep it in!!!

DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED

What are we going to do about theatre?

Dear All,

I have been involved with professional theatre and performance since I left
college in 1985. Since that time I have created and co created shows which
have ranged from totally improvised and devised work to classical texts for
repertory theatres, from puppetry to site specific work and from dance
theatre to comedy.  I have performed, designed, written, devised, taught,
improvised and served on the Board of the Actor's centre.  Yet in all this
time I have often felt an outsider in my own profession. There are things I
love about theatre and things I find very difficult….things which I wish
were different. I find myself both devoted and disgruntled. Over the years I
have often found myself gossiping and moaning about how the world I work in
could be better. Not just about what we put on the stage but how we produce,
manage and administrate our work. How we create it in all aspects and how we
treat each other as a creative community. 

As a result of a NESTA fellowship I have been able to train in and research
some new ways of working with groups, learning from other creative and
developmental fields. On 7th and 8th of January Improbable will be hosting
an Open Space Event, which I will facilitate. It hopes to support some
creative ideas and actions around the issues you might feel devoted and
disgruntled about. It will address the things you care about and maybe wish
could be different in any aspect of our profession. The things which you
feel are important or unaddressed in our community.

It will be the first time Improbable has hosted an event like this and I
invite you to join us in this new adventure of trying to make change happen,
or even if you are just curious about a new way of working with groups in a
self organising way. I would like to stress that this event will not just be
a discussion or a talking shop. We are aiming to take action and to make a
difference. 

If you care, see you there.  

Phelim

Phelim McDermott, 

Co-Artistic Director, Improbable

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Improbable’s Open Space Event 

DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED

What are we going to do about theatre?

Facilitated by Phelim McDermott

A two-day event, 7th and 8th January 2006, 10am – 7pm

At National Youth Theatre, 443-445 Holloway Road, London, N7 6LW

Although Open Space may be new to you it has been used all over the world
with predictable results. It will be an exciting open-ended event that
enables a self-organising group to use its collective imagination to deal
with complex issues and it will achieve this in an incredibly short space of
time. By the end of the event the following will have occurred:

€  Every issue of concern to anybody will have been raised, if they took
responsibility for doing that.

€  All issues will have received full discussion, to the extent desired.

€  A full report of issues and discussions will be in the hands of all
participants.

€  And YOU will have taken part in making it happen.

A strong point of Open Space is it’s ability to unite groups of enormous
diversity, to that end we are encouraging all participants. 

HOW TO REGISTER:

TICKETS: £15/person. 

All proceeds are to cover direct costs of this event including the hire of
the space, refreshments and equipment hires.

SUBSIDISED TICKETS: We have a number of subsidised places available, at a
reduced rate of £5. If you feel that your circumstances mean that you might
qualify for one of these please drop an e-mail to: 

whatarewegoingtodoabouttheatre at improbable.co.uk. 

They will be offered on a first come first served basis. 

FIVE FOR THE PRICE OF FOUR GROUP DISCOUNT: Apply as a group of five and you
can have five tickets for £60. 

THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS THE 9TH DECEMBER. 

PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO:

Improbable

4th Floor

43 The Aldwych

London WC2B 0QY

I am writing to reserve          (PLEASE FILL IN AMOUNT OF PLACES) place/s
for the Open Space Event on the 7th and 8th January 2006. 

I enclose a cheque for £         (PLEASE FILL IN AMOUNT) made payable to
Improbable Theatre. 

Please write a sentence or two describing what you do in order to help us
get a sense of who is coming. E.g. I am a performer, who makes my own work,
and works with different companies. If you are applying as a group to get
the group discount please write a sentence on each of you. 

I am a.....................

NAME: 

E-MAIL ADDRESS: 

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 

ADDRESS: 

National Youth Theatre is an accessible building. Please let us know on
application if you have any needs we should be aware of to enable you to
attend.

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Tickets will be offered on a first come first served basis so please book
early to ensure your place. We regret that we will be unable to offer a
refund if you are unable to attend. If the event becomes fully booked we
will inform you as soon as possible and return your cheque to you.

Need any more info? 

Contact Improbable, 020 7240 4556

whatarewegoingtodoabouttheatre at improbable.co.uk, www.improbable.co.uk 

or www.clusterform.cmo, launched on 21.11.05

The event is supported by National Youth Theatre and will be facilitated by
Phelim McDermott who is a NESTA fellow.

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