Irish Street Arts, Circus & Spectacle Network - +353 87 9887530 - info@isacs.ie
Funded by website by Adam O’Keeffe
Liz Pugh
Masterclass “Clinic”
On the creation of large-scale outdoor work
Dates: Mon 21st of November
Times: 10am - 4pm
Cost:
Irish-Based Artists - Subsided by the Arts Council
€41
Overseas Artists - €81
Booking: 066 71230555 - Visa & Laser
Venue: Kerry School of Music,
Old Custom House, High St. Tralee, Co.Kerry.
This clinic is suitable for circus, street art and spectacle artists, makers, choreographers, directors, also we welcome other arts forms from dance and theatre, makers, choreographers, directors working on outdoor work, professionals only.
NOTE: All applicants must send a 50 word biography to adam@isacs.ie BEFORE booking this class.
SPACES LIMITED - Maximum 12 people
Applicants must be available for all days.
Too Big for its Boots?
An introduction to the challenges and delights of larger scale work, led by Liz Pugh, producer for Walk the Plank (www.walktheplank.co.uk) and director of several outdoor site-specific performances designed for large audiences, and a wide range of other events - including processions, parades, and fireshows - across the UK.
The workshop will offer an introduction to the design and delivery of larger scale work, borne out of the wisdom that comes from bitter experience, and an enthusiasm or work that is both ambitious and appropriate for the location and for the occasion.
Liz will share case studies from various shows - some touring, some one-off, some site-specific - and her insights will help participants build a shared vocabulary with which to tackle the challenges of large scale work; and some considerations about how to realise those big ideas.
Practical exercises in small groups will give participants ways of thinking about scale, and encouragement to harness the landscape, and care for the audience, in order to create memorable outdoor work that resonates with those who witness it, or participate in its creation.
This intensive day will also offer an opportunity, in the evening session, for
one-to-one surgeries and/or peer learning, when people bring their particular projects and ideas into a forum for debate, led by the trainer. .
As a theatremaker who has worked with fire, with carnival and procession, with large scale images, music and pyro, Liz will bring a breadth of experience to the workshop whilst trying to tailor the session to the particular needs and experience of the participants to make it as relevant as possible.
Liz Pugh - Producer
Funded by
Booking: Siamsa Tire Box Office - 066 7123055
Masterclass Clinic
On the Creation of
large-scale
outdoor
work
In Association With