Event overview
Change of Location
As a result of an informal conversation in 2005, four playwrights have embarked on a journey together to write a play, discovering each other’s cultures and approaches to theatre along the way. They meet in each other’s cities, talk to leading theatre makers there and explore why and how each playwright writes for performance.
‘The play’s the thing’ - but the practical question of how four established playwrights from different cultures work together puts into perspective a wider set of questions about intercultural dialogue: Why attempt it? What have they discovered? About themselves as well as the others? What connects them across their differences? And what sort of production will this literally cosmopolitan play become?
On Friday 5th June, the Pinter Centre for Performance and Creative Writing will be hosting an opportunity to find out what has been achieved so far and about the personal and practical challenges involved. Playwrights David Lindemann (winner of the Stückemarkt, Berlin Theatertreffen) and Gabriel Gbadamosi (the Pinter Centre’s AHRC Creative Fellow) together with dramaturg/administrator Terry Ezra will be talking about and reading fragments of the playwrights’ work, illustrated by video footage and photographs.
Afterwards there will be the opportunity to talk to the playwrights directly over wine and something to eat.
‘Berlin-London-Kampal-Minsk: Four Writers, Four Cities: Collaborative Writing for Performance’, 5-7pm, Friday, 5th June, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, University of London. For directions, see: http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/
If you would like to attend this event or to be kept up to date with developments in the project, please mail: terryezra@hotmail.com
Pinter Centre for Performance and Creative Writing
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2009 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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