Name: Taking The Stage at MK Gallery - Day 4 Part 1
Start: 2024-10-19T13:00:00+01:00
Location: MK Gallery

Taking The Stage at MK Gallery - Day 4 Part 1

Taking the Stage is back supporting and celebrating women playwrights. This is our third festival and like our previous two festivals, we have an exciting lineup of new plays, discussions and talks.
1pm - 2pm - Protecting Your Intellectual Property Lesley Gannon, Writers’ Guild
Lesley Gannon from The Writers’ Guild guides us through how
copyright works and how playwrights can protect their work and
how the Writers’ guild can give advice and help at any time in
your career
2.30pm: MK Theatre Youth Theatre presents MY WORLD
What does the World look like in 2040? This is the question posed and explored by a fantastic group of young people from MK Theatre’s senior youth theatre as they create a brand-new piece of devised theatre especially for Taking the Stage.
When you look around you at the world today, do you see hope for the future? Do you see despair? Do you see rampant AI taking over the world, or a reset back to simpler ways?
Will society be fairer and more equitable, or most unjust and polarised? Do the dreams and fears we have today give us insight into the age old question of – What Next?
Utilising a range of practical theatre skills, these young creatives look to their future. 16 years from now, what will their (and our) World look like?
3pm: Q&A, ‘Where are our future theatre makers?’
Panel: Rosemary Hill (Producer, Director and Chair), Carly Halse (Theatre Practitioner), Sian Rowland (Playwright and Educator), Chloe Wade (Playwright and Theatre Practitioner).
4.00pm - 4.45pm: “The Role of the Intimacy Co-ordinator” Ita O’Brien
Over the last few years, the role of the Intimacy Co-ordinator has become increasingly important for stage and film. Ita O’Brien has worked on many productions including “Normal People”, “I May Destroy You” and more recently “We Live In Time” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. Ita talks about her role and how she approaches a production and works with the actors.
4.45pm – 5.15pm: Questions with Ita O'Brien