P010 → Beyond these Walls
Theatre Development Centre presents
BEYOND these walls
a symposium on where we go from here
21 & 22 June 2014 as part of Cork Midsummer Festival
For the last three years exciting things have been happening within the walls of the TDC.
The rectangular room has proven itself week-on-week to be the most valuable resource available for creating work in the Cork theatre community - With 68 shows developed since it began.
However in a reality of shrinking envelopes, a shifting landscape, strategic reviews and evolving art forms we can now decide where we go from here. As part of this year's Festival, TDC will host two days of engagements entitled ‘BEYOND these walls’.
We aim as a community to explore and question the strategies, resources and relationships in producing
professional performance in Cork - What is beyond the walls of TDC?
Over the two days - We will Think as a community and alonside each other. We will Question where we stand now, Assess the wider landscape, Imagine where we go from here and Look at the possibilities in Cork.
Saturday 21st June
10am Coffee
10.30AM OPENING ADDRESS IRENE O’MARA (TDC)
10.30 am - 12pm MENTORSHIP
A discussion on the role of mentorship in development of skills, work etc
CHAIRED: Eszter Nemethi (TDC)
TDC (SHOW) Pat Kiernan
Future Producers Programme (Makeshift Ensemble)
Maura O’Keeffe
Cultural Freelancers Aoife Courtney
12pm 1pm LUNCH
1pm - 2.30pm CoWorking
Examples of artists and organisations working as collective or providing opportunities for
artists to working in partnership and resource sharing. Short presentations (5mins max)
Sample Studios / Conflicted Theatre
Broken Crow Ensemble
Quarter
Kilkenny Arts Office
Emma Hannon - Fringe Lab
Centre for Creative Practices
2.30 3pm coffee
3pm 4.30pmDevelopment & Responsibility
Who is responsible for the development of artistic work? What strategies do each of us need to
develop artists and their work? What strategies are we using? Looking at how different
organisations work, what challenges they pose, can we see what might need to change, what
we can accept and what we might be able to build upon.
CHAIR: Grace Dyas
Roisín Stack - JOLT
David Parnell - Arts Council
Sculpture Factory - DobzO’Brien
Laura Murphy - Artist in Residency at Firkin Crane
4.30-5.30pm Midsummer in Conversation
A conversation with Midsummer (TBC) on what happened to the festival and where it is headed
from here.
8pm DINNER TBC
11pm DJs at Gulpd till late
Sunday 22nd June
10am 11am Coffee / Breakfast
11am 12.30pm Producing the Arts
What is a producer and what do they do? What models for producing already exist in Cork?
Is there something missing?
CHAIR: Cian O’Brien (Project Art Center)
Dawn McAllister: Broken Crow
Eat My Noise - Irene O’Mara
Corcadorca
12.30pm 1pm PRODUCERS SAVE THE WORLD
1pm 2pm LUNCH
2pm 4pm The Bigger Picture & Our Resources
Where do we go from here? What is next for Cork?
CHAIR: Pat Kiernan (TDC)
Everyman Palace Julie Kelleher
Sculpture Factory David O’Brien
Cork City Arts Office Liz Meaney
Mutant Space Moray Bresnan
Midsummer Festival Lorraine Maye
9pm DJs at Gulpd till late
Curated and organised by Irene O’Mara and Eszter Némethi on behalf of the Theatre Development Center
A voluntary initiative with the support of the TDC Steering Committee, Corcadorca and Cork City Council Arts Ofiice who provided in-kind support, venue and travel subsidies.