Apologies for cross-postings.
The University of Edinburgh and the Playwrights' Studio Scotland are delighted to invite you to a rehearsed reading of Peter Arnott's new play, ENSEMBLE. This reading is part of the year-long process of developing a new play and film from research on GDR theatre and censorship, and it is funded by the AHRC. Peter will be using the reading to explore audience reactions to his draft script, and to inform his future work on the play.
The reading will be on Wednesday 15 April at 7.30 pm at Oran Mor, Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX. The event is free but ticketed, and you can book your tickets at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ensemble-a-rehearsed-reading-of-peter-arnotts-new-play-tickets-16036740322. The ticket includes a free glass of wine or soft drink.
Peter describes his play as follows:
"Ensemble is a theatrical experiment about theatre. About theatre as something we make together - "ensemble" - and the reasons why a society does that. It's also about the social experiment that took place in East Germany between 1945 and 1990 - the attempt to make a new kind of country and what became of it. It's about the theatre that was made there. About how those who were there then feel about that theatre now.
Drawing on original interviews and documentary sources, Ensemble is an examination of collective memory and imagination. How do we think about the past, especially when that past was all about the idea and promise of the future? And how did they feel about it back then? About living in a society made of lies, a society built on fear, a society under total surveillance? And how do we feel about that now?"
For more information about the project, please see http://www.whoiswatchingwho.org.
We hope to see many of you at Oran Mor next month!
Laura
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Dr Laura Bradley
Postgraduate Director & Senior Lecturer in German
University of Edinburgh
50 George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LH
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