Still Magic: Digital Creativity and Engagement in the Performing Arts / Festive Networking Drinks / Morning FST Members Meeting

Friday 9 December 2022 | 10.30am – 6pm | The Lighthouse, Glasgow

Still Magic is open to FST members and non-members

“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

This winter, we are running our December events a little bit differently.

A special day-long collaborative event between Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) and Creative Scotland exploring digital creativity and engagement. Open to non-members and FST-members. Includes lunch and a festive drinks reception. For FST members, it includes a short Members Meeting in the morning. Still Magic will explore the significant pivot to digital production and presentation that happened during lockdown and the innovations that led up to that moment. What lessons, skills, and ways of doing things did we learn? What are the possibilities for the future in enhancing creativity, extending the live experience, engaging audiences, and embracing different working practices or models?

Who is it for?

Still Magic is open to FST non-members and members alike. There should be something for everyone and attendance is welcomed from artists of any discipline, creative learning practitioners, leaders of teams or organisations, marketers, programmers, producers, promoters, technicians, or anyone else working in the performing arts.

What can I expect?

Short, inspiring, practical case studies from colleagues who have combined live performance and digital presentation in their work for some time, as well as those who shifted swiftly to work in this area to enable access or develop creative or business models.
Showcasing and practical demonstrations to give attendees a flavour of solutions such as VR and online platforms created to enable the sector to work better and smarter.
Sharing and learning together with colleagues in a relaxed, informal environment through round table discussions
Informal networking over lunch and festive drinks open to everyone
A morning Members Meeting for FST members to catch up on our work, current issues, and hear updates from the team

Will it be available online?

Predominantly a live event, the main presentations will be live-streamed and there will be an option to engage in round-table discussions online with online participants.

Location: The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU

The Lighthouse is within a short walking distance of Queen Street and Central railway stations, Buchanan Street and St Enoch Underground Stations and Buchanan Street Bus Station. Please consider the environment when choosing your transport options. Car share options can be posted and found here.

Registration

Registration opens at 10am for FST members attending a short FST Members Meeting from 10.30am – 11.15am.

Registration for Still Magic, open to all attendees, opens at 11am, with the main event starting promptly at 11.30am.

Online options are available when you visit the booking page on Eventbrite.

Agenda

10.30am - FST Members’ Meeting: standing items (45 minutes)

Minutes of Meeting on 26 September 2022 and Matters Arising
CEO report
Open Exchange

11.15am - 15-minute break for Members Meeting attendees

11.30am - Digital event begins

Welcome

11.40am - Keynote speech: Clare Duffy, Civic Digits (20 minutes)

12noon - 15 minute break

12.15pm - Presentations (one hour)

Kelman Greig-Kicks, Neon 8 (15 minutes)
Joan Clevillé, Scottish Dance Theatre (15 minutes)
Leonie Rae Gasson and Melanie Frances, Produced Moon (15 minutes)

1.15pm - Lunch and demonstrations from Dirliebane and Produced Moon; open exchange table (one hour)

2.15pm - Presentations (one hour)

Natalie Woolman, The Space (15 minutes)
Jim Muotune (15 minutes)
Morna McGeoch, Birds of Paradise (15 minutes)

3pm - 15 minute break

3.15pm - Round table thematic discussions

How can digital reduce carbon impacts and improve sustainability? Facilitated by Circular Arts Network
What new or adapted skills are we going to need to create digital work in the future?
How do you widen access and explore diverse voices and experiences through digital platforms and work? Facilitated by Karen Anderson, Artistic Director, Independance
How is the experience of the audience or participants maximised or expanded with digital work? Facilitated by Helen Eragona, Eragona Communications
What could a long-term programming strategy combining digital and live performance look like?
How might digital increase business efficiency or new income streams?
Online – a selection of the topics above

4.15pm - Wrap up session

Clare Duffy, Civic Digits, and Vikki Jones, Creative Informatics
Final farewell and thank you from Morgan Petrie, Creative Scotland

5pm - Networking drinks and demonstrations from Dirliebane

6pm - Close

Demonstrations

You will have the opportunity to participate in live demonstrations of technology and work from some of the contributors.

Dirliebane (1.15pm – 2.15pm and 5pm – 6pm)

The attendees will get the opportunity to use Dirliebane and Neon8's VR headsets to see examples of VR theatre - Simply sign up when you arrive to take part in a small group demonstration.

Produced Moon (1.15pm – 2.15pm)

Produced Moon will also present their mixed reality theatre work by presenting c. 3min long films and their producer, Rebecca Livesey-Wright will also talk about their plans for scaling up their project and bringing it to new communities – no sign up is required.

Open Exchange Table (1.15pm – 2.15pm)

In addition to the round table discussions at 3.15pm, if you would like the opportunity to discuss your experiences of making digital work and opportunities to collaborate with others, there will be an Open Exchange Table set up during the lunch break.

Access

We want to make this event as accessible as possible.

The Lighthouse’s physical access info is available on their website.

All live presentations will be captioned online. If you are attending in person, you will be able to access the captions using your laptop or another device. Please contact fstadmin@scottishtheatre.org to receive a link.

If there is anything else we can do to respond to your access requirements, please get in touch with us by emailing fstadmin@scottishtheatre.org.

Travel and Childcare

If you are traveling 50+ miles per way from your company/home location in Scotland, you are eligible for a travel bursary of up to £50.

We also offer financial support of up to £50 for freelance practitioners to assist with childcare costs to help them to attend this event.

Please email hello@scottishtheatre.org to request a bursary form or for any other queries. 

Registrations are closed

Still Magic: Digital Creativity and Engagement in the Performing Arts