led by peter petralia
18 September 2008
Proto-type’s critically acclaimed show, Whisper runs 29 September to 4 October. sohotheatre.com/whisper
Using the neighbourhood around Soho Theatre, this workshop will explore some of the inspiration for Whisper, and give writers practical ideas and techniques for creating performative writing, based on the city.
This workshop will touch on world-building, site-as-inspiration, psycho-geography, mathematics, and architecture and will include time for gaining inspiration, writing and providing peer feedback. Appropriate for writers of all types.
Company mission:
Proto-type Theater is a company of multi-disciplinary artists interested in live performance based in the NW of England and in Brooklyn, New York. Creating original works that are diverse in scale, subject and medium, Proto-type is currently exploring the relationship between sight and sound, the virtuoso performer, and the role of the spectator in performance. Proto-type’s work is demanding and intricately crafted to create experiences for a diverse audience of intelligent, modern humans.
Peter S Petralia
Peter S Petralia is a producer, director, writer, curator and artistic director of Proto-type Theater. With Proto-type, he has written twelve full-length performance works that have premiered in New York City, North Carolina, the United Kingdom, Romania and Amsterdam. He is the recipient of several awards, grants and residencies including the HERE Artist Residency Program (NYC), Lincoln Center Director’s Lab (NYC), Das Arts (Amsterdam), 2004 nytheatre.com Person of the Year (NYC), Artward Bound of the Field (NYC), Chashama Area Award (NYC), Mondo Cane Commission from Dixon Place (NYC), TCG/ITI Travel Grant (NYC/Russia), The Creative Lab at The Center for Contemporary Art (Glasgow), the Outside/Input Program of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater (NYC), and Jerome Foundation Commission from PS122 (NYC). Peter curated the 2002 Queer@HERE Festival, the 2003 Fuse Festival and Avant-Garde-Arama at PS122, and has been a guest artist in Busan, South Korea, Giesen, Germany and Asheville, North Carolina. Peter is the 2008-09 New Work Network Activator for the North West of England and is currently completing his PhD at Lancaster University where he is a recipient of an Overseas Research Award. More information on his publishing, new work and archival material is available at www.proto-type.org
Using the neighbourhood around Soho Theatre, this workshop will explore some of the inspiration for Whisper, and give writers practical ideas and techniques for creating performative writing, based on the city.
This workshop will touch on world-building, site-as-inspiration, psycho-geography, mathematics, and architecture and will include time for gaining inspiration, writing and providing peer feedback. Appropriate for writers of all types.
Company mission:
Proto-type Theater is a company of multi-disciplinary artists interested in live performance based in the NW of England and in Brooklyn, New York. Creating original works that are diverse in scale, subject and medium, Proto-type is currently exploring the relationship between sight and sound, the virtuoso performer, and the role of the spectator in performance. Proto-type’s work is demanding and intricately crafted to create experiences for a diverse audience of intelligent, modern humans.
Peter S Petralia
Peter S Petralia is a producer, director, writer, curator and artistic director of Proto-type Theater. With Proto-type, he has written twelve full-length performance works that have premiered in New York City, North Carolina, the United Kingdom, Romania and Amsterdam. He is the recipient of several awards, grants and residencies including the HERE Artist Residency Program (NYC), Lincoln Center Director’s Lab (NYC), Das Arts (Amsterdam), 2004 nytheatre.com Person of the Year (NYC), Artward Bound of the Field (NYC), Chashama Area Award (NYC), Mondo Cane Commission from Dixon Place (NYC), TCG/ITI Travel Grant (NYC/Russia), The Creative Lab at The Center for Contemporary Art (Glasgow), the Outside/Input Program of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater (NYC), and Jerome Foundation Commission from PS122 (NYC). Peter curated the 2002 Queer@HERE Festival, the 2003 Fuse Festival and Avant-Garde-Arama at PS122, and has been a guest artist in Busan, South Korea, Giesen, Germany and Asheville, North Carolina. Peter is the 2008-09 New Work Network Activator for the North West of England and is currently completing his PhD at Lancaster University where he is a recipient of an Overseas Research Award. More information on his publishing, new work and archival material is available at www.proto-type.org
