After a successful showcase of their work in Act One at This Is Not Art in 2009, the writers in our Emerging Writers Program return with two short plays that are designed to be performed by everyday members of the public.
People will have the opportunity to take part in this exciting ‘performance’ either with someone they know, or someone they don’t! Come take a seat in a cafe, put on a pair of headphones, and listen to a play unfold as you are given directions to speak what you can hear. In this thrilling new mode of performance, there are no actors and no audience – just you! As Oscar Wilde remarked, “experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing…”
Plays/Writers
Compliance by Dean Blackford
Talk is Small by Penelope Kentish
Dates
Friday 1 October – Sunday 3 October 2010
Times
10am-4pm daily (performances every half hour)
Venues
Salawi (corner Hunter & Auckland Sts, Newcastle)
One Penny Black (corner Hunter & Morgan Sts, Newcastle)
Sprocket (corner Hunter & Watt Sts, Newcastle)
Tickets
FREE! There are no bookings for these events – just turn up at the venue every half hour. If there are multiple people wishing to participate, we will ask that you wait around and grab a coffee, or wander to another venue/event. Feel free to bring a friend with you to participate, but these plays can also be experienced with strangers! If you arrive at the event and there is no-one else to participate with you, we will provide someone to participate.
Act Two will be presented as part of This Is Not Art 2010.