Am currently on the Isle of Arran off the West Coast of Scotland. Next year, Reveal Theatre (my company) is working in partnership with Keele University and creating a piece of documentary theatre. I packed thermals and a coat but have a tan!!
Reveal Theatre is theatre company in residence at Keele and over the past three years we have worked intensively with PGCE students looking at ways of using creative and dramatic techniques in the classroom.
As part of this; we have been commissioned to create two pieces of site-specific theatre in the past- The Savonarola Debate in gorgeous Italy and They Called It Passchendale in Belgium on the World War One Sites.
2009-10 sees us working in Arran exploring The Scottish Clearances between 1750 and 1850+.... Myself, Maria Whatton (storyteller) and Graeme Easdown and Alison Parr from Keele spent three days on the Beautiful Arran Island researching the stories and planning the trip where, as well as any local audiences, all the Keele students come to see the work and undertake copious tasks around the topic.
We met some wonderful people on the Island, including Alison Prince (creator of Trumpton and writer) who was fantastically helpful at signposting us in the right direction and talking about creativity, theatre and much more.
So.. watch this space for more details as they come!
That sounds interesting! Do let Keele's press office know what you are doing when you do it!
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Hannah Hiles
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