Let's Play/I want to play - Attn: COME PLAY, be part of it! Lorraine Keene, 30 January 2014 Let’s Play/I want to Play – called by Lorraine Keene with a desire to initiate gather a collective of creatives to make and do stuff! Who came? Lorraine Keene Holly Norry Theo Lamb Mhairi Aimee Harriet Ashton Holly Efdelefortrie Juliette Jeanclaude Guleraana In short, let’s play together! Yes, let’s! So, we cut to the chase pretty quickly. This is an action group – let’s do stuff! This is the formula: Play –> Peformance Why do we want this? Continual artistic stimulation, a space to play. What will we do? - Meet monthly - Skillshare - Explore/Play So, what might we be? - collaborative - skills sharing - joint ownership - bounce ideas - Done in open space style – fostering an openness and honouring the procedure of the ‘way things go’. What can we bring? - Skills sharing - Devising - Writing - Social media knowledge - Contacts for marketing media – artists for posters/flyers etc. - A jar full of kazoos What are some of our ideas? - Make it a playshop! - Suggested the idea of the name ‘Pandora’s Playshop’ – before Guleraana kindly advised us that Pandora’s Box musn’t be opened… so new name for group is in the flow (any suggestions welcome!) - Lots of stimulus - Childrens theatre - A very exciting story about a selfish giant - A box for stimulus – each meeting, group bring a medium – movement/sound/paint/words/rhythm/game/music etc… an idea/object is taken out of the box at random and that is explored for the session. - Adopt the principles of a fruit machine style phone app explained by Juliette – can be adopted in rehearsal to have 3 bowls, each with slips of paper in stating: Location/Medium/Time – a variety of suggestions/ideas are put into the three separate bowls, so as an example it could be: On the floor/words/15 mins to stimulate exploration in devised work. - Perhaps even a show run in this format!!! Tips – Highlight what you’re good at so as to bring the best version of your contribution to the group! How can we run the sessions? - Share the costs of a rehearsal space - Bring a friend one of the rehearsals so as the group can expand in numbers - Give each participant a time slot to share their ideas/passions, run an activity, devise the exploration of stimulus How will it be organised? Group discussed who will lead on the organisation – a variety of work commitments and locations of other members, led to Lorraine Keene offering to: - organise the co-ordination of group members - prepare the Doodle/Eventbrite/Facebook - book space - email the group the information they require When/Where will the next meeting be? - One meeting a month – probably on a Sunday, maybe a whole day in the half term? - Organised with Doodle – select what dates you can do, majority is chosen. - Very possibly at Theatre Deli/Marylebone Gardens nearby Regents Park/Bond St, London. Group kept wide open for gathering of any other interested parties that are looking to be part of a play collective in London, coming together to explore ideas, devise creative performance work, indulge creative juices with new people… Contact: Lorraine Keene on [email protected] /07906950695/@integrARTy for more info and to make your interest known :) Buzzing with joy and anticipation at what’s in store, the session was physically closed with a hug, of which you are more than welcome to feel the vibrancy and love of. Look forward to seeing you at the Let’s Play group!!! Tags: play, creative, OPEN SPACE, Devising, action, Open space, stimulus, workshop, Creative, Open Space, let's play, playshop, devising, collective, open space