Proposing a Project
Tuesday 21st July
10am - 12 noon
ZOOM
Proposing a project can be stressful and as directors we invariably spend more of our time talking about our work than we do making it. The ability to be able to clearly and concisely articulate the tone and texture of our work can be a key step in getting it to a rehearsal room but often we find ourselves having these conversations before ever really knowing what we might end up making.
In this workshop director Caitriona Shoobridge will share tools for streamlining initial thoughts for a production and ideas on how we can most effectively communicate them to others.
We will focus on:
- Quickly accessing the major idea of your work
- Giving a clear picture of yourself as an artist
- Translating images - helping us to see it.
- Context - Knowing who you’re talking to.
This is a practical workshop. Directors should come along with a project in mind that they would like to make in the future, this can be a play or a devised piece. You can bring any idea, although it must not be something that you have already fully realised. There will be opportunities to work on your idea alone and in groups and some time for discussion at the end.
Please click the sign up button to let us know you will be joining us. Zoom details will be emailed to you the day before.
Caitriona is currently Resident Director (Directors Program) at the Young Vic and was a recipient of the Genesis Future Directors Award. Directing credits include: WHERE DO WE GO NEXT (W14 Productions, Bunker Theatre) SHOOT/GET TREASURE / REPEAT (ALRA South) IVAN AND THE DOGS (Young Vic) KILLYMUCK (Bunker Theatre) MIRANDA (Almeida, Workshop) YERMA (Young Vic, Taking Part). As an associate / assistant director she has worked for Young Vic, Almeida, Headlong and BAC. Caitriona trained at the Young Vic and on the NT Studio Director’s Course.
RTYDS is currently curating the Young Vic Directors Programme. You don’t need to be a member of the Genesis Network to take part in this session, but you do need to be a professional director, designer or producer and not in full time education.
You can find out more about the Young Vic Genesis Network and sign up here.
The Genesis Network is funded by the Genesis Foundation