That Needs to Change
Queering, breaking and adapting form, style and the canon.
How do we make traditional forms, narratives and even classic texts relevant to a modern audience? There's no doubt that classic stories still have important messages and entertainment value, and that audiences still respond to familiar forms and styles within the work they watch. So how do we take those things, those stories and styles, that audiences and organisations are drawn to but make them new and exciting, and put our spin on it?
In this workshop we will explore how freeing it can be to fragment and rebuild the stories we all know. Through looking at examples we'll dissect what adaptation is, and how far that can stretch whilst still maintaining the core of what drew us to the original work. And we'll try to break free from the fear of irreverence and faithfulness to begin building adaptations that feel authentic and current. This workshop will include a short comfort break.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP LEADER:
Daniel McVey is a writer, director and theatremaker based in Nottingham. He has had shows of his performed in Nottingham, London, New York and more, and his full length monologue ‘Richard of York’ was a Top 10 finalist for the Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Award. He has written well recieved adaptations of Doctor Faustus and Woyzeck, and much of their work riffs off of familair forms and 'out-of-fashion' styles to create something new and exciting. This summer they are taking their solo show ‘A Foot is Not an Appropriate Prize for the Tombola’, a playful combining of cosy crime and cosmic horror, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and are offering this series of four workshops to support fundraising efforts.
Other Workshops (£5.5 each, £16.50 for all 4, if you buy 3, I will send you the link to the 4th for free):
25th April 1pm-3pm: Writing Monologues; how to write a monologue that’s 2 to 90 minutes long
16th May 6pm-8pm: One actor, lots of characters; making expansive small cast shows with lots of characters
18th July 6pm-8pm: That needs changing; queering, breaking and adapting form, style and the canon.
Queering, breaking and adapting form, style and the canon.
How do we make traditional forms, narratives and even classic texts relevant to a modern audience? There's no doubt that classic stories still have important messages and entertainment value, and that audiences still respond to familiar forms and styles within the work they watch. So how do we take those things, those stories and styles, that audiences and organisations are drawn to but make them new and exciting, and put our spin on it?
In this workshop we will explore how freeing it can be to fragment and rebuild the stories we all know. Through looking at examples we'll dissect what adaptation is, and how far that can stretch whilst still maintaining the core of what drew us to the original work. And we'll try to break free from the fear of irreverence and faithfulness to begin building adaptations that feel authentic and current. This workshop will include a short comfort break.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP LEADER:
Daniel McVey is a writer, director and theatremaker based in Nottingham. He has had shows of his performed in Nottingham, London, New York and more, and his full length monologue ‘Richard of York’ was a Top 10 finalist for the Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Award. He has written well recieved adaptations of Doctor Faustus and Woyzeck, and much of their work riffs off of familair forms and 'out-of-fashion' styles to create something new and exciting. This summer they are taking their solo show ‘A Foot is Not an Appropriate Prize for the Tombola’, a playful combining of cosy crime and cosmic horror, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and are offering this series of four workshops to support fundraising efforts.
Other Workshops (£5.5 each, £16.50 for all 4, if you buy 3, I will send you the link to the 4th for free):
25th April 1pm-3pm: Writing Monologues; how to write a monologue that’s 2 to 90 minutes long
16th May 6pm-8pm: One actor, lots of characters; making expansive small cast shows with lots of characters
18th July 6pm-8pm: That needs changing; queering, breaking and adapting form, style and the canon.
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