Thank you Suzanne. I love us being your dessert!
On 28/05/2012 23:44, "Suzanne Daigle" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> > >
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