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Dateline: 29th October, 2005
Scottish theatre company Grid Iron is heading to Beirut this November to work with theatre practitioners from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Tunisia. During a period of three weeks, from the 7th to 27th November, the company will perform their award-winning site-specific piece Those Eyes, That Mouth, as its subject matter and setting are of particular relevance to the socio-economic atmosphere in the region. However, the main focus of the visit is for Grid Iron to deliver technical and creative workshops to a group of young theatre practitioners with the aim of producing a local play Work in Progress which will be based on a culturally relevant theme. The workshops will feed into the production of the work in progress which will be developed and worked on collaboratively with a Lebanese theatre director. Creative Director of Grid Iron, Ben Harrison said, "Grid Iron are delighted to have the opportunity to remount Those Eyes, That Mouth in Beirut but are even more excited to be creating a brand new site-specific work in Arabic. We have no doubt that this will be a great adventure and hope it will be extremely fruitful for all concerned." The creative workshops will explore how to perform site-specific theatre, concentrating on the idea of playing in 360 degrees with the audience all around you and casting the audience as co-creators of the dramatic fiction. It will also involve sessions on how to see yourself and your work in relation to the architecture of the site. The technical workshops will focus on lighting, sound, stage management, set design, costume design and production. Grid Iron's policy is to produce "exciting new ensemble work across Scotland in a variety of spaces and locations, with a special commitment to accessibility, entertainment and innovation. "We operate a cross-disciplinary, collaborative structure that allows the involvement of artists and production crew from various media at all stages of the creative process." The project is organised under the auspices of the British Council. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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