Opening challenges

[Phelim McDermott]

Sorry here's the link to the Guardian article.


http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2007/07/ 
a_new_model_for_regional_theat.html

Phelimx

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> From: Phelim McDermott <phelim at mac.com>
> Date: 27 July 2007 20:34:47 BDT
> To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Subject: Opening challenges
>
> Hi there friends,
>
> I just held an open space event in Bristol for the theatre  
> community there. The Bristol Old vic theatre has been closed and  
> there has been a lot of intense feeling about this. The event  
> invitation was "So, Where do we go from here?" It was a good day I  
> think... here is a link to a press article about it which is very  
> positive about open space is good for situations of conflict.  In  
> my opening introduction I was challenged that the meeting should  
> not be happening in this way and it was quite quite an aggressive  
> challenge. I of course supported the challenger and asked them to  
> suggest their proposal as a session... this worked well but i was  
> also a bit knocked by this and it meant i forgot a few things to  
> mention in the introduction about the news room and the reports. I  
> was happy how open space included this energy and also included it,  
> as were a number of people who came and spoke to me about it later.  
> I am interested if other people have tales of space invaders..  
> particularly in the opening and how they have handled this. What i  
> have noticed is that when people have been angry about the way the  
> event is happening they got angry because they had felt patronised  
> by something that seems so simple. Also they were angry that I  
> mentioned "passion and responsibilty" almost as if I might be  
> suggesting they weren't about the issue.
>
> Phelim x


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