2020
Jessica Litwak (California) , Rosie Parker (London) , Lazhar Ghozlane, Fred Fortas (Paris) - My Heart is in the East creative team.
December 2020. Fence network zoom reading of Andrei Kureichik’s Insulted Belarus (Director)
November 2020 – February 2021 6 Boom (zoom) Labs, for the UK / Dutch playwrights / theatre makers to explore their works-in-progress (Producer/Dramaturg)
November 2020 – As Chair, oversaw appointment of new Vital Xposure Artistic Director, Simon Startin, to succeed Julie McNamara
November 2020 – Began exploration with Tom Minter of his play By Me You’ll Never Know as potential Fence project (Network Curator/Director)
October 2020 – on Dramaturgs Network International Dramaturgy Lab team for funding application to British Council Digital Fund
October 2020 Dash Arts Podcast, on the life and work of the Curaçaoan-born Dutch artist, filmmaker and director Felix de Rooy with Felix’s himself, visual artist Charl Landvreugd, theatre director Ernestine Comvalius and artist Neske Beks and playwrights Jude Christian, Gable Roelofson and Enver Husicic – from the BOOM! Project, a Dutch-British theatre initiative from The Fence examining and challenging colonial history and narratives.
September 2020 – Launch of The International Dramaturgy Lab (IDL): an experimental initiative developed led by Hanna Slattne on behalf of The Dramaturgs’ Network UK with the The Fence (Network Curator/Director) and in collaboration with an international array of dramaturgical organizations and networks, including ; Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) USA, Canada, and Mexico; STOD Finland; and the Danish Dramaturg Network.
September 2020 – Fence network AGM (Network Curator/Director)
September 2020 – Presentation to online IETM Meeting on behalf of the IETM Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility working group
September 2020 – in Lecce to see the work of Factory Company, (Ubu) thanks to Anna Consolati at Oriente /Occidente, plus presentation on the work of Crossing The Line. (Project Dramaturg)
September 2020 (ongoing) – continue to remake both Ogmius and Trasna na Line projects as part of the Crossing The Line partnership team. (Project Dramaturg)
August 2020 (ongoing) – Begin weekly Sunday night zoom workshops to continue developing My Heart is in The East over zoom (Director)
August 2020 – Confirmation of successful Erasmus + bid. The Fence network is delighted to be collaborating with Border Crossings (Sligo / London), Théâtre du Soleil (Paris), Teatro dell’Argine (Bologna) on CRE-ACTORS: Training intercultural theatre-makers for a diverse Europe, with support from EU Erasmus+ (thanks to Michael Walling). Running from January 2021 for 2 years, the project will facilitate the exchange of best Vocational Educational Training practice between key organisations working in collectively created theatre that engages with social and cultural diversity, internationalism and minority communities. (Dramaturgy as creative evaluation)
June 2020 – Chaired session on dramaturgy for The Fence / Dramaturgs Network at the online LMDA Conference
May 2020 – Secured additional phase of support from Dutch Performing Arts fund to support Boom! development online (Producer/Dramaturg)
April 2020 – assembled Xpress Eurself – a €500,000 bid to the Creative Europe Western Balkans programme with Riksteatern (Sweden), PAV (Italy), Qendra (Kosovo), ATAK and Queer Montenegro (Montenegro) and Heartefact (Serbia). (bid scored 71, but unsuccessful)
March 2020 – Ogmius, job-shadowing for Educateurs Specialisés / Support Workers, Malmo as Moomsteatern prepares to open The Erased (Project Dramaturg). Left Sweden via Copenhagen the day the Danes closed their borders
March 2020 – TNL mid-way Project meeting Galway, planning for CTL Festival as part of Galway European Capital of Culture. Now sadly cancelled as Galway ECOC is committed to wrapping up March 31st 2021 latest (Project Dramaturg)
March 2020 – Presentation on international work to Goldsmiths MA Cultural Diplomacy & Relations ICCE students
February 2020 – 0gmius residency with Support Workers at Mind The Gap in Bradford (Project Dramaturg)
January 2020 – Second residency of the TNL project at Moonsteatern in Malmo (Project Dramaturg), including Chairing and presentation on 2 panels focusing on European collaborative working and towards creating an Academy
January 2020 – 0gmius residency with Support Workers at Moomsteatern in Malmo (Project Dramaturg)