MA Advanced Theatre Practice - Work In Progress Performances and Presentations
The MA Advanced Theatre Practice at Central School of Speech & Drama is a meeting place for theatre makers from diverse artistic backgrounds to collaborate to make new theatre work. This year's cohort are half way through making their own work; performance work destined for audiences in July, August and beyond, and will be presenting work-in-progress performances and presentations from Wednesday 13 June to Thursday 21 June 2012.
In recent years, work seen at this point has gone on to be performed in a range of festivals, venues, and found spaces - small and large, modest and prestigious, near and far.
We are keen that each work continues to develop in its own way, and value your support in helping to set this process in motion.
We would be delighted if you joined us - to be added to the guest list visit Eventbrite (booking is essential)
For directions to Central please visit www.cssd.ac.uk/how-find-us
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Wednesday 13 June, 2.30pm
Verbatim Movement
by Jessica Blaxland Ashby
Verbatim Movement is where movements from real life are copied exactly and translated onto the stage. After all, movement is said to be a primary form of communication, and through movement we can tell stories that can't be told in any other way. In this piece we delve into stories of women, and flirting, relationships and hysterectomies.
West Block Performance Studio 1
Central School of Speech & Drama
Duration: 1 hour
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Friday 15 June, 4.00pm
Precious wings...
by Peel me OFF n Play
This work in progress examines the notion of money and aims to reflect the effect of money on people's everyday life. Who is the master? And who controls whom? This is an opportunity for anyone who has the need to reconsider his or her relationship to money.
West Block Performance Studio 1
Central School of Speech & Drama
Duration: approx 30 minutes
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Saturday 16 June, 1.00pm-3.00pm
linger a while
by Steve Sargeant
How many places I have been without seeing? linger a while is a sound and sculptural installation that explores the relationship between liminal spaces and the way we travel through them. Using sound and sculpture the audience member is invited to linger in a space they would usually travel through without seeing.
The Atrium
Central School of Speech & Drama
Duration: durational installation (no booking required)
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Saturday 16 June, 8.00pm
PSYCHOPOMP
by Level5
Level5 invites you into the forest and down the rabbit hole with Psychopomp. Situated in and around the dance floor (of Jamm, Brixton) we will take you on a personal journey through intimate one-on-one performances, interactive installations and shared collective experiences. Meet characters you could only dream of as you become the hero in your very own epic quest.
Brixton Jamm, London
Duration: open 10.00pm-6.00am
10.00pm-3.00am - performance and party
3.00am-6.00am - party only
Booking for this event only is through Ticketweb <>
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Tuesday 19 June, 4.00pm
Milestones
by Simply Crowded!
We undergo a million journeys in our lives. We create connections, extract stories, unearth concepts. We tie and untie bonds. We explore myths and dig out facts. We become what 'we are' for 'where' we have been. A journey through perceptions of 'places' and 'spaces' that make 'US' who 'we' are!
New Studio
Central School of Speech & Drama
Duration: 50 minutes
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Wednesday 20 June, 2.30pm
Thursday 21 June, 4.30pm
The Puddington Club: A Gathering of Most Honorable Gentlemen by Moosetache Society
The Moosetache Society would like to invite you to come take a peak into the world of the gentleman's club. Inside these refined four walls you will find the secrets of the upper-class. A place where men of influence come to discuss things. For this is the place where good fellows meet.
Let us imagine...
West Block Performance Studio 2
Central School of Speech & Drama
Duration: Approx 1 hour
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Thursday 21 June, 1.00pm & 6.30pm
1883.753
by Head of a Woman
Six performers, 5 in the UK and one in Iceland, use their movements across the globe to provide a score for movement, sound and imagery. Exploring distance, absence and displacement, we experiment with what the 1883.753km that separate London and Reykjavik do to our words and ideas, with what is lost and what remains.
New Studio
Central School of Speech & Drama.
Duration: 45 min
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Thursday 21 June, 3.00pm & 8.00pm
This Is A Reconstruction
by MayDay Theatre
This Is A Reconstruction is fun and frantic performance that celebrates the tragedy, joy and everyday extremes of being a human. Join us for the end of it all. An apocalypse is a terrible thing to waste.
West Block Performance Studio 1
Central School of Speech & Drama
Duration: 45 minutes
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Booking is through Eventbrite, except where stated.