Presented by Rose Bruford TYA Centre

7^th June, 10.30am – 5.30pm; Free; Book here

Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, London. SE1 9PH

 10.30 – 12: Exploring the Territory – A panel discussion featuring

• Paul Callaghan and Eleanor Butler, Discover Children’s Story Centre, Stratford
• Kathrine Sandys, freelance practitioner working across live performance, landscape, visual and sonic arts
• Dan Bird, Artistic Director, Bad Physics, immersive theatre for young people
• Chris Elwell, Half Moon Theatre, director of Dig and Delve
• David Broster, author of “Being There: an examination of how children respond and interact to an ‘immersive’ theatre environment”, Theatre for Young Audiences: A Critical Handbook
• Jeremy Harrison, Head of the TYA Research Centre and Leader of MA TYA, Rose Bruford College.

In the afternoon participants are invited to explore the Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford, London.

4.30pm – at Half Moon Theatre: a special performance of Dig and Delve, a show for 3 – 7 year olds inspired by outdoor spaces, a collaboration between Rose Bruford College third year students and Half Moon Theatre.

5:30pm question and answer/plenary event at the Half Moon.

]]> http://www.panek.org.uk/news/narrative-spaces-for-children-and-young-people/feed 0 http://www.panek.org.uk/news/head-hand-head http://www.panek.org.uk/news/head-hand-head#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 12:05:21 +0000 panek http://www.panek.org.uk/?p=3201 A new solo performance  by performer and theatre-maker, Laura Jane Dean

Wednesday 30th May 2013, 7.30pm

Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate

In the backseat of a car an unassuming conversation takes dark and vicious root in the psyche of Laura Jane Dean. What we tell ourselves about the world, its simple probabilities and routine certainties, mortal dangers and not-so mortal dangers, … Read more

1st June, 8pm, £10, Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate

More dates to follow: 3rd August; 5th October and 7th December

Friday 24th May, 9am – 12pm

The Beaney | The Learning Lab | 18 High Street | Canterbury |CT1 2BD

Rod will lead a participatory (and fun) workshop in approaching developing our small business operations, practice development or building the career we desire or raising our profile.  The aim: your success, as you see and want it, doing things they way you like.

More details here To book contact direct – details below.

• Full members of Kent Creative Live have their place included and guaranteed.
• Flexible members can book for £30.
• Non members are also welcome, the fee being £40..

Afterwards, feel free to break out into the galleries and take a look at the curiosities and art on offer elsewhere in the Beaney.

You will receive a 10% off voucher for use in the Beaney café.

Nathalie Banaigs

T:  01795 597 576 
E: nathalie@kentcreativearts.co.uk

Free.  No need to book.  There are activities for adults, children and families; prizes of free tickets to productions and refreshments. If you’ve never been before, we’d especially like you to come!  Come and support this gem of a theatre.

Special guest is writer Geraldine McCaughrean who wrote the sequel to Peter Pan. Her recent book ‘The Positively Last Performance’ was based on the Theatre Royal Margate and tales from Margate residents.

Dream: the joy of creating with Oily Cart, is the second of our collaborations with TYAUK. The event is designed to offer professional practitioners from the UK and Europe the chance to work with leading companies and artists from the UK TYA sector. This year will focus on the extraordinary work of Oily Cart and will be led by its founding members: Artistic Director  Tim Webb MBE, Claire De Loon, the Head of Design and Musical Director Max Reinhardt.

There are eight places available for UK practitioners and four fully funded places for applicants from Europe and the broader ASSITEJ community. The event is funded by Rose Bruford College’s TYA Centre, TYAUK, Ashford Borough Council and Kent County Council.

Date: 30th September – 5th October 2013

Venue: The Jasmin Vardimon Production Space, Stour Centre, Ashford, Kent TN23 1PL

Fee for UK participants: £100

Applicants are required to send a CV and supporting statement.

Closing date for UK participants: 21st July 2013.

 To apply or for more information:

e: jeremy.harrison@bruford.ac.uk

t: 0208 308 2644

Applicants must be experienced practitioners or facilitators (minimum 3 years experience)

Weds 22 May, 2pm, free

University Centre Folkestone, Mill Bay, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1JG

Crowdfunding is fast becoming one of the most popular ways for artists and creatives to raise money. But is it as easy as it sounds? What is involved in a crowd funding campaign? In this intensive one hour workshop, Crista Cloutier will discuss the recent trends in crowd funding as she reveals the successes and challenges faced during her recent Indiegogo project.

Participants will learn:

- What is crowd funding and how does it work?

- How to choose the right platform

- How to approach budgets

- The importance of planning and implementation

- The hidden values of crowd funding

- Dealing with failures and setback

- Tips and tricks

Actively involved in the contemporary art world throughout her career, Crista Cloutier works internationally as a writer, artist, playwright, and educator. For more information go to

FREE to attend but booking essential – contact Jane Seaman – jane.seaman@canterbury.ac.uk /  01303 847042   or 07540 668635. 

