[OSList] Sharing about making work in Open Space

[Stella Duffy]

Thank you Suzanne. I love us being your dessert!


On 28/05/2012 23:44, "Suzanne Daigle" <sdaigle4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Stella, 
> I can only imagine the rigor of these application forms and the huge
> competition for funds in this economy.  What a feat!  And the most beautiful
> thing of all is how Open Space wove itself into their decision-making process,
> into the crafting of the application and soon the R&D leading up to an amazing
> theatrical performance put on by a community of individuals in 2013.
> Reading this after my meal tonight was like the best dessert.
> Suzanne
> 
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Stella Duffy <stell at clara.co.uk> wrote:
>> For the past two years, since the Improbable-hosted Devoted & Disgruntled in
>> 2010, I¹ve been convening a group of writers, directors, artists, actors,
>> musicians, performers (approx 60 in all, but we¹ve been coming together in
>> different combinations of between 12 to 30)  towards making a show together,
>> entirely in Open Space.
>> Having worked on 14 days over two years, we decided we wanted to aim for
>> performance in 2013, with a week¹s R&D this summer. And that, while we would
>> continue to make the work whether we had funding or not, we would apply to
>> the Arts Council (of Great Britain) for funding for the R&D, 25 people,
>> rehearsal space, 6 days ... Not a cheap thing.
>> Like any of those application forms, the Arts Council funding application
>> form has plenty of questions asking the name of the leader or the writer or
>> the director ... And we kept saying the same thing ³a show about individuals
>> and community, made by a community of individuals² (it¹s about loads else, of
>> course, but that sums up the basics pretty well).
>> We explained Open Space and how well it¹s working for us, that it feels very
>> new (to welcome a 3 year old and a 6 year old into the rehearsal room for
>> eg), but also very old (if theatre started around a campfire), and therefore
>> very right.
>> And we did all this ­ the actual filling out of the application ­ in Open
>> Space. Eleven people, all writing on flip chart paper, working out how best
>> to explain who we are and what it is we¹re trying to make and ­ perhaps
>> especially ­ how we¹re trying to make it.
>> We added the photo of us doing this in OS to our application.
>> Last week we heard we¹ve been successful and have been granted funding for
>> the R&D. And we know that¹s a long way from a completed show, but it¹s a big
>> step forward. And it also feels like a vindication of our choice to work
>> entirely in OS. And it started at D&D.
>> Thank you community,
>> Stella Duffy 
>> 
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