Current Projects
Peter Wynne-Willson
Tales to Tell
This is part of Birmingham Education Department's contribution to the
city's 'Forward' Festival, and is an elaborate project involving the collection
and recording of a hundred stories from different local people of all ages. I will be working in St Joseph's School,
Lozells School, Anglesey School and Aston Manor School - all in the Aston/Nechells
area. Details will emerge here.
Archbishop
Ilsley Young Writers
I will be working through the year with a lower
school Boys Writing group at Archbishop Ilsley School in Acocks Green, in a
repeat of a successful 1998-9 project.
The work of the previous group is still published on this site.
University of Wolverhampton
I will be
teaching a new undergraduate module at Wolverhampton this semester - Applied
Drama, which is about workshop techniques.
The course is being lead by Dr David Allen.
Fox Hollies
I am working with
my partner Ali for once this term, on a project in Fox Hollies Special school,
based around the Second World War. It
is a cross-generational project, involving primary and secondary pupils and a
group of Elders, alongside the group from Fox Hollies, culminating in a big
'evacuation day' in December.
Fairway Net-Poets
I am working with Mrs Richard's Class in Year 5 at Fairway School, Kings Norton this term, producing a book, and a web-site of new poetry. This will be published here soon….
This is a joint
LEA project across the Midlands, which finishes this term. I am
one of the 'Company of Artists' involved, with my work taking place in
Birmingham, Walsall and Coventry. It
includes work in Bloomsbury Nursery School, [Pictured here, with Sharon Jones
of Sister Tree] Fullbrook Nursery School, St Joseph's Infants, Torc High School
in Tamworth, and Peter's Hill Primary School in Dudley. The projects are all linked to a sculpture
by Tom Lomax, which has been divided between the different schools. Visit the website for more details, by
clicking on the title above.
StART
From
May-September 2000 I will be acting as an independent assessor on a pilot
project of arts events for Under-Fives in Birmingham, including events in
Cannon Hill Park, Sutton Park, Chamberlain Square and Broadway.
City of Birmingham Touring Opera - Votzek
I am continuing
working as Education Adviser to CBTO, a small and exciting company set up in
1987 by Artistic Director Graham Vick, and now established as one of the most
adventurous opera groups in the country. Last year's main project was
Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande,
and the company was also involved in a wonderful new community opera by
Jonathan Dove, Tobias and the Angel [May 23rd-27th].
Next year will feature
an ambitious Graham Vick version of
Berg's Votzek [Wozzeck] involving very large numbers of people,
and taking place in industrial sites in the Midlands. It will also be going to Porto, as part of the UK's contribution
to Porto 2001 - European capital of Culture.
In each venue, the project involves work with community groups who are
participating.
National
University of the Arts, South Korea
I
am now expecting to be back in Korea in 2002.
Until 20th December 1999, I was in Seoul, working as
a ‘visiting professor of Theatre-in-Education’. I had three graduate students,
and was working on a new course, the first of its kind in Korea. It was a
fantastic opportunity and very interesting project, all started with a visit to
this web-site, and a lecturer in Korea reading the TIE page! I was out there for ten weeks in all, and
have now posted on the web all the e-mails I sent back, which may be of
interest to anyone travelling to Korea. Click on the picture to visit the
Korean adventure.
I am continuing work as the Hippodrome's Education
Adviser. The theatre is currently closed for a major refurbishment, and in the
meantime I am writing a Teachers Pack for Peter Pan [the pantomime,
which this year is at the Alexandra Theatre.
I have also written a new children's play for the main stage, originally
intended to mark the Centenary of the theatre in 1999, but now scheduled for
the re-opening season in 2001. It is
called 'Tower- the Theatre Cat', and was commissioned as an introduction
to the theatre for 7-11 year olds..
Watch this space for news….
The Better
Mousetrap
This is the
working title of an unwritten play about consumerism, for which I have received
an Arts Council Theatre Writing Bursary, and which I am slowly writing. This is
a new opportunity to write on my own terms, rather than to a particular brief,
and I am hoping to finish the script within the next twelve months.
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