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RAVENHILL 10
Programme
All events took place in the George Wood Theatre, Richard Hoggart Building,
Lewisham Way, New Cross.
| Saturday 11 November |
| From 9.45 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 10.30 |
Welcome: John Ginman (Convenor: Ravenhill 10, Goldsmiths) |
| 10.45 |
The Cut and The Critics: Ravenhill's Ethical Politics
Keynote presentation by Dan Rebellato (Professor
of Contemporary Theatre, Royal Holloway College) |
| 11.30 |
Ravenhill and Out of Joint
Chair: Maria Shevtsova (Professor of Drama, Goldsmiths)
Max Stafford-Clark will talk about his working
process on Shopping and Fucking (1996) and Some
Explicit Polaroids (1999), and the reception of his productions
of these plays in the UK and overseas.
Followed by a short paper by Andrew Tidmarsh (Director), Reading Ravenhill, Reading Chekhov, and
a panel discussion and open forum considering
the early impact made by Ravenhill’s work. |
| 12.45 |
Lunch |
| 2.00 |
Ravenhill in California
A case study of the work of Rude Guerilla Theater Company,
who have staged five of Mark Ravenhill’s plays to date, by their
Artistic Director, Dave Barton. |
| 2.45 |
Script Development and Collaborations with LAMDA
Chair: John Ginman (Goldsmiths)
Peter James (Principal of LAMDA and director
of student productions there of the first version of Mother
Clap’s Molly House, and the verbatim play North
Greenwich (for the Dome) will talk
about the development of both projects. |
| 3.15 |
Coffee |
| 3.30 |
North Greenwich (for the
Dome)
Mark Ravenhill’s hitherto unpublished verbatim play, given a complete
rehearsed reading by current acting
students fro Drama Centre, directed by Andrew Tidmarsh.
This rehearsed reading will include an interval at about 4.30pm,
and the performance will finish by 6pm at
the latest. |
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| Sunday 12 November |
| 10.30 |
Creative collaboration 1: Frantic Assembly
Chair: David Lane (Freelance
dramaturg)
Directors Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett (Frantic
Assembly) and writer Mark Ravenhill will
discuss the development process of pool (no water) (2006),
currently being presented at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, and
answer questions from the audience. The session will include some video
footage of rehearsals. |
| 11.30 |
Coffee |
| 11.45 |
Creative collaboration 2: NT Connections
Chair: Caoimhe McAvinchey
Suzi Graham-Adriani and other members
of the NT Connections team will discuss the development and production
of Totally Over You (2003) and Citizenship (2005),
and former teacher Margaret Tully will
talk about her experience of directing Citizenship in
a UK school. The presentation will include video
extracts from student/youth productions of these plays, and discussion
of the part they are playing in the international aspects of NT
Connections current work overseas, in Brazil, Italy, Portugal and
elsewhere. |
| 1.15 |
Lunch |
| 2.30 |
Ravenhill in Berlin
Interview with Jens Hillje, Joint Artistic Director
of the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin, discussing Thomas
Ostermeier’s 1999 production of Shopping and Fucking,
and the wider impact made by Ravenhill’s work in German-speaking
countries. |
| 3.15 |
Promiscuous Dramaturgies
Presentation by John Deeney (Senior Lecturer in Drama
at mmu cheshire, and author of a forthcoming full-length study of Mark
Ravenhill’s plays to be published by Routledge). |
| 3.45 |
Coffee |
| 4.00 |
Interview and open forum with Mark Ravenhill
Chair: Robert Gordon (Professor of Drama,
Goldsmiths)
Mark Ravenhill will discuss his recent work,
including the development to date of the Barbican pantomime Dick
Whittington and his Cat, which is currently in rehearsal.
He will then answer questions from the floor regarding any aspect
of his work. |
| 5.00 |
Finish |
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