OCTOBER 19 AND 20 A FESTIVAL of NEW WRITING in the DRAMA DEPARTMENT.
Following the success of last year's platforms on playwriting and dramaturgy, we're hosting a little festival of new writing for the theatre, in partnership with Writernet. There will be performances on the Friday evening, and on the Saturday we have platforms by visiting speakers and two performances. Guest speakers include David Prescott from Plymouth Theatre Royal, Anna Coombs from Hall for Cornwall, Nikki Sved from Theatre Alibi, Graham Ley from Exeter University, Sheila Hannon from Show of Strength, Marc beeson from MED Theatre, The Brewhouse Taunton, Forest Forge Writers, Theatre Upstairs.
This festival is about script and writer development and we are committed to developing a supportive critical discourse for writers through showing and discussing new work. While it is open to members of the South West New Writing Network, anyone wanting to come should contact me for information and an application form.
William Stanton
w.r.c.stanton@ex.ac.uk
PLAYWRITING AND DRAMATURGY RESEARCH SEMINARS / SYMPOSIA
During the academic year 2006-7 the Department of Drama held a series of seminars and platforms concerned with writing and dramaturgy. We set our remit quite broadly, but our focus was primarily on writing for live performance. Each seminar or platform featured speakers who spoke about their practice, and a respondent who convened the event and also drew out the key questions and problematics.
Each speaker was asked to set out their argument in a short paper, and those were posted on this site, as the events took place.
The list of events is below.
OCTOBER 4 2006
Graham Ley and Richard Hand: Translation from Classical Greek and French texts.
Click for an abstract of Graham's speech (PDF)
Click for an abstract of Richard's speech (PDF)
Graham Ley is Professor of Drama and Theory at Exeter, and Dr Richard Hand is Principle Lecturer in Drama at the University of Glamorgan. Both are also translators.
OCTOBER 6 2006
Keynote Speech: David Eldridge
Click for an abstract of David's speech (PDF)
David Eldridge is a graduate of the Exeter drama department and a playwright. His most recent production was Market Boy on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre in 2006
NOVEMBER 22 2006
Dorinda Hulton: Compositional Strategies for Making an Interdisciplinary Performance.
Click for an abstract of Dorinda's speech and Peter Thomson's notes (PDF)
Dorinda Hulton is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Exeter and also a director. In this paper she will be discussing compositional strategies in the making of a piece developed by ECHO-ARTS Living Arts Centre, Cyprus in collaboration with creative artists from Cyprus on both sides of the military border - and from Theatre Alibi UK.
DECEMBER 6 2006
Kaite O’Reilly and William Stanton: Personal, Political, Postcolonial.
Click for an abstract of Kaite's speech (PDF)
Click for an abstract of William's speech (PDF)
Click for Sarah Dickenson's response (PDF)
Kaite O’Reilly is a playwright and until September 2006 was AHRC Creative Fellow in the Drama Department at Exeter. William Stanton is Lecturer in Drama at Exeter and a playwright.
JANUARY 17 2007
Edward Kemp and David Lane: Dramaturgy at Work in UK Theatres.
Click for an abstract of David's speech (PDF)
Click for Cathy Turner's response (PDF)
Edward Kemp is a playwright and worked for the past two years as dramaturg at the Chichester Festival Theatre. David Lane is a freelance dramaturg and playwright.
FEBRUARY 14 2007
Howard Barker and David Edgar: After Naturalism.
Click for an abstract of Howard's speech (PDF)
Both playwrights have international reputations: Howard Barker for stage and radio plays that propose an uncompromisingly different dramaturgy; and David Edgar for his political writing for stage, radio and TV.
MARCH 14 2007
Synne Behrndt and Cathy Turner: New Dramaturgies.
Click for an abstract of Synne's and Cathy's speeches (PDF)
Dr Cathy Turner and Synne Behrndt both lecture in Performing Arts at the University of Winchester and are collaborating on a book on dramaturgy. Synne Behrndt is also a dramaturg and Cathy Turner is a writer for performance and a member of Wrights and Sites. She was AHRC Research Fellow in the Creative and Performing Arts at Exeter 2000-2003.
APRIL 25 2007
Writer Development: Reading the Future.
Click for a response from Chris Dunkley (PDF)
Martin Harvey works with actors on a new play. Discussion chaired by Chris Dunkley.
2.00 pm: workshop an discussion on the text of Carrot Cake, by Nikki Chowen.
4.30 pm: rehearsed reading of Carrot Cake
Martin Harvey is a freelance Director and Teaching Fellow at Exeter. Dr Chris Dunkley is a playwright and Lecturer in Drama at Northampton University. Nikki Chowen is studying in the Drama Department.
MAY 16 2007
Writer Development in Theatres: Lucy Davies (National Studio) and Ben Payne (Birmingham Rep).
Click for an abstract of Ben's speech (PDF)
Lucy Davies is director of the National Studio and Ben Payne is Associate Director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
AUGUST 13-17 2007
Playing Classical Comedy: a workshop on performing Aristophanes with Michael Ewans (translator), Graham Ley (dramaturg), Martin Harvey (director) and Mike Burns (actor).
Michael Ewans is the editor of four volumes of translations of Greek tragedies, published by Everyman. He is now working on Aristophanes, and this workshop will explore the skills required of the Aristophanic, comic performer. |
