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Dateline:
13th October, 2002
Soho Writers' Festival 2002
The third annual Soho Writers’ Festival, a celebration of new
writing across theatre, film, television, radio and comedy, begins on
Monday 4th November and runs for three weeks until Saturday 23rd November.
Special Events
Verity Bargate Award 2002 winner announcement and festival launch
Monday 4th November, 5.30pm, Café Lazeez
Free event
The announcement of the winner of the biennial national playwrighting
competition. Supported by Really Useful Theatres.
Walk Me Home
Throughout festival. No booking necessary. Come to Soho Theatre box
office
Free event
Artist Edith-Marie Pasquier has collaborated with residents of Soho
and Westminster to create a CD of Sonic Walks that will be installed
at the Sackler Centre of Arts Education at the Serpentine Gallery and
Soho Theatre. Walk Me Home takes a wry and intimate look at a
city in flux and the individuals who are part of its everyday life.
This project is organised by the Serpentine Gallery and Soho Theatre
and is supported by Bloomberg.
Write Now
Monday 18th Friday 22nd November, 6.30pm, Café Lazeez
Free event
A daily dramatic response to events of the past 24 hours; ten minutes
of immediate theatre by writers working with Soho Theatre Company. Written
in the morning, rehearsed in the afternoon, performed in the evening.
Live Literature
Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the festival, dates below, 7pm
Tickets: £10 (£8 discounts)
This programme features leading contemporary writers and has been guest-curated
by Alexei Sayle and co-ordinated by Robert Kirby of Literary Agency
pfd. Sponsored by CSS-Stellar and supported by London Arts.
An Evening with Will Self
Monday 4th November, 7pm
In his new novel, Dorian: An Imitation, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s
masterpiece, Will Self takes a savage look at the fin de siècle
through the jaded eyes of Henry Wotton, snob, drug addict and self-hating
homosexual.
Alexei Sayle will introduce Will Self who will read from the book.
How to Write the Perfect Sitcom
Tuesday 5th November, 7pm
What makes the perfect sitcom? How to make an art - and a living - out
of making people laugh, and laugh, and laugh. Alexei Sayle in conversation
with Graham Linehan (co-writer of Father Ted and Black Books),
David Renwick (writer of One Foot In The Grave and Jonathan
Creek) and Andrew Marshall (writer of Two Point Four Children
and Dad).
Voices from Palestine
Monday 11th November, 7pm
An evening of Palestinian words and music, and original perspectives
on the peace process. Chaired by Alexei Sayle, the event will involve
Nicholas Blincoe (philosopher, broadcaster and novelist), Ghada Karmi
(Palestinian writer and émigré), Samir El-Youssef (London-based
Palestinian writer) and Ahdaf Soueif (Egyptian novelist). Internationally
acclaimed singer and researcher of Palestinian and Arabic music, Reem
Kelani, will also perform.
I, Cyborg: Professor Kevin Warwick in conversation with Robert
Llewellyn
Tuesday 12th November, 7pm
Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading
and the world’s first cybernetic organism - part human, part machine.
Discussing his recently published I, Cyborg, Kevin unveils how
in 1998 he shocked the international scientific community by having
a silicon-chip transpoder surgically implanted in his arm. Robert Llewellyn
is a writer and actor best known for his role as Kryten in Red Dwarf.
Diaspora London
Monday 18th November, 7pm
Four London based writers, including Maggie Gee, Charles Buchan and
Toby Litt, read their work from an anthology Diaspora London
(Arcadia Books). A profound insight into the experience of exile and
migration, the creation of community and the translation of identity.
Chaired by Alexei Sayle. In association with London Arts and Arcadia
Books.
What’s Happened to Civil Liberties and Free Speech Since 9/11?
Tuesday 19th November, 7pm
America's trauma and the narrowing of democracy. A panel discussion
with Alexei Sayle, Mark Thomas (comedian), John Wadham (Liberty), Nick
Fielding (News Editor, The Times) and Rear Admiral Nick Wilkinson (Secretary
of the D Notice Committee).
Open Access Writing Workshops
Dates below, 7 9pm
Tickets: £15 (£8 discounts)
A varied and exciting series of practical sessions designed to be an
invaluable resource for writers at any stage of their career led by
some of Britain’s leading theatre practitioners working in new
writing today.
Writing Soap Opera led by Lin Coghlan
Monday 4th November
Lin Coghlan has written widely for film, theatre, radio and television.
TV credits include The Bill, Grange Hill and EastEnders.
Through practical exercises and discussion, participants will create
a series of key moments from a fictional episode of EastEnders
and explore some of the issues at the heart of getting a draft of a
soap opera from page to screen.
