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Creative Midlands West

New Writing at the Birmingham Rep

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Writers' Guild West Midlands Branch Event

Date: Monday 17th September 2012

Time: 7:30pm

Venue: St George's Court, 1 Albion Street Birmingham B1 3AH

Please note this is a Writers' Guild members only event.

Meet Roxana Silbert, new Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep, Tessa Walker, Associate Director and Caroline Jester, Dramaturg to discuss their strategy for developing new writing at Birmingham Rep.

Roxana has a strong track record of working with writers in her previous roles as Associate Director of the RSC, Artistic Director of Paines Plough, Literary Director at the Traverse Theatre and Associate Director, Royal Court. Tessa and Caroline also have great experience in working with writers. This is an exciting opportunity to talk about the future of new writing at the Rep as it prepares to move back into its newly-developed building in 2013.

This is a members-only event but this includes student members, candidate members and affiliate members as well as full members. If you're not a member, you can join at www.writersguild.org.uk/join-the-guild

There will also be an opportunity after the event for members to discuss West Midlands Branch activity and committee membership.

Please reserve a place by emailing Jenny Stephens at: WMidWritersGuild@aol.com

Please also let Jenny know if you have a branch matter you want to raise or wish to be considered for the regional committee.

Film & TV Scripts

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:20 AM PDT

A note from Jenny Stephens:

I've just started as the Artistic Director at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and we're looking for various scripts for our TV and Film training. I'm sorry that it's unpaid but you'll obviously get copies of any films or scenes that are made. We're looking for:

Film 1: 20-30 min. with a cast of 2 men and 3 women.

Film 2: 20-30min. with a cast of 5 men and 2 women.

For both films the parts need to be fairly equitable as each actor needs to have a roughly similar amount of screen time.

The films need to be able to be made in Bristol (they don't have to be specifically set in Bristol but we need to be able to find locations fairly easily here). Also, because of design logistics, we can't do period drama.

We would need you to come along for a day or two during production and there would be travel and an attendance allowance for this.

Film 1 preps in the week of 8th October and shoots the week of 15th October.

Film 2 preps the week of 21st Jan 2013 and shoots the week of 28th Jan.

We're also looking for various two or three hander scenes of about 3 mins duration that would be easy to shoot in living rooms or offices etc. Mainly for 2 characters but scenes for 3 characters would also work. The actors are in their early 20s to early 30s. Old scenes from 'Doctors' or other TV dramas would be good, or any things that you'd like to see made….

The films and scenes are used for training and showcasing the students.

If you have any suitable scripts (or want to have a go at writing one) then let me know. (You can always run an idea past me to see if it's suitable).

We need to have scripts for consideration for Film 1 and scenes by 10th September and for Film 2 by 30thNovember. We'd then make a decision on which scripts we're going with within about two weeks.

Email submissions (or any questions) to me at jenny.stephens@oldvic.ac.uk.

The Caravan Show by Bone Ensemble

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:16 AM PDT

The Caravan Show by Bone Ensemble

Come and enjoy a new work in progress performance.

NEW DATES ADDED DUE TO DEMAND!

Join Jill in her real-life caravan for an enchanting experience just for you, where the loos are chemical and make everything turn blue! You become part of the show too, as we go on a caravan adventure together, finding secrets in cupboards, try out the fold down beds, and discover what lies behind the fridge door…

Help us to pilot this new work in collaboration with mac birmingham.

In a change to the brochure this event is a sharing.

Children 5-11 – and their adults!

Running time: approx 20 minutes.

Prices:

Maximum four audience members at a time.

£3 for 1 child and 1 adult

£6 for 2 adults and 2 children

Development Officer: Geese Theatre Company

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:12 AM PDT

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Development Officer, a key role to develop our fundraising strategy, which supports our work with offenders. The role will support the delivery of our Arts Council Catalyst Award by developing and increasing income from Trusts and Foundations, individuals and businesses.

For more information and an application pack, please email mailbox@geese.co.uk, clearly marking 'Recruitment' in the subject line.

Actor required for The Falstaff Experience

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:11 AM PDT

Would you like to be William Shakespeare strutting around his beautiful home town of of Stratford upon Avon? Is this the ultimate role for any actor!

Tudor World at the Falstaff Experience is an independent and award-winning museum, set within an historic building in the heart of Stratford upon Avon and just 50 yards from the RSC. The museum provides the public with an 'experience' of the past, with authentic recreations of Tudor England in a series of exhibits. History is made accessible through tours.

