Audience Feedback:
Looking Backwards– Moving Forwards
Conservatoire East. June 12th 2024. New Writing Project
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What did you enjoy/found impactful about the evening?
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· Everything. It was wonderful! I wish I could have done the course.
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· Not your normal trip to the theatre! Truly amazing and such a wonderful evening to be part of and see such hard, brave and wonderful writing and acting.
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· Creativity and organisation of the whole event.
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· Giving the students opportunities to explore other areas of performance.
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· I thought it was great that the space was so supportive for the writers.
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· Having ex students of Con East to perform was a nice touch to inspire them.
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· Simple yet effective staging.
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· Powerful writing. Brave, painful, thought provoking.
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· The variety of what was presented, especially in light of their age and writing experience.
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· The energy. How hard the students worked on their writing.
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· How much the young actors cared about how they represented the work.
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· The interaction with the playwrights. The Q and A.
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· Brilliant show.
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· Truly loved it.
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· Hats off to the director, writers and the actors.
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· Powerful and moving. Choked up a couple of times.
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· A very powerful evening. Impressive.
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Participants’ Feedback:
Looking Backwards – Moving Forwards
Conservatoire East. June 12th 2024. New Writing Project
What did you get from attending the project?
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· I understood how to use writing to enhance my voice. I think the course was very therapeutic for me to do.
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· I have learnt so much about script writing which has helped with confidence in general and inspired me to write more and be open to similar things in the future.
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· I’ve learnt a new skill and I can see how writing can help acting/performing.
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· I learnt about actioning (a theatre writing technique) I gained more confidence and interest in writing in the future.
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What did you enjoy about the writing workshops?
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· I enjoyed the safe space that was created and I liked the advice and discussions that we had.
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· The environment and feedback of others and being able to read others’ work.
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· I loved working with everyone and thoroughly enjoyed it. I felt I wasn’t judged and have been massively inspired.
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· I enjoyed how supportive everyone was and that Danny (workshop leader) had us get up and perform each other’s.
What did you enjoy about the public readings?
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· I liked how well they were directed and teched (lighting and sound) as well as the question and answer we did afterwards.
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· I liked seeing mine and other work on stage and how it was interpreted by the actors.
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· Seeing the different takes from the director/actors compared to how I would have envisioned it.
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· I liked watching my work and I loved everyone’s.