The end of our time with Tom Espiner and the conclusion today of a workshop process that has yielded so much for me and my fellow theatrical collaborators. We spent our session this afternoon in a somewhat dreary rehearsal space, lit awfully and interrupted by a monsoon....BUT what ideas, what debate and what rigorous feedback flowed.
Claudio, then Nick made comment on the joy of such feedback and I am glad that I spoke with Tom at the end of last week to ensure that this sort of session happened. It was fascinating and exciting to hear groups respond to their audience and for me selfishly, to see the process (throughout the week) of ideas making, realising and defending. All of the groups were given their feedback fairly and equally and this was refreshing. We are all here to expose ourselves really, to expose our work to the scrutiny of others and I think today proved that we can all learn so much by engaging our audiences in open discussion.
Just looking through my notebook I really have been able to draw connections between ways of working and the sort of work that materialises. It has been fruitful to take a week where the pressure is not on working as a maker but being an active audience member, being honest and supportive to the exciting work that happens. Yes, there were pieces not to my taste and some that were, for me as an audience member exciting and provocative. However, being able to work as an observer and learn through Tom's sessions and generous support of the group as a whole that there are exciting ways to work with sound and darkness will stay with me.
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