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Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativityAmadeus: Reflected--The "moments" recordedOn 10th July, 2021, eight of the original cast members of Amadeus attended a workshop in a garden on a fantastic summer's day. The individual work--performance, writing and recording--ultimately became the focus of the day. All the work came from the atmosphere and collective creativity involved in the original production of Amadeus in 2019--hence the name, Amadeus: Reflected, for the exhibition as a whole. The theme for the individual work was: pleasure / protection.As each actor recorded, it became clear that it deserved to be heard entirely. Here is the full recording of the per...
2021-10-191h 04
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativityChatting with Terri Leiber, writer and actor (sometimes actor and writer!)A long-term co-creator with Karen Minihan, this chat with Terri Leiber is the third in the Series, and the final member of the PlayActing Theatre group. As well as acting in classic plays where Karen was the director, they have collaborated as writers and actors since 2011 in The Eileen and Marilyn Experience on six different comedy / cabaret shows and other performances. They say they were 'big' in west Cork!Because of their longstanding working relationship and the particular chemistry between them, Karen says that this blog has far too much of her in it and far too...
2020-11-0537 min
Take A Chair: talking theatre and creativityChatting with Julia Zagar, artist and designer, about collaboration and creativityThe first interview in the podcast Series 1 is with Julia Zagar, friend and co-creator of Karen Minihan's for over 20 years. They have worked on many projects together, especially with PlayActing Theatre, a company that has involved their creative input with Alyn Fenn, artist and writer and Terri Leiber, actor and writer.In the conversation, Julia chats with Karen about her creative practice as a textile artist and designer, with her passion for mood boards*. She considers the challenge and developments in the process of a year-long project to make 'a piece of art a day', plus another...
2020-10-081h 01