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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Has anyone ever used OS as a tool for creating a piece of theatre? I spent some glorious time today with about 30 actors, directors, musicians, designers and writers, using open space to explore and devise a piece of storytelling.<BR>
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We don’t yet know if it will continue to involve all of us, or maybe just a few. Next Saturday we have another session, and some people will be the same, and some will be new, and some from today will not be there next time. <BR>
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We don’t know if it will end up being theatre, or a novel, or a short story, or all of those things.<BR>
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It was instigated by a brilliant writer/performer/director (Phelim & Matilda know her well!) and many of us have multiple skills like that. What I loved was that it didn’t matter what we all do: we all did everything today. I got to play actor games that I don’t ever get to play, and usually terrify me, but today I enjoyed them as part of the wide creative process – and I knew that the Law of Two Feet would allow me to stop anytime I wanted. So I was free to carry on!<BR>
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I loved the way the principles of Open Space allowed for the seed of an idea to be exploded into all manner of marvellous imaginings. Has anyone else ever experienced such a thing, or heard about it?<BR>
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Also, my first time running an OS conference is this coming week, Tuesday - Thursday! Very excited :-)<BR>
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Jen x<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>Jenifer Toksvig<BR>
</B><a href="never@acompletelossforwords.com">never@acompletelossforwords.com</a><BR>
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