Told By An Idiot: Writing in the Room A Workshop in Devised
Theatre
Tuesday 5th November
Exploring the games and ‘play’ inherent in making theatre
from an inspiration, an influence, or simply out of nothing, stimulating
the writer to think visually, create language, and begin to 'write in
the room'. Led by the Artistic Directors of Told By An Idiot.
Tamasha Theatre Company: Improvisation into Text
Wednesday 6th November
Kristine Landon-Smith, Artistic Director of Tamasha Theatre Company,
will work with a group of actors using her particular technique of ‘hotseating’
and improvisation as a starting point for developing a text. She will
also share some of the methods she uses in schools to develop an intra-cultural
curriculum in the drama classroom.
The Red Room: Developing Political Theatre
Thursday 7th November
Lisa Goldman, Artistic Director of The Red Room, and commissioned writer
Kay Adshead in conversation about writing, developing and directing
new political plays. Followed by a Q&A session for participants.
Theatre Royal Stratford East: Writing Musical Theatre Creating
a Character Song
Friday 8th November
Writers will work with composers from the Theatre Royal Stratford East’s
‘Musical Theatre Project’ working in a number of contemporary
popular music styles using a photograph as the stimulus to create a
character song or soundscape.
Writing Pictures in Sound led by Nicholas McInerny
Monday 11th November
Radio drama offers the most realistic opportunity for new writers to
have their work produced. Drawing on his experience of writing more
than fifteen radio plays, Nicholas McInerny will give useful and practical
tips for writing a good radio drama.
Paines Plough: The Playwright’s Voice
Tuesday 1th November
Led by Paines Plough, one of Britain’s leading new writing theatre
companies, this workshop aims to encourage writers to explore their
individuality.
Shared Experience: Adaptation
Wednesday 1th November
Exploring the process of making novels into theatre led by Shared Experience’s
joint Artistic Director Polly Teale. The company is known for its spectacular
adaptations of classics such as Jane Eyre, War and Peace,
Anna Karenina, Mill on the Floss and The Magic Toyshop.
Non-Fiction Theatre Company: Dialogue
Monday 18th November
NFTC gather and record actual speech and conversation, shape it, and
perform it live using headphones. Artistic Director Mark Wing-Davey
will examine naturalistic speech and aim to expand the writer’s
imagination and sense of possibility.
Polka Theatre for Children: Writing for Young Audiences
Tuesday 19th November
What should we write for children? What are the boundaries? Richard
Shannon, Director of New Writing, will explore these questions, and
Roman Stefanski, Associate Director of Polka and a master puppeteer,
will demonstrate the use of puppets and look at masks, music and space.
Together they examine the rich variety of theatrical forms available
when writing for children.
Yellow Earth: Cultural Diversity
Wednesday 20th November
Artistic Director, David K.S. Tse, will explore different approaches
to writing new British work that aspires to be accessible, culturally
diverse and relevant to a multicultural audience. Participants should
be prepared to do some physical and vocal work.
Graeae Theatre Company: Writing Inclusively
Thursday 21st November
Led by Artistic Director Jenny Sealey, this practical workshop will
explore new ways of incorporating artistic accessibility into writing
and asks 'what does access really mean?' Graeae's aim is to redress
the exclusion of people with physical and sensory impairments from performance
and develop high quality, pioneering theatre in its aesthetic and content.
Company of Angels: Writing For Teenagers
Friday 22nd November,
Led by John Retallack, writer, director and founder of Company of Angels
which produces new and experimental work for teenagers. This workshop
will take a fresh approach to an area of writing that is sometimes seen
as didactic and worthy.
An Introduction to Writing for Performance: David Eldridge
Monday 4th Thursday 7th November, 2 5pm each day (participants
must sign up for full four days)
Tickets: £60 (£45 discounts)
This four-day practical workshop led by writer David Eldridge will cover
some key elements on playwriting. Story, shape and structure; conflict
and settings; character; action, language and dynamic back story. For
writers at any stage of their development.
David Eldridge won the Time Out Live Award 2001 for Best New Play in
the West End for Under The Blue Sky which premiered at the Royal
Court. He is currently the Soho Theatre Playwright in Residence at advertising
agency TBWA-GGT. Supported by A&B New Partners.
Soho Young Writers’ Taster Workshop
Saturday 23rd November, 11am 6pm
Free event
Open to anyone aged 14 25, this ‘play in a day’ workshop
will introduce participants to the basics of dramatic storytelling.
To reserve a place contact Tessa Walker on 020 7478 0114 or email tessa@sohotheatre.com.
Perfomance bookings: 020 7478 0100
All other events: 020 7478 0151
Writers' Festival Pass £20 (concession rate tickets for all festival
events (excluding The Script Factory’s SCENE), plus 10% discount
on all food and drink served in Café Lazeez during the festival).
The Soho Writers’ Festival 2002 is supported by Bloomberg.
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