Job Spec

Description:

We are looking for a friendly, theatrical and committed person/s to undertake guided tours of Stratford upon Avon in the character of William Shakespeare (each tour lasts around 90 minutes) alongside our other highly talented actors.

Full training provided.

Duties, skills and experience:

  • To be the first point of contact with visitors.
  • To be able to stay in the character of William Shakespeare.
  • To undertake tours.
  • To dress in appropriate costume (provided).
  • To have an interest in Shakespeare desirable.
  • Within easy commutable distance preferred.
  • Good interpersonal skills and an interest in working with the public.
  • The ability to work as part of a small team.
  • Enthusiasm.

This is a part-time / hourly paid position.

For a friendly chat or to find out more, please contact Janet Ford or Ben Pugh on 01789 298070.

Please send CV and covering letter to info@falstaffexperience.co.uk

Job Vacancy: Theatre Development Officer (University of Wolverhampton)

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:10 AM PDT

School of Sport, Performing Arts & Leisure/ Arena Theatre

Theatre Development Officer (30 month contract)

£25,251 – £27,578 pa

This post is temporary until 31 March 2015

Wolverhampton

An experienced arts professional is required on a 30 month contract to develop and implement a three year development strategy at the Arena Theatre to meet the KPIs set by the Arts Council for engagement, fundraising and outreach.

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent with substantial experience in arts development and with a background delivering innovative and impactful arts activity.

You will have a comprehensive understanding of arts funding and will be able to contribute to growing audience numbers and revenue generation, deputising as appropriate for the Venue Manager.

You will demonstrate a wide range of personal and interpersonal skills, be well organised, able to work under pressure and use your own initiative to progress multiple tasks within a given timescale. Ref A5894

 Closing date: 19 August 2012.

For more information about this post and to apply online, go to our website www.wlv.ac.uk/jobs

The University of Wolverhampton values a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

West Horizons Co. presents the world premiere of Queue

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 03:06 AM PDT

Queue – we all have to do it. Join this one to discover how order can lead to disorder in a supposedly rational system… segments or juice? Seat yourself in the sub-wait as we explore this strange yet common occurrence. Dynamic new play. Cast includes BA Acting graduates.

Written by Collene Louisa Webb, Queue is a mixture of drama and comedy/satire, with the general feel of absurd theatre. Collene has taken inspiration from personal experiences, news articles and Pinter's style. In one moment, Queue is quite ridiculous, but in the next it is true to life and explores our convention of queuing on a deeper level.

Queuing situations from the traffic jam to the telephone to the 'truly remarkable' handkerchief at the museum which everyone wants to see, and many more. The playwright contemplates the themes of time versus money, loneliness in a crowd and how society's obsession with politeness can compromise fairness. Queue is an intimate three-hander where the actors perform five diverse characters each. There is also a voice-over actor and some original music composed by the playwright.

West Horizons Co. is a group of emerging theatre and music professionals, newly formed by Collene Webb and Rebecca Hulse, who have recently graduated with BA (Hons) Acting. Performing alongside them is actor Robert Lehmann who is currently training at CSSD, as well as voice-overs by Elaine Hickman. The designers/technicians will be Liam Kelly and Vickie Bull, who are BA (Hons) Theatre Design & Production graduates.

Join the Queue and West Horizons Co. at International 2, Sweet Grassmarket, previews from 2nd to 4th and performance run from 6th to 17th August.

Contacts:

Company email: westhorizonsco@yahoo.co.uk

www.facebook.com/WestHorizonsCo

www.twitter.com/WestHorizonsCo

Bronia Sawyer makes exciting contemporary works of art using paper and books. Le...

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 08:15 AM PDT

Bronia Sawyer makes exciting contemporary works of art using paper and books. Learn some of Sawyer's interesting techniques at her free craft workshop here at Solihull Gallery.


Craft Workshop for Adults with Artist Bronia Sawyer
Thursday, August 30 at 6:30pm in UTC+01 at Homer Road, B913RG Solihull

What a glorious sunny day for a cup of tea with artist Bronia Sawyer! Join the a...

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:46 AM PDT

What a glorious sunny day for a cup of tea with artist Bronia Sawyer! Join the artist this evening for a delicious brew and a unique insight into her practice. Tea drinkers may even get a specially made work by Bronia to take home with them.


Tea and a Good Book with Bronia Sawyer
Yesterday at 6:00pm in UTC+01 at Homer Road, B913RG Solihull
Posted by Creative Midlands at 7/27/2012 12:05:00 pm

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