thanks for joining us for the 4-DAY DEVISED THEATRE INTENSIVE 2024!
OUR NEXT DEVISED THEATRE INTENSIVE “MATERIAL WORLDS: DEVISING WITH OBJECT PUPPETRY” IS COMING FEBRUARY 20-23, 2025 – APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW!
the next 4-Day Devised Theatre Intensive IS november 7 - 10, 2024!
DESCRIPTION
A hands-on, transformative experience for adventurous artists from all disciplines, this renowned and immersive intensive offers a space to experiment, create, and push the boundaries of your artistic practice. Led by Ghost River Theatre’s Artistic Director Eric Rose, participants will engage with the same dynamic, collaborative methods used in the creation of GRT’s acclaimed productions, including STRUCK, GIANT, The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst, and The Highest Step in the World.
Over 4 Days, you will rigorously explore innovative tools and techniques for devising theatre in an environment that encourages risk-taking and deep creative investigation.
What You’ll Learn:
Collaborative Creation Dynamics: Building strong, cohesive work through teamwork and collective invention
Visual Storytelling: Using visual elements as a driving force in narrative creation
Non-Traditional Text Generation: Discovering new ways to develop text, dialogue, and structure
Healthy Creation Practices: Foundational principles for sustaining artistic health and longevity
“The intensive is a guiding light on non-traditional theatre creation.” Dominik Buconjic
“I never knew I was poetic until I was given the freedom yet confinement to do so.” Emily Boyle
“I left this process filled to the brim with ideas and armed with the ability to make those ideas a reality.” Lyall Miller
DATES AND TIMES
November 7 - 10, 2024
Thursday and Friday: 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm (with a half hour break at ~7:30 pm)
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (with an hour break at ~1:00 pm)
LOCATION
West Village Theatre, 2007 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T3C 0K4
PRICING
Early Bird Discount (cut-off is October 1, 2024) $425.00+GST
Equity Rate $425.00+GST
Regular $500.00+GST
This intensive is limited to a maximum of 12 participants. Spots are given on a first come, first served basis and often fill up quickly. We recommend registering as early as possible. Full balance must be paid by October 1st to access the Early Bird Discount.
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About the instructor
ERIC ROSE is an award-winning director, deviser, playwright, educator, and the Artistic Director of Calgary’s acclaimed Ghost River Theatre (GRT). His work is characterized by a striking audio-visual aesthetic that embraces the impossible; constantly reframing and rediscovering what theatre is and is capable of. Mr. Rose’s passion for the creative process has inspired the diversity of his theatrical experience spanning large scale contemporary and classical theatre, site-specific and immersive performance, experiential design, installation, performance creation, devising theatre, new play development, physical theatre, and dance.
As a sought-after teacher, Mr. Rose has shared his unique approach to theatrical creation with professionals and students all over the world. In addition to leading GRT’s 4-Day and National 3-week Devised Intensives in Calgary, he has taught for the Young Vic in London UK, Prague Quadrennial of Performance and Design, Kathy Knowles Theatre Company in Accra, Revolutions International Festival in Albuquerque, across Canada and at various post- secondary institutions and festivals. Mr. Rose has been honoured to be the Playwright in Residence at Alberta Theatre Projects, to be named to Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 and to have received the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Artist Award for his body of work as a theatrical innovator.
Recent GRT credits include: playwright /director STRUCK; director/co-playwright SensoryBox; director/co-playwright GIANT (Betty Mitchell Nomination Outstanding Director & New Play – Award for Outstanding Ensemble); concept/direction/co-creation of Intuition Project; co-adaptor, sound designer and director Tomorrow’s Child, directing/co-playwright The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (Betty Mitchell Awards for Outstanding Production, Direction, New Play and shortlisted for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Prize in Playwriting).
Additional credits include: directing a lab workshop of Troilus & Cressida for Stratford Festival; Concept/Co-Creator I am Canada, Canadian Museum for Human Rights; Concept/Co-Creator TropiCalgary, GLOW Festival; directing/co-creating A Date With The Night for The Globe Theatre; directing/dramaturging a new version of Hannah Moscovitch’s The Huron Bride for Vertigo Theatre; directing the Canadian premiere of The Kite Runner for Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre; directing/co-writing Once Upon an Atom Bomb with Jennie Esdale and David Rhymer for the Green Fools Physical Theatre; directing/co-writing Peril in Paris with Ethan Cole (Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding New Play), a new musical for Lunchbox Theatre; directing/dramaturging The Forbidden Sacrifice for the Kathy Knowles Theatre Company in Ghana.
For Film and TV, Mr. Rose recently co-wrote a feature length documentary for New Path Influence, and is currently co-writing a new streaming series, So Dark the Sky with Jason Patrick Rothery which is scheduled to shoot this summer with co-producers North Country Cinema.