Session 9 and 10

Monday 30th June

Workshops practice sessions

The 2 different workshops were led by the groups that had planned them.
The rest of the group acted as participants whilst people in mainly in pairs ran different sections of their workshops.

The workshops and workshop leaders were evaluated by the group and the teacher.

Feedback was given on:

• suitability of the exercise/game 
• structure of the workshop and suitability of exercise in relation to each other
• delivery skills of workshop leaders - language, clarity, skill, success of exercise

Friday 4th June

Questionnaire

It was felt that the element of the workshop focussed on collecting ideas and material about the croydon (dramaturgical element) could be improved and so this session focussed on writing questionnaires that could be used to gather verbatim material.

Session 7 and 8

Monday 23rd June

Workshop planning 

In two groups there were two different workshops planned for participants coming to the taster workshops.

One was aimed at being for younger people on aimed at adults.

Additional flyering in the local vicinity took place and in the afternoon in central Croydon. Some focus of participant liaison was on continued emailing and social media - Facebook.

Friday 27th June

Email sending - the focus was on emailing as many of the organisations that had been identified as potential ways of communicating with possible participants.

Session 6

Friday 20th June 

TASKS

Dramaturgical research at Croydon library.

Distribution of flyers and posters promoting the taster workshops.

Session 5

Monday 16th June

Tasks

• Administration - groups and individuals to contact
• Marketing materials/ads 
• Dramaturgical research 

Workshop Dates

Tues 8th July 2014 Session 1 - 5pm - 6.30pm Session 2 - 7pm - 8.30pm
Weds 9th July 2014 Session 1 - 5pm - 6.30pm Session 2 - 7pm - 8.30pm
Thurs 10th July 2014 Session 1 - 5pm - 6.30pm Session 2 - 7pm - 8.30pm

Please register your intention to attend via sstephen@brit.croydon.sch.uk stating which date and time you plan to attend.

Location

The BRIT School, 60 The Crescent, Croydon, CR0 2HN

What are the workshops?

These workshops are for anyone who disinterested in being involved in a community play about Croydon and performed by people who live and work in the borough of Croydon.

The summer workshops will be an opportunity to find out more about the project, contribute ideas about the content of the play and take part in a practical workshop as a taster for the project.

The Community Play itself will rehearse weekly at the BRIT School throughout September and October 2014 with performances in November 2014 in one of the school's theatres. 

More information

Twitter: @_CommunityPlay
Email: sstephen@brit.croydon.sch.uk
Telephone: 02086655242

Session 4

Friday 13th June

Community Arts Companies Presentations

• London Bubble
• Cardboard Citizens
• Graeae
• Age Exchange

(see useful links)

Session 3

Monday 9th June 

Forum Theatre

In small groups experimenting with how forum theatre works.

Task 1 - How to run a successful workshop

Task 2 - Job Descriptions, write a job description including the Tasks, Attributes and Skills needed to undertake the following community arts jobs/roles: 

• Workshop Leader
• Dramaturg
• Participant Liaison 

Session 2

Friday 6th June

Researching potential groups/individuals and how we should approach them

Who should we approach/How should we do it