Festival of New Writing
in Aberdeen and
North-East Scotland
1st–30th September 2010
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Stand and Deliver
An interactive and practical workshop for writers to develop their performance style
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Sunday 12 September 2010
11am
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1pm
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Stewart's Hall, Huntly [Map]
Admission £5 (concessions £3)
Maximum 12 participants — booking essential — please email info@newwords.co.uk
This interactive and practical workshop provides a friendly and encouraging atmosphere
for you to try out various styles of presentation under the guidance of an experienced
theatre director. Andi Ross will use a variety of techniques to raise your awareness
of your potential as a performer.
You will leave the workshop with a better understanding of how to present your work
effectively to an audience.
For this workshop you are asked to bring along examples of your own writing to work
with. This is important for you to get the most out of the workshop.
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Andi Ross was born and brought up in Aberdeenshire. She trained at Aberdeen
College of Education and graduated as a drama teacher, secondary and primary. Since
then Andi has worked primarily as a director in youth theatre, community theatre
and in the professional theatre. She has worked for many organisations, both here
and abroad, including Theatre Workshop Edinburgh as Senior Drama Worker and as Associate
Director at the Tron, Glasgow. For the last eight years however she has worked as
a Cultural Coordinator for Edinburgh City Council. At present Andi is working as
Project Manager for Attfife and the National Theatre of Scotland. She is also directing
an operatic version of The Tempest for the St Magnus Festival, Orkney.
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Week 2
Friday 10 September
7.15pm
Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen
Come and join us for an evening of entertainment with Welsh storyteller Cath Little
Saturday 11 September
10.30am
Archaeolink, Oyne
Part of Gadiefest
Saturday 11 September
11am
Archaeolink, Oyne
Part of Gadiefest
Saturday 11 September
6.30pm
Archaeolink, Oyne
Part of Gadiefest
Sunday 12 September
11am
Stewart's Hall, Huntly
An interactive and practical workshop for writers to develop their performance style
Week 3
Monday 13 September
6.30pm
Musa, Aberdeen
An information sharing event for professional writers
Tuesday 14 September
7pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen
Meditation, self-trial, mystery
Wednesday 15 September
4pm
Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen
A flash fiction workshop
Thursday 16 September
7pm
Acorn Centre, Inverurie
What's the point of asking why? An exploration of philosophy in today's world
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