Sounds wonderful – wish I could be there. Opening space for a creative crowd is always a treat. I recall one such event for the Arts Councils of the USA which turned into a three day dance/sing/paint/drum festival. They also got a lot of work done. Just a suggestion not to forget who you are – or in more familiar words – remember, “There’s no business like show business. . .” Best sung to the music with vigor.
Harrison NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!!!! [email protected] Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Skype hhowen Open Space Training <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute <http://www.openspaceworld.org/> www.openspaceworld.org Personal website <http://www.ho-image.com/> www.ho-image.com OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phelim McDermott Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Theatre and Open Space. Hi to people on this list, I'm new here but have been a ghost observing some of the conversations.. My name is Phelim and i work in the uk in Theatre. If you want to know about our company the website is www.improbable.co.uk. We have done wide ranging shows from improvised shows in tiny places, to west end/braodway shows, to building a flaming sticky tape tower in front of the sidney opera house. The common factor in the shows is creativity developed from improvisation and ensemble. Three years ago I recieved a NESTA fellowship to study connections between Mindell's World Work and `improvisation. As part of my research i of course came across open space technology. In January I will be opening the space for Improbable's first OS event.. "Devoted and Disgruntled" aimed at dealing with some of the things that might be better in my field of work. There might be people on this string who are actually involved in theatre who may want to come or people may simply be pleased to know it's happening. Its exciting to see all the different activity on here and interesting to see the discussions about deep democracy and Amy mindell's idea of "metaskills" which have been central to the work i have been developing. Any way here's the advert.. no apologies i just cant keep it in!!! DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED What are we going to do about theatre? Dear All, I have been involved with professional theatre and performance since I left college in 1985. Since that time I have created and co created shows which have ranged from totally improvised and devised work to classical texts for repertory theatres, from puppetry to site specific work and from dance theatre to comedy. I have performed, designed, written, devised, taught, improvised and served on the Board of the Actor's centre. Yet in all this time I have often felt an outsider in my own profession. There are things I love about theatre and things I find very difficult….things which I wish were different. I find myself both devoted and disgruntled. Over the years I have often found myself gossiping and moaning about how the world I work in could be better. Not just about what we put on the stage but how we produce, manage and administrate our work. How we create it in all aspects and how we treat each other as a creative community. As a result of a NESTA fellowship I have been able to train in and research some new ways of working with groups, learning from other creative and developmental fields. On 7th and 8th of January Improbable will be hosting an Open Space Event, which I will facilitate. It hopes to support some creative ideas and actions around the issues you might feel devoted and disgruntled about. It will address the things you care about and maybe wish could be different in any aspect of our profession. The things which you feel are important or unaddressed in our community. It will be the first time Improbable has hosted an event like this and I invite you to join us in this new adventure of trying to make change happen, or even if you are just curious about a new way of working with groups in a self organising way. I would like to stress that this event will not just be a discussion or a talking shop. We are aiming to take action and to make a difference. If you care, see you there. Phelim Phelim McDermott, Co-Artistic Director, Improbable ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Improbable’s Open Space Event DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED What are we going to do about theatre? Facilitated by Phelim McDermott A two-day event, 7th and 8th January 2006, 10am – 7pm At National Youth Theatre, 443-445 Holloway Road, London, N7 6LW Although Open Space may be new to you it has been used all over the world with predictable results. It will be an exciting open-ended event that enables a self-organising group to use its collective imagination to deal with complex issues and it will achieve this in an incredibly short space of time. By the end of the event the following will have occurred: € Every issue of concern to anybody will have been raised, if they took responsibility for doing that. € All issues will have received full discussion, to the extent desired. € A full report of issues and discussions will be in the hands of all participants. € And YOU will have taken part in making it happen. A strong point of Open Space is it’s ability to unite groups of enormous diversity, to that end we are encouraging all participants. HOW TO REGISTER: TICKETS: £15/person. All proceeds are to cover direct costs of this event including the hire of the space, refreshments and equipment hires. SUBSIDISED TICKETS: We have a number of subsidised places available, at a reduced rate of £5. If you feel that your circumstances mean that you might qualify for one of these please drop an e-mail to: [email protected]. They will be offered on a first come first served basis. FIVE FOR THE PRICE OF FOUR GROUP DISCOUNT: Apply as a group of five and you can have five tickets for £60. THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS THE 9TH DECEMBER. PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO: Improbable 4th Floor 43 The Aldwych London WC2B 0QY I am writing to reserve (PLEASE FILL IN AMOUNT OF PLACES) place/s for the Open Space Event on the 7th and 8th January 2006. I enclose a cheque for £ (PLEASE FILL IN AMOUNT) made payable to Improbable Theatre. Please write a sentence or two describing what you do in order to help us get a sense of who is coming. E.g. I am a performer, who makes my own work, and works with different companies. If you are applying as a group to get the group discount please write a sentence on each of you. I am a..................... NAME: E-MAIL ADDRESS: TELEPHONE NUMBER: ADDRESS: National Youth Theatre is an accessible building. Please let us know on application if you have any needs we should be aware of to enable you to attend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Tickets will be offered on a first come first served basis so please book early to ensure your place. We regret that we will be unable to offer a refund if you are unable to attend. If the event becomes fully booked we will inform you as soon as possible and return your cheque to you. Need any more info? Contact Improbable, 020 7240 4556 [email protected], www.improbable.co.uk or www.clusterform.cmo, launched on 21.11.05 The event is supported by National Youth Theatre and will be facilitated by Phelim McDermott who is a NESTA fellow. * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