An invitation from Anne-Marie Quigg, Frances Rifkin and Ellan Parry:

The first study of workplace bullying in the arts revealed that in UK theatres and arts centres, two in every five employees had been targeted by a bully.  This is an invitation to people in all roles working in the arts to discuss the issue of workplace bullying.

Anne-Marie (Author of ‘Bullying in the Arts’, Gower, 2011)
Having worked in the cultural sector in a variety of roles all my professional life, I became interested in the way some people, especially managers, behaved towards colleagues. I decided to find out whether workplace bullying was as prevalent in the arts as research had demonstrated it was in other employment sectors, such as the armed forces, the health service and higher education. It turned out to be more prevalent than any of these.
We want to talk about bullying problems with artists, audiences, venues and funders, so that we can put actions in place to provide better support in and for the cultural sector.

Frances (Chair of Equity’s ITAC, theatre director)
I’m a member of Equity and look to it to support me but, and it’s a big but, how do we overcome our personal fears and issues about complaining, being picked out by employers and colleagues as “difficult”, “uncooperative”? The pressures affect artists at all levels. Over my career, I’ve been bullied and fired by people who should have had more self-respect.  The question I have to ask myself as a director and workshop leader is: “Do I ever bully?  Would I realise if I was doing it?”  We need to allow ourselves into the equation too.  As chair of Equity’s Independent Theatre Arts Committee I’ve had lots of opportunities to think about the issues – come and join us.

Ellan (Scenographer)
I called a session at D&D this year called Dealing With D*ckheads, after personally dealing with, or witnessing, a succession of people getting away with, even being rewarded for, what I thought was horrible, horrible behaviour. It was a fun and fascinating session, but perhaps the most useful thing to come out of it was the word ‘bullying’.  I think we have a problem with bullying in our industry, and a big part of that is not seeing it when it happens.  We not only tolerate it, sometimes we seem to encourage it, reward, fetishise and maybe even take perverse enjoyment in it.  We use words like ‘drama’, ‘creative process’, ‘diva’, ‘artistic integrity’, ‘rule-breaking’, ‘risk-taking’, when often what we’re really talking about is people just behaving badly.  Behaving in ways that would absolutely be called bullying if we were all still at school.  Behaving in ways that other industries and workplaces would deem completely unacceptable.  What is it about our industry that allows this?  Are we all so proud of being allowed to swear and wear painty jeans to work that we’ve forgotten how to be decent to each other?  Are we afraid that all our creativity will wither and die if we’re not allowed to throw tantrums and screwdrivers?  Do we all just need to grow up?

Come and have an argument about this.  Come and have a nice calm chat over a cup of tea and a biscuit.  Come with a friend, or even better, an enemy: we need to talk…

The evening runs using Open Space technology which gives anyone the chance to propose a starting point for discussion, then take part in one of these conversations, flit between them all, or head to the bar.

Ellan’s reports from D&D 8 can be viewed HERE
A recent article in the Guardian about bullying in the creative industries can be found HERE

Later in June, Anne Marie Quigg will be running workshops in London and Leeds on “Workplace Bullying – What it is and what you can do about it”. For more details, please contact sarah@improbable.co.uk.

Propeller Theatre Company presents all-male productions of TWELFTH NIGHT and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, two comedies full of mistaken identities, transformations and deceptions that reveal truth at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th June.

In SHREW a man playing a boy dresses up as a girl which confuses Christopher Sly whilst in TWELFTH NIGHT a man plays a girl disguised as a boy which confuses everybody.

Padua and Illyria, illusion or reality? Does it matter? What begins as a trick played on a drunken groom in Padua, ends in the bittersweet confusions of an island called Illyria.

Both plays explore beautifully how being in love with the wrong person reveals true feeling as Shakespeare asks us to examine what makes happiness.

“propeller has become one of the finest and most distinctive acting ensembles in the country.” The Daily Telegraph

“in what at first sight seems an unlikely yoking – Twelfth Night with The Taming of The shrew – propeller’s talents are at full, impressive stretch.” The Observer

“as directed by Edward Hall, the propeller company specializes in knuckle-duster Shakespeare that digs for the harshness beneath the lyricism. funny, antic, bawdy: the
productions are all these expected things. But they also make sure that the chuckles stick in your throat. The poetry may still be pretty; the comedy definitely is not.” New York Times

The purpose of this new role is to develop audiences for each Pot Luck event in conjunction with the Pot Luck management team and host venues and to raise the profile of Pot Luck and Accidental Collective within the national theatre / performance sector.

Please read the full brief and send applications to potluck@accidentalcollective.co.uk by email with ‘Marketing Officer’ in the subject box.

Deadline for applications: 5pm, Friday 31^st May 2013

A short-list of applicants will be invited to discuss their applications in detail with the Pot Luck team on Friday 7^th June 2013 probably at Creek Creative in Faversham

Please feel free to contact cathy@futuredream.net or Phoebe at phoebe.marsh@gmail.com if you would like to discuss the post and your work before applying. We look forward to hearing from you.