Open Space in Bath/Bristol/London UK

Fri May 21 01:30:26 PDT 2010

Hiya Phelim!

Yes, I remember it well. A fabulous venue in the not-so-fabulous Holloway
Road.

Hope you're enjoying the London sunshine (or perhaps you're somewhere more
exotic).

Jack

Jack Martin Leith
Leith Co-creation
email: jack at leithcocreation.com
Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541)
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On 20 May 2010 23:34, Phelim McDermott <phelim at mac.com> wrote:

> Harrison,
>
> Jack was actually the first person I ever met who did OS. Hi there again
> Jack! I was pointed towards him by Bob Griffiths who had given me a battered
> old copy of your book. Jack came in the day before our first ever "Devoted
> and Disgruntled"  over five years ago now, which our theatre company
> Improbable hosted. ( www.improbable.co.uk ) He gave us much encouragement
> and support. Since then we have carved out some considerable niche work in
> doing full scale OS work with arts organisations (although not exclusively
> so). I also spend quite a lot of time encouraging and mentoring people to
> open space themselves. There is actually an incredibly fertile and growing
> movement of people opening space here. I actually believe the more you give
> the more comes back so I have often done OS events with a gifting intention.
>  Mostly our OS events happen because of people I meet who share a passion
> for change, the arts and OS. However all the work I would say comes from the
> impact of that very first OS invite I wrote. It had behind it a desire to
> create community in my own theatre world.  D&D is now an annual and monthly
> event and it also happens on an annual basis in Newcastle as well. We have
> done two D&D's in Scotland and One in NYC.  IN fact Open Space through D&D
> has had an amazing impact on theatre here. Theatre companies have been
> formed, mentoring networks, shows created, theatre spaces have been opened,
> conflicts resolved and conflicts created!  After D&D5 before our recent
> election an arts campaign was formed which managed to get the MP's talking
> about the theatre and the arts funding on the BBC and an explicit
>  commitment to arts funding in the Times newspaper. Just a few examples off
> the top of my head .
>
> Throughout that time  and since then I have met lots of people at Wosonos
> and elsewhere who facilitate OS and say it's better to not facilitate if you
> are connected or passionate about the issue. This is just not true. (In my
> case)  I think because of my passion it has opened more space and I have
> been asked to do that again and again. I spend a lot of time turning down OS
> gigs here in the UK. Usually it's because they don't really want to do open
> space or they want to change it and dilute it by adding on or "Improving"
> it. Each gig is a case for decision in itself but I would say a lot of them
> happen because I talk about it to people and tell them how it has
> transformed my life, the essence of my own company Improbable and my
> practice as a theatre director. I  feel incredibly excited about the
> opportunity we will have in 2012 to connect up the UK open space community
> (situation latent) when Wosonos comes here. I hope that our invitation to
> people to gather here in London will be a great opportunity to get as much
> of the OS system in the room as it were and see if we do actually want to be
> community. (amongst the other stuff that will go on).  All of this happened
> because I read Harrison's book.. recognised that I already knew what OS was
> and followed the recipe.   I had never actually been to an OS event before I
> did this, so it felt I was discovering it myself as if for the first time.
> The souffle rose and I had one of the best improvisation gigs I've ever
> done. Heston Blumenthal eat your heart out! As an Impro Junkie, and lover of
> presence and storytelling what better gift could one have. The presents from
> the presence.. they just keep coming.
>
> Thanks for the ride Harrison.
>
> :)
>
> Love
>
> Phelim
>
>
> There are more details about D&D here
>
> http://www.improbable.co.uk/show_example.asp?item_id=47
>
> The last big report is here
>
> http://devotedanddisgruntled5.blogspot.com/2010/02/contents.html
>
>
>
>   On 20 May 2010, at 22:02, Harrison Owen wrote:
>
>   Jack – I think you ought to talk to Phelim. I am not sure it is about
> marketing. Probably more about doing it. Or something.
>
> ho
>
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>  *From:* OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> ] *On Behalf Of *Jack Martin Leith
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:59 PM
> *To:* OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: Open Space in Bath/Bristol/London UK
>
>  Thanks for the encouragement Steve.
>
>  But various UK-based people have tried - including Romy Shovelton<http://www.wikima.com/>
> , Roma Iskander <http://www.healthdirections.org/> and me - and it's a
> marketing nightmare. People who want to learn how to create and facilitate
> OS events are almost impossible to identify.
>
>  But who knows ... never say never.
>
>  Best wishes,
>
>  Jack
>
>
> Jack Martin Leith
> Leith Co-creation
> email: jack at leithcocreation.com
> Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541)
> Skype: jackmartinleith
> Professional website: www.leithcocreation.com
> Personal website: www.jackmartinleith.com
>
>  On 20 May 2010 21:20, Steve Cochran <scochran305 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like an opportunity.....
>
>
>  On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Jack Martin Leith <
> jack at leithcocreation.com> wrote:
>  Hello Jamie.
>
>  There are very few such opportunities in the UK - I get asked this all
> the time!
>
>  If I hear of anything I'll make a post to this list.
>
>  Best wishes,
>
>  Jack
>
>
> Jack Martin Leith
> Leith Co-creation
> email: jack at leithcocreation.com
> Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541)
> Skype: jackmartinleith
> Professional website: www.leithcocreation.com
> Personal website: www.jackmartinleith.com
>
>   On 20 May 2010 12:37, Jamie Colston <jamiecolston at googlemail.com> wrote:
>  Hi Everyone,
>
> I am really keen to see open space in action and I wondered if anyone has
> some meetings I could attend which show it in practice in Bath/Bristol
> preferably or London.
> Many thanks
>
> Jamie
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