Project ‘Other than Me’ part III
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Innovative Marcus Romer aka @MarcusRomer, Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre aka @pilot_theatre. Pilot are based in York but you may have had your eardrums blasted by an energy-injected, multi-media version of Pilot’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ which has toured the country for several years now, or even caught their more tightly-lipped but equally fast paced production of ‘Road’. Pilot are hosting an Arts and Technology conference this June. *Shift Happens* will look at how the arts can embrace with confidence, digital media and social media and is aimed at Artistic Directors, Chief Executives, Heads of Marketing, individual artists, Social Media users, students and teachers.
See here for more info http://www.pilot-theatre.com/redesign/default.asp?idno=17061
also as the BBC Blast site shows (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast) young people are already playing with it, using it and developing it – so if theatre wants to keep engaging with young people and new audiences (aka people who don’t go even though it’s there), the time has come to look at how this change in focus could and should happen.
I have become a fan of emerging new artist Jon Hawke aka @theboywyatt especially his poetry which takes me from sadness to uncontrollable giggling fits. He recently launched his poem “That Older Woman” via Twitter and his Tumblr blog and it had a great response especially from those of us for whom it may have been written – who really felt quite flattered (slightly pink cheeked even). To echo the words of one reader Elly Laine “I want to pick him up and put him in my pocket”. I suspect it’s now pinned up on fridges all over the world, that’s the wonderment and the challenge of social media – instant access. If you take a peek and like his work, do let him know – feedback is to artists what a good hairdresser would be to Donald Trump – Vital ;0)
http://theboywyatt.blogspot.com/2009/04/that-older-woman.html#links
(sorry Donald, if you’re reading this, it’s just my opinion, you know about the comb-over thing;0)).
Online Music Promoter Adam Clavering has started up Our School Rocks aka @ourschoolrocks based in Worthing. Adam is offering to share his expertise with ‘wanna be’ myspace bands and aspiring musicians by offering ‘industry’ training for more details see http://www.ourschoolrocks.co.uk
Also in Worthing is @DanThompson of Artist Makers http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/516692 who is a leading light in the empty shops movement where empty shops are turned into inspiring art spaces bringing fresh life back to high streets, towns and cities across the UK. Finally the Arts Council England initiative ‘Take It Away’ for those wishing to get involved in learning and playing music, have released their May bulletin and if you haven’t read it yet then you can sign up here (and for a chance to enter two really great competitions). http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/takeitaway/bulletin/0905/
