Booking is now open for the first international symposium on the Traverse Theatre Company’s Class Act project. Presented in association with The University of Edinburgh.
Class Act has been delivered by the Traverse Theatre across 25 successful years, working with young people across the central belt of Scotland, and even reaching Moscow and Ukraine.
Through the programme, young people are mentored by professional playwrights to develop and write their own scripts for the stage. Following a process of creative workshops, the finished plays are performed by a professional company. The key objectives of the project are to improve attainment through expanding literacy skills, encouraging active contribution in group situations and developing confidence by providing participants with an empowering opportunity to work with professional theatre-makers.
The symposium will bring together playwrights, theatre producers, teachers, former student participants and academics with an interest in Applied Theatre practices, to reflect on the project, it’s methodology, history and future. There will be guest speakers from Russia, Ukraine and further afield.
Dates & times: Fri 24 November 2017, 9am - 5.30pm
Tickets: Full price £25, Concession £12.50, Half-day £12.50 (Includes afternoon panels and lunch. Please arrive at 1pm.)
All tickets include a ticket to the performance of Class Act on Thu 23 Nov at 7.30pm, as well as coffee and pastry at registration, lunch and a free glass of wine at the close of the symposium
Further details and how to book available on the Traverse Theatre website