Award for Improbable and Open Space events

[Phelim McDermott]

Dear Friends,

When I first experienced open space I remember siting similarities  
between an open space event and the Edinburgh festival the biggest  
open space theatre event in the world. Over the years the festival has  
continued and of course has had varying degrees of open and closed  
space as big business around shows and comedy moves in. This year  
Improbable held an open space at the Forest fringe over two days. An  
amazing venue that reanimates the spirit of the original fringe with  
its open schedule of free performances and not charging its performers  
any hire fees.

The event was exciting with great discussions about how to keep the  
spirit of that venue going and sustainability but also as we saw our  
own OS  include performance as double bookings meant great discussions  
were happening whilst performance was happening in the same space!

At the end of the festival we were invited to the Total theatre awards  
and were presented with a "Significant Contribution award"  The award  
is for taking work into interesting areas however specifically  
mentions our work with Open Space and our Devoted and Disgruntled  
events which have contributed to supporting theatre artists.

"Their use of open space and the introduction of "Devoted and  
Disgruntled: What are we doing about theatre" over the past four years  
has empowered artists and theatre makers to address challenges facing  
the sector. They have collectively shown a determined effort to  
reflect on and change the world of theatre making and the world in  
which theatre is made."

Hurrah! We Also secured the finishing touches to the connections which  
means we will be definitely doing a Devoted and Disgruntled in NYC  
this coming January. Our big two day open space is about to cross the  
pond and will be happening midtown.

Exciting..

Phelim



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