FOC/4change lives on the third floor at Metro Arts 109 Edward Street Brisbane 4000
As the new Company in Residence at Metro Arts, FOC/4change has now settled in and we are excited about our open studio next Friday night (1.5.15) when the whole building opens up to the public.
FOC/4 will be hosting a Provocation: “What is it that artist’s need to stay healthy?” We will have some green tea, pastels and paper, conversation, music and laughter. If you are around, pop in from 5.30pm this coming Friday.
This week has been a full one with many shows opening in Brisbane. One play that I saw last Tuesday was the newly written SAMPSON a poignant piece written by Julia-Rose Lewis. I have known Juia-Rose since she was a young student at QUT and it was with enormous enthusiasm that I went along to see her show. I was not disappointed with her script: it had a rhythm that held me, thoughts that challenged me and moments of wonderful clarity.
What was difficult was the fact that I could not hear the actors for some of the time, a problem that has always haunted the actor at La Boite due to its corporate architecture and the fact that it is theatre in the round, which requires enormous skill.
I write this post to all the new directors coming through: what a glorious theatre La Boite is- the whole package- the friendly staff, the strong works, the outside bar, all adding to the evening’s experience. But there are obstacles that need to be navigated around.
Having trained in Theatre in the Round for 8 years while I was studying my Literature and Education degree in the early 70’s in Sydney, I am well aware that the ways of being on a stage with four sides is a skill in itself. The nuances of moving the body so that all four sides of the audience feel included, the tilt of the head, the ability to embody the moment and at the same time share the moment, these are skills that need to be learned. One way of making sure that actors can be heard is for the director to sit on all sides of the set throughout rehearsal: this makes for a challenge in the rehearsal room because often it is smaller than the theatre space. However it is a crucial step. I have often witnessed directors sitting in the same seat when they are directing and therefore missing the nuances required to engage the other seating banks.
Thank you Julia-Rose for your words, your painstaking years of work on a wonderful text. An important story to be heard again and again, and I for one will direct this piece one day because it speaks to the youth of the day and in so doing speaks to all the generations.
Congratulations La Boite for putting it on. New directors, inhabit all sides of the rehearsal room. That will ensure that you respect all your audience, not just the front seating bank.
Margi
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Here you will find some more information about this project:
NAME: "My Re-Enchantment Project"
This is a 5 month indwelling of creative practice.
You will create your own project in community with like-minded artists, and at the same time, expose your practice to new ways of seeing.
You will participate in a range of different workshops by leading arts practitioners.
You will engage in Bootcamp writing sessions as well as one-on-one coaching sessions with Dr. Margi Brown Ash.
MY RE-ENCHANTMENT PROJECT IS ABOUT TO BE BEGIN
An image from my play EVE 4change coaching has been operating firstly out of Metro Arts for nearly 2 decades, and now out of Pullenvale, in the leafy western suIt has been very exciting to hear from you all in response to this soon-to-be-realized-project. Just like me (every time I have a major deadline), there are artists out there who seek out consistent support in order to get their work done, and this support goes beyond their director or dramaturg or editor or best friend or supervisor. Someone who is committed to you turning up as your best self and at the same time turning in your best work.
As research, I have been enrolled in four online courses in the last year to suss out what works for me and what doesn't.
I have decided that it is the facilitator's personal interest in the artist and their work that is the magic, not 'one size fits all'. So I think, for this to work, and for it to work impeccably, we need to get to know each other, work together and then have online options when we can't work face to face. This is my preferred way and I hope it sounds good to you.
Our next step, is an email from you to me, expressing why you want to be part of this cohort. I am wanting this project to be accessible, nurturing, exciting, expanding, innovative, crazy-fun and life-changing. I am wanting to dedicate July to December 2020 to this way of being.
Thank you! I so love my community, and at a time when sector support is quite thin on the ground, the work still has to be done, and I am committed to help you do it.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.What if there was a group of artists working at getting a project up and needed some mentoring/coaching support to move towards completion?
This idea has emerged over several years: I have had some big deadlines in the last few years, and so many times I wished-like-crazy that I had a tribe of collaborators who were there, writing alongside me (on different projects usually) on a regular basis. My dream is to set this up for artists: your writing sessions each week would consist of gathering, drinking tea and then settling down to some serious 25-minute stints of writing-5 minute break-25 minutes again and so on. A four hour writing session where I encourage you, and you encourage each other to write, or you may be painting, or choreographing, or researching...the only criteria is that it is creative and that you are keen to finish your project.
Have a read below and if it is of interest, then contact me: send a text or email 4change@iinet.net.au or a PM. Thank you!
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.simple instructions for profound change.
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