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Full Programme

Monday 20th August 2007

9.45am-12pm THEATRELAB - An introduction to organisational theatre

This workshop will give actors, directors, performers, and writers a grounding in the sharp ideas and deep practices of taking theatre into business and organisational contexts.

Organisational theatre is a vibrant, world-wide genre of theatre, with training and schools in the methods of Augusto Boal, Forum Theatre and Role Play.

This workshop focuses on the unique brand of award-winning organisational theatre practiced in the UK by Rational Madness. Paul levy will lead a session which he will be taking around the UK, Ireland, Slovenia and Canada later in the year. The session will focus on the work of Brecht, Critical Incident Theatre, and Theatre of Objective Mirroring

This is also an opportunity for actors wishing to get involved with the professional work of Rational Madness to come and show what they can do in this field. There are some UK and overseas-based places to get on the books of the theatre company.

12pm-2.30pm - Theatre Workshop - THE PASSIONATE VOYAGE:
You and Your Creativity

This workshop moves you from an identification with your motivation, takes you on a voyage into your creative process, and transforms this creative energy into action. We all want to be inspired, we just have to give ourselves permission. Imagine outside of the box.

We can offer you the tools. The workshop presenters are Lin Grist, Director, Chrysalis Consulting International, practitioner in Open Space and NLP and Ron East, Director, The School of Physical Theatre, master teacher and writer/director. Together they bring their acting, directing, writing, teaching, coaching and change agent expertise to facilitate your creative process.

2.30pm - 4pm - WRITERS’ LAB - writing for business and organisational theatre

For writers seeking new income streams and audiences for their work, here is a practical opportunity to find out about how writing for the world of business and organisational theatre can add a new “string to your bow”. We’ll work with concrete examples and look at the practices and opportunities in this field. Insights will be shared about the craft of writing for organisational audiences with some performed examples.
We’ll also look at simple screenplay writing for incorporating film into organisational theatre writing. This is a one-off, unique event!

4.15pm - 5pm Theatre and Collusion Breaking - a talk and slide show by Paul Levy

Director of Rational Madness Theatre (winner of the Arts and Business Insight Award 2005), paul Levy will give an overview of Theatre of Collusion-Breaking, Theatre of the Objective Mirror and also Critical Incident Theatre - three pioneering developments in the field of organisational theatre. There’ll be some stories from the field and a chance for discussion and debate. New, different and engaging. Open to all interested in an innovative and growing genre in the theatre world.

Tuesday 21st August 2007

9.30am Croissants and Collusion Breaking

“The Dance of Non-Challenge”, the Collusion of Mediocrity was introduced to acclaim at Brighton’s own Catalyst Club in 2005, and then again in 2006. The collusion of mediocrity is a powerful and fatalistic, yet somehow positive take on why soceity, organisations and artistic work can tend towards mediocrity.

An ideal session for managers, leaders, facilitators, trainers and change agents who are interested in impactful, authentic and lasting change and improvement in individuals, organisations and society.

11.00am Tool in Ten Minutes - The Involutionary Brainstorm

Here we cram a half-day creativity workshop in ten-minutes. This short session brought the house down at the Brighton Science Festival in 2007, and then generated all kinds of ideas for putting up a new and better house in its place!

A very usable, drop-in session for busy managers, leaders, facilitators and trainers, and anyone who’d like to put some creative thinto solving a problem. Very nickable for workshops and meetings.

11.30am - 1pm - The Real Art of Facilitation - moving beyond mediocrity

A mini-workshop that offers the essential wisdom and practices or workshops that do not descend into nice and safe mediocrity but really get to grips with an agenda for change.

Ideal inspiration for business leaders, managers, trainers and facilitators

2pm-4pm Open Space Technology - the next frontier
Details and booking here.

Kerry Napuk and colleagues, well established open space wise folk and leaders in the field (founders of OpenSpace UK) take over the space (with our blessing) and share some experimental work. This is a one-off must for all those interested in emergent, agenda-free meeting processes that truly rely on participant-ownership and spontaneous change and improvement.

A great session for managers, leaders, change agents and facilitators. Open Space has also been widey used in the theatre world so writers, actors, directors and performers will also find much here to challenge and inspire.

4pm-5pm The Great Open Space Debate - Alternative Models of Open Space

EXTRA EVENTS

Wednesday 22nd August

11am - 12.30pm The Art and Science of Reviewing

Hosted by FringeReview.co.uk, we’ll share a controversial diiscussion about the process of Critiquing”. What is a good review? What is a bad review? This cross-over session will be of interest to both theatre critics and leaders and managers.

2pm- 4.30pm Intranet Artistry, sponsored and hosted by the Intranet Benchmarking Forum