Open Session: Practitioners Book Club
Wednesday 16th December
7.00 – 8.30pm
Text: Why Is That So Funny by John Wright (Part Four)
Each session we look at a chapter or two of a leading text for theatre-makers, offering:
- Motivation to read the text!
- Deeper understanding through discussion with peers
Sessions normally follow the format of:
- Sharing responses to the text
- Working in breakout groups to summarise a section or few pages, and sharing back – to consolidate understanding
- Discussion of how the theory/exercises could apply to your own work and current projects
The club is open to anyone interested in acting, directing and theatre-making, with any level of experience.
This session will be Part Four of Why Is That So Funny by John Wright. You can attend having read all of this section, part of this section (or the whole book!).
You can buy the text from Nick Hern Books who are offering a discount with the code: YVDIRECTORS30
Or for digital / second hand copies:
If you have barriers, financial or otherwise, to accessing the text, contact Joe on joe@joegr.co.uk
Please confirm you are attending this session by clicking the sign-up button above. Zoom details will be emailed to you on the day of the session.
Closed captions will be available for this session via Otter AI and details on how to use this will be provided on the day.
We will ensure that access provision is in place for all participants. Please let us know if you have any access requirements using the space on the sign up form so we can get appropriate provision in place.
Open Session is an initiative for directors, designers or producers on the Genesis Network to run a one-off session, discussion, or initiative. This is a peer-led session that is not curated by Young Vic.
Joe Gilmour-Rees is a theatre director making work in Manchester. He also runs podcast Manchester’s Big Theatre Podcast, providing in depth interviews with the city’s creatives. If you have any questions, feel free to email Joe on joe@joegr.co.uk