PROGRAMME:

1. PLAYWRIGHTING WORKSHOP
led by Chris Thorpe, British playwright
CONTENTS: During the week each participant will work on his/her own 10 minute text applying the British way of developing drama ideas. English skills are required.
PARTICIPANTS: Young people interested in writing plays and the British approach to dealing with playwriting. Proficiency in English is required.
PUBLIC PRESENTATION: The workshop ends with a public presentation of drama texts, written by its participants.
PLACE: The workshop will take place at the Osijek University and the public presentation at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.
PERFORMERS: Students of Drama Academy in Osijek.  

2. THEATRE WORKSHOP
led by Lorne Campbell, British director
CONTENTS: During this workshop the British director is going to work with the participants on an orchestra reading of Connor McPherson’s The Weir. This kind of work with texts is characteristic for the British theatre because an orchestra reading (without a set, reading in front of an audience without acting) gives an excellent and inexpensive way of familiarizing oneself with a drama text.
PARTICIPANTS: Young people interested in  dramatic interpretation of text, acting and the British approach to working on a text Proficiency in English is required.
SPECIAL GUESTS: A guest actor from the UK - Mark Mcdonnell,
PUBLIC PRESENTATION: The workshop ends with a public orchestra reading.
PLACE: The workshop will take place at the Osijek University and the orchestra reading is to take place in the Pub.

3. PUBLIC LECTURE
Lorne Campbell: It’s not all about sex, drugs and rock ‘n ‘roll
TOPIC: Contemporary British drama today, trends and writers, contemporary Scottish theatre and Travers theatre,  as one of the most important British theatres for developing contemporary drama.
PLACE: Gallery Waldinger

4. LAUNCHING OF THE BOOK:
Sanja Nikčević: New European Drama or the Great Deception (Meandar, Zagreb, 2005)
The book illustrates the rise of the contemporary British trend of explicit violence (the so-called “in-yer-face” drama or the new brutalism), about its influence on the European theatre and imposing this trend as “the new Europen drama” in the late 90-ies. The book was published in May 2005 by the Zagreb publisher Meandar in a prestigious Intermedia edition. Great interest for this book has resulted in translation of its parts in magazines (Polland, Hungary and Slovakia) as well as publishing a short version of the book in the prestigious New Theatre Quarterly , published by Cambridge University Press.
PARTICIPANTS: Milovan Tatarin, Helena Sablić Tomić, Branko čegec, Sanja  Nikčević
PLACE: Gallery Wladinger.

5. ROUND TABLE
Contemporary British drama today – influences and impact
British drama is the most influential one in the world, which makes it present in Croatia as well. Directors and actors, professors and translators will be speaking about its influence, about the possibilities of implementing relations towards a contemporary text on ours, about the importance of a good translation, about the possibilities of mutual combining.
PARICIPANTS: Chris Thorpe, Lorne Campbell,  Helena Sablić-Tomić, Sanja Nikčević, Marijana Fumić, Zlatko Sviben, Ivan Matković, Želimir Mesarić, Nina Kleflin, Nora Krstulović, Davor Špišić,  Vitomira Lončar.
PLACE: Croatian National Theatre in Osijek

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Monday, 14 November 2005

9.00 – 12.00 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP/THEATRE WORKSHOP
PLACE: Faculty of Philosophy
18.00 OPENNING OF THE PROGRAMME:
Speakers: Helena Sablić Tomić, president of Matrix croaticae in Osiejk, Sanja Nikčević, Faculty of Philosophy of  J. J. Strossmayera University of Osijek, Adrian Chadwick,  Director of the British Council in Croatia
Co-organizers.
18.30 PUBLIC LECTURE :
Lorne Campbell: It's not all about sex, drugs and rock `n` roll
PLACE: Faculty of Philosophy

Tuesday, 15 November 2005

9.00 – 12.00 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP/THEATRE WORKSHOP
PLACE: Faculty of Philosophy

Wednesday, 16 November 2005

9.00 – 12.00 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP/THEATRE WORKSHOP
PLACE: Faculty of Philosophy

Thursday, 17 November 2005

9.00 – 12.00 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP/THEATRE WORKSHOP
PLACE: Faculty of Philosophy
17.00 LAUNCHING OF THE BOOK
Sanja Nikčević: New European Drama or the Great Deception
PLACE: Kazamat Tvrđa
18.00 PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE THEATRE WORKSHOP
Orchestra reading of Shimmer by Linda McLean, contemporary British writer, directed by Lorne Campbell
PLACE: Pub Beckers

Friday, 18 November 2005

9.00 – 12.00 PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP/THEATRE WORKSHOP
PLACE: Faculty of Philosophy
12.00 ROUND TABLE: Contemporary British drama- influences and impact
PARICIPANTS: Chris Thorpe, Lorne Campbell,  Helena Sablić-Tomić, Sanja Nikčević, Marijana Fumić, Zlatko Sviben, Ivan Matković, Želimir Mesarić, Nina Kleflin, Nora Krstulović, Davor Špišić, Saša Anočić, Ivica Šimić.
PLACE: Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
17.00 PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP LED BY CHRIS THORPE
PLACE: Croatian National Theatre