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Well our five week term stretched much further, and as a consequence we have had some very rich performance work, particularly those actors who had the opportunity to perform at Metro Arts: yesterday afternoon we used many of the nooks and crannies of the third floor including the lavatory, kitchen and the cupboard.

After meeting together it was decided that we would continue to work together but in a manner that was more affordable, both in time and funds.

We decided that the first Sunday of the month could be at my Pullenvale studio.

• We would meet at 10am on the  first Sunday of the month in the morning; do impulse training, then create mini performances with stimuli provided by me.
• Bring lunch to share; and finish around 4 or 5pm.  
• These works would then be workshopped throughout the month on Sunday mornings or afternoons  at Metro Arts without me (but if you want consultation through the week you can pop in to Metro Arts Third Floor and talk with me).  
• The following month, on the first Sunday, you return to Pullenvale for a day of refining with me. 
• Then the following week we have a public showing.

This is a very solid way of developing new work, as well as  what I am most interested in,  developing an ensemble so that we can then create major works. 

MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS PROJECT:

Being a constant theatre goer, what is impacting on me at the moment is the apparent  slow disappearance of the ‘actor as artist’, as we move from traditional theatre to what is now becoming known as ‘innovative performance’, a subject I teach at QUT.

 

In Brisbane,( I am not sure if this applies elsewhere),  there seems to be a move away from the artistry of the actor towards the  actor as craftsman, performing tasks/activities on stage rather than embodying the  transformation of metaphor…I am wondering what would it be like if we could incorporate technology and these interesting new ways of performing and still retain the transformative actor…am i wanting too much i wonder, yet I am reminded of the artistry and finesse of Robert Wilson’s actors…acting is an art form and requires constant training until the day we decide not to act again and just as the musician never stops practising, the actor never stops training.

If this interests any of you, please contact.

These things only happen with energy,

margi