Creating Spaces forNeurodivergent Minds
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- Date
- Archive Event
- Time
- 1 - 2.30pm
- Venue
- Online - ZOOM
- Type
- Creative Conversation
Join us for this lunchtime session on how to setup creative, collaborative spaces and structure rehearsals/R&D in a way that best suits neurodivergent minds. Jodie and Clodagh will introduce useful tools for managing the room, artist wellbeing, the logistics of practical access and access clashes. This workshop shares their learning from the creative process of DROP IT - a gig theatre work in progress by Outside Voice, created by Jodie Irvine with dramaturgy and Arts Council England (ACE) access support from Clodagh Chapman.
Please APPLY HERE to attend this session, and respond with a thoughtful answer to ‘What do you hope to get from this session?’ for the best chance of a successful place.
Deadline to Apply: Thursday 18 January, Midday.
Biography
Jodie Irvine
Jodie Irvine is a writer, performer and theatre maker originally from the south coast. Her debut play, one woman show GOBBY, won the Best Theatre weekly award at Adelaide Fringe 2020, after an ACE-backed national tour and sellout shows with Underbelly Edinburgh, Pleasance London and VAULT Festival. Other writing credits include Sprint (Birmingham REP and Sky Studios), plus screen development projects and script editing work with numerous production companies, including a sitcom treatment commission from UKTV and a year as Dancing Ledge Productions’ Writer in Residence. Jodie is a current BAFTA Connect member.
Clodagh Chapman
Clodagh Chapman is a Manchester-based dramaturg, writer and director. As well as working on DROP IT, she has developed and dramaturged award-winning new work for the Pleasance Theatre and VAULT Festival. Clodagh is also a reader for the Bush Theatre, and a Programme Advisor at Sheffield DocFest. As a writer and director, Clodagh’s work has played at venues including Hope Mill Theatre, The Lowry, Contact, HOME Manchester, Shakespeare North Playhouse and Camden People’s Theatre. She regularly works as an access support worker for neurodivergent artists applying for public funding, and has almost a decade of experience of facilitating in accessible and inclusive theatre contexts. She is a current BAFTA Connect member.