Initial Thoughts on Directing by Facilitation and Improvisation.

Ever since I first met Fiona Watt I’ve been thinking about Directing. This was going to be a post outlining my theory of directing (1). My initial theory of directing which I would use as a provisional template to accept, reject or modify as I gained some practical experience.  Then the improviser in me kicked in.   I remembered how the five folk I was working with during Fiona’s session at the Residency weekend created Birnam Wood and understood the symbolism of the words and our interpretation of the words.  I’m an improviser.  We don’t Direct. We co-create. (2)

So, this is not a post about how I might Direct my first play. It’s a post about how I might help actors and technical crew access our play, hold a common vision of the play between them and share that common vision with an audience.

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