A symposium with the National Theatre of Scotland and Citizens Theatre

Wednesday, 5 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

The National Theatre of Scotland and the Citizens Theatre are inviting interested individuals to explore future possibilities in creating and sharing theatre across professional and community contexts.

Leading up to this event and in partnership with ArtWorks Scotland, The National Theatre of Scotland is taking 6 established Scottish Artists to Philadelphia to take part in a summer lab with People’s Light Theatre Company. Peoples’ Light have invested in a comprehensive training programme for their artists ensemble, teaching artists and staff to skill them up and expose them to creating high quality  professional work with non-professionals.

The Scottish artists working with the company in 2012 across a professional and community context are:

Simon Sharkey – Associate Director of National Theatre of Scotland

MJ McCarthy – Freelance Musician and Composer

Janice Parker – Freelance Choreographer and movement specialist

Rachel O’Neill – Freelance visual artist and lecturer

Martin Travers – Writer

Catrin Evans – Theatre director and activist

During the summer lab the Scottish artists have been asking the questions:

What factors are influencing quality in this work?

What skills am I learning?
You can keep in touch with their responses to  these question and the work on http://futurepossibletheatre.posterous.com/

If you are interested in requesting a place on this event which follows on from the summer lab please contact the Citizens box office on
http://citizenslearning.wufoo.com/forms/registration-form/

More About ArtWorks

ArtWorks: Developing Practice in Participatory Settings is a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Special Initiative with funding and support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Creativity Culture & Education (supported by Arts Council England) and the Cultural Leadership Programme. ArtWorks Scotland is partner funded by Creative Scotland.