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SUMMARY:A/Owning
DESCRIPTION:A/Owning is a new public artwork by José García Oliva\, as part of Words in Public Spaces. \nWorking with local shop owners across the city\, many of them migrant and second-generation families\, José has adapted each awning into stages for a city-wide cultural programme. The words on the awnings come from a poem written collectively by people in Peterborough. \nOn the night\, contemporary dance performances and live music will happen under the awnings. The music is written for each shopfront and draws on its sounds\, its owners and the places its food and people come from. A part of each piece will also be improvised in response to what is happening around: a door opening\, a bus passing\, voices at the till. \nRefreshments will be served at the final shop location\, plus there will be a DJ night led there too! \nWords in Public Spaces is a new public art commission from Metal\, part of Peterborough Cultural Alliance’s Place Partnership Programme. \nBook free tickets here. \nImage credit: Alice Mann
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LOCATION:2020 World Buffet\, 35 New Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1FJ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: How to Write a Play with Anne Odeke
DESCRIPTION:Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! Check out one of their upcoming events below. \nMercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: How to Write a Play with Anne Odeke – Book here! \nSo you want to be a playwright? How do you become a playwright? What is a day in the life of a playwright like? What makes for a great play? How do you even write one? Do you need a writing agent? How do you get one? \nJoin Anne Odeke for an evening where all these questions shall be answered\, as well as any others you might have. Anne will bring the biscuits; you just bring yourself! \nMeet the Facilitator\nAnne Odeke is an actor and playwright from Essex. \nAs actor\, Anne trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and\, over the course of her career\, has performed for the likes of Shakespeare’s Globe\, the RSC\, and theatres such as The Birmingham Rep\, The Watermill\, The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and many more. She is also a presenter on Cbeebies on Playtime Towers. \nAs a playwright\, Anne has written for the likes of Storyhouse Theatre\, Hightide\, The Almeida\, The Mercury Theatre Colchester and BBC Radio 4. \nHer play\, Princess Essex (in which Anne also played the lead) was performed on the main stage of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and went on to be nominated for Best New Play at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2025 and Best Performer in a Play. Anne is the latest recipient of Best Playwright from the The Black British Theatre Awards 2025. \nBursary Offer\nA limited number of free bursary places are available for this event.\nTo request one of these places\, please email mercury.creatives@mercurytheatre.co.uk. \nDon’t miss our Connect session\nJoin us from 8pm at our Mercury Creatives Connect in Southend event for an exciting networking opportunity.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mercury-creatives-southend-masterclass-how-to-write-a-play-with-anne-odeke/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Mercury Creatives Southend Masterclass: Demystifying the Casting Process with Wayne Linge
DESCRIPTION:Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! Check out one of their upcoming events in partnership with us below. \nMercury Creatives Masterclass: Demystifying The Casting Process For Actors & Aspiring Actors: A Practical Workshop\, Discussion and Q & A with Casting Director Wayne Linge – Book here! \nThis workshop is open to all. Whether you are an established performer\, are in the early stages or your career or have no professional experience but are curious to find out more about a career in the creative industries\, you are very welcome! \nFor the practical element of the workshop\, participants will be sent a selection of scenes in advance and asked to prepare one scene of their choosing. Participants will have the opportunity to submit their scene as a self-recorded tape or to take part in a mock audition ‘live’ on the evening where you will work on the scene with Wayne in front of the other participants. Whether you submit a self-tape or take part in a live mock casting\, you’ll receive feedback on your read on elements such as characterisation\, camera technique and performance skills. Self-tapes will also be viewed by all participants during the workshop. \nFor the live mock audition\, you don’t have to have learnt the lines\, but please be as familiar as possible with them. You are welcome to bring a printed or digital copy of the scene with you. \nThere will also be a discussion and Q&A\, where Wayne will talk in more depth on their casting process\, with tips and advice on how to prepare for castings. The aim is to help demystify and explain the commercial business elements of the industry\, which sit alongside the creative. We’ll also discuss the specifics of being based in the East of England and how to overcome some hurdles such as rural and coastal isolation\, which can be barriers to a career in the creative industries. \nThis will be your opportunity to ask questions\, and you are encouraged to think about these questions in advance\, write them down and bring them along with you! \nThis workshop adheres to the Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) workshop guidelines. The guidelines can be viewed here. \nIn line with the CDG guidelines\, in signing up to the workshop\, all participants acknowledge and understand the following that the intent of the workshop is educational and should not be considered a job interview or audition. Attending workshops is not a way to obtain employment as an actor. It is a learning / educational experience. The presence of a Casting Director is neither a guarantee nor a promise of employment. Contact with a Casting Director at a workshop rarely results in any further contact with that Casting Director or any company affiliated with that Casting Director. The presence of a Casting Director is absolutely not a guarantee or promise of employment. The intent of this class is solely educational and not a form of job interview or audition. \nYou can find out more about Crampsie Linge Casting at crampsielinge.com \nMeet the Facilitator\nWayne Linge (he/him) is one-half of Casting partnership Crampsie Linge Casting\, which he established with Julia Crampsie in 2023. Wayne and Julia collaborated for nearly a decade in the Casting Department at the BBC where Julia was Head of Casting for over 15 years. \nJulia and Wayne have recently finished casting on Forever Home\, an adaptation of the Graham Norton novel of the same name for Channel 5\, produced by FilmNation Entertainment and The Mediapro Studio. \nPrevious casting credits include; Our Girl\, We Hunt Together and EastEnders. \nWayne was born and raised in Suffolk and now lives in Essex. He originally trained as an Actor and worked as Assistant Producer for a regional theatre company in Suffolk between 2009 to 2012. \nBursary Offer\nA limited number of free bursary places are available for this event.\nTo request one of these places\, please email mercury.creatives@mercurytheatre.co.uk. \nDon’t miss our Connect session\nJoin us from 8pm at our Mercury Creatives Connect in Southend event for an exciting networking opportunity.
URL:https://metalculture.com/whats-on/mercury-creatives-southend-masterclass-demystifying-the-casting-process-with-wayne-linge/
LOCATION:Metal Southend\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend on Sea\, Essex\, SS08NB\, United Kingdom
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