Inspiring Tomorrow's Audiences (ITA) conference |
The first ITA conference has now been and gone. A great day and wonderful to see so many representatives from both the arts and education. A report will be published on the arts4schools' site
within the next two to three weeks - we'll let everyone know once it's available.
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Events, workshops and productions |
Theatre Museum
What's On acting workshop: David Hare with Colin Ellwood
Sunday 16th February, 11.00 - 17.00
Tickets £10.00 (£8.00 concessions) Observers £5.00
David Hare's plays have chronicled social changes in British society for over 30 years With David's Hare's latest play The Breath of Life coming to the end of its West End run this is a opportunity to explore some of the themes and characters in Hare's plays.
This is a practical workshop with a maximum of 15 participants - observers are welcome.
The day will concentrate on scenes from Skylight (1996) and Amy's View (1998)
The day will be led by Colin Ellwood. Colin has directed at the Traverse Theatre, The Bridewell, The King's Head and the RSC. He has taught at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Colin is currently lecturing in Directing at Rose Bruford College.
ENO Tosca exploration afternoon
Sunday 23rd February 14.00 - 17.00
A day of exploration and discovery around Puccini's Tosca in association with the English National Opera
Tickets £15.00
As part of its current season ENO has mounted a new production of Giacomo Puccini's gripping tale of fidelity and treachery. Join us for what promises to be an exciting and stimulating afternoon as we discover the sources of Puccini's thriller, explore the history of Tosca productions at English National Opera and provide an opportunity to meet cast members of the current ENO production which opened last November to triumphant reviews. For information on current performances of Tosca go to www.eno.org
Tickets for these events are available by calling Malcolm Jones, Events Manager at the Theatre Museum on 020 7943 4804
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arts4schools' forum |
At the ITA conference we launched an online forum for teachers and arts organisations to share ideas, concerns and so on. Current topics include
funding for arts in schools; deprived areas and the arts; arts cuts and regional conferences. In addition, Tom Piper (soon to be associate designer for the RSC) has made a posting
about theatre design and education. He is keen to find out the areas in which teachers feel they are lacking in materials and skills so please do post ideas.
To make a posting go to www.arts4schools.com/forum. If you haven't used the forum before you will need to set up a user name and password.
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Events, workshops and productions - continued |
Action for Children's Arts (ACA) annual conference
Oxford Playhouse and Worcester College, University of Oxford
29-30 March 2003
Arts in Action: Children's choices - children's voices
ACA's 4th Annual Conference: a stimulating weekend for everyone dedicated to excellence in arts provision for children.
Speakers:
Joanna MacGregor - internationally acclaimed pianist
Jacqueline Wilson - award winning writer
Sandra Agard - Storyteller
Rebecca Eastmond - Director, Arts & Kids
Peter Jenkinson - Director, Creative Partnerships
Jane Pountney - Director, Children's Music Workshops
Louise Richards - Director, Motionhouse Dance Theatre
David Sulkind - National Foundation for Youth Music
Conference fees:
Individual rates: residential - £145; non-residential - £110
Corporate rates: residential - £195; non-residential - £160
(a limited number of bursaries may be available).
Booking forms available on the website
Contact: Elizabeth Greaves, 8 Woodcote Lane, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3HA
tel 020 8763 8066 email: conference@childrensarts.org.uk
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