Bandstand Development Blog – Old photos and things I am thinking about… – by Katherine Maxwell-Cook
Bandstand Development Blog – Old photos and things I am thinking about… – by Katherine Maxwell-Cook
We are currently making two new Bandstand Audio Experiences for the bandstand in West Park, Wolverhampton. We are working with our commissioning partners Black Country Touring to develop and promote these new works.
I’m Katherine Maxwell-Cook, and I’ll be writing the story and the text for the experiences. One will be for a solo listener/participant/audience member, and one will be written for a pair to experience together.
Join Us – We are recruiting Board Members
The Other Way Works is currently recruiting Non-Executive (voluntary) Directors to join its Board of Directors.
This is a great opportunity for your skills and experience to make a real difference to the development of an energetic and distinctive not-for-profit arts organisation. We’re looking for people with a passion for theatre, the arts, and innovation, who will help steer, support and advocate for the company.
Talking it up
Katie will be popping up at a couple of different events in the next few weeks.
We’ve been selected to present our Bandstand project as part of the Ideas Summit at the ISAN Biennial Conference in Glasgow on 16th November. Its a chance to let national outdoor programmers know about our plans for the project, and opportunities for them to get involved in co-commissioning new content for the platform.
She’ll also be at the Hello Culture Conference in Birmingham on 17th November on the Mobile, Location and Games panel. The one day event will explore how the cultural sector can exploit digital technology.
Complimentary at Hatch:Fresh in Leicester 16th October
We’re pleased to be part of Hatch:Fresh in Leicester, which has a great line up of companies performing over an evening.
We’ll be performing Complimentary, which takes place at the bar.
Click here for info & to book (free!) tickets for the event
Catch Complimentary at Hatch:Fresh in Leicester
We’ve been selected to perform Complimentary at Hatch:Fresh in Leicester on Sunday 16th October 2011. Its a 15 minute piece for one audience member at a time that takes place standing at the bar. The Hatch:Fresh event looks to have a great line up, and tickets are free, so do come along if you’re in the area. For more info and ticket booking click here.
Come and see us at First Bite at mac on 24 Sep
We’ve been lucky enough to be selected to appear at 2011′s First Bite event at mac. The event is produced by China Plate in collaboration with mac and WAC. Its on Saturday 24th September.
We’ll be sharing a tiny nibble of our new project ‘Bandstand’, a locative audio theatre experience.
For more info see the flyer below.
Continue reading Come and see us at First Bite at mac on 24 Sep…
Avon Calling in Edinburgh this August
If you’ll be up in Edinburgh for the festival this August, you’ll have another chance to catch our current show Avon Calling.
We’ll be performing just 3 times on 23rd, 24th & 25th August at 7pm. With just 10 places for each show do book tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Click here to view the e-flyer with info about booking
Click here to view the video trailer
Filming Avon Calling – would you like to star as an audience member in our film of the show?
Seeking ‘Audience Members’ for film of Avon Calling
- Are you interested in the work of The Other Way Works?
- Do you have a background in acting?
- Are you free this Sunday afternoon from 12-6pm (26th June)?
Then we’d love it if you could join us as we film Avon Calling, in the starring role of one of six ‘audience members’.
We’ve just finished a successful run of Avon Calling in association with mac Birmingham. Our next job is to create a film of the piece that we will use to promote the show to encourage future bookings.
As you may know, Avon Calling is a show performed in audience members’ own homes, in their lounge, and takes the form of an Avon Party. Its very participatory.
In order to properly reflect this, we need an ‘audience’ of six people to appear in our film of the piece – and this is where you come in. We have found from past experience that when it comes to filming, our audience members need to have the ability to act – you’ll need to act surprised, or amused etc even on the third or fourth take!
It would be great if you were able to spend the afternoon with us on Sunday 26th June to be in the film. You’d also get to see most of the show, as it gets filmed. And we’ll all go out for a curry (on us) afterwards to say thanks.
Details:
Sunday 26 June (this Sunday)
12pm – 6pm
House on Stirchley/Kings Heath border, Birmingham
Wear what you’d wear to go to a friends house for an night with friends
If you would like to take part, please email info@theotherwayworks.co.uk ASAP.
Many thanks in advance.
Katie Day, Artistic Director, The Other Way Works
www.theotherwayworks.co.uk
4 Star Review for Avon Calling
We were pleased to receive a 4 Star review for Avon Calling in today’s Birmingham Mail.
“A thought – provoking performance and a lovely evening with friends in the comfort of my own home.”
What more could you ask for, eh?!
We are also really pleased to have SOLD OUT the entire run in collaboration with mac.
Avon Calling Video Trailer
Watch our thoroughly spiffing new video trailer for Avon Calling!
Avon Calling is now on sale through mac Birmingham. 9 out of the 10 performances have already been booked, so get in quick to avoid disappointment.
For further info click here, or to go straight to mac’s website page click here.
Ding dong!
