Information Round-Up

Hello colleagues!

As most of you know, Terra Nova secured British Council funding for Andrea to meet and work with international colleagues of her choice during spring and summer of 2013.  This has translated into a visit to Toronto to explore possible partnerships and venues for the project, a visit to Vancouver with its important Catonese speaking population to work on the script with Chinese Canadian Artistic Director, Jovanni Sy, and a trip to Greenland with Sarah to explore the Greenlandic elements of the script and work along side the National Theatre of Greenland.

The dates for these visits are:

Vancouver April 30 - May 14

Greenland June 10 to 20.

Andrea has already promised to keep a log of what is happening, and you can follow it at www.andreamontgomery.net/greenland-2013.

Greenland Visit 2013

Sarah Davey-Hull and I are making plans to visit Greenland this summer.  The aim would be to connect with Nunatta Isiginnaartitsisarfia - The National Theatre of Greenland, to meet with artistic colleagues, to film, photograph and work on the script of All At Once I Saw A Crowd.

We keep wondering if we can persuade any of the rest of the team to join us?

National Theatre of Greenland in Production

Making Plans for Vancouver 2013

I've just had early email contact with Jovanni Sy, the AD at the Gateway Theatre in Richmond, Vancouver, British Columbia; about plans to maybe work on All At Once I Saw A Crowd there in April.  I'll be getting feedback from Jovanni on the script, and wanting to work out what shape the visit might take in the next few weeks.

Supporting the Development of the Project in 2012-2013

Some of you have written and asked what is happening to develop the project in 2012-2013, and how you can help....

Sarah Davey & I believe there are four main tasks to focus on right now:

• rewrite the script (June 2012 - my job - see the entry below)
• line up exciting readers who can read the news script after June and provide endorsements
• build links with potential festival and venue partners for an autumn 2013 tour 
• make the next round of funding applications

 If you can think of any exciting readers - well known actors or writers for instance - let us know.

If you have a relationship with potential festival and venue partners make an introduction - we will be making funding applications in August & November 2012 and March 2013; it will be important to have partners on board.

2012: Annaghmakerrig Artist's Retreat & a New Script

In January 2012, I had the opportunity to get right back to the heart of what makes ALL AT ONCE I SAW A CROWD a great project: the script.  I spent seven days at Annaghmakerrig artist's retreat in County Monaghan, and was able to complete the entire redrafting of 120 pages.  

On the 19th of February, Sarah Davey and I organised a reading of the draft in London - a brilliant opportunity for any writer. Feedback is: one more rewrite will see the play ready for casting.  I will be heading back to Annaghmakerrig June 18-25th, 2012 to write the final draft.

For those of you in the know: all your ideas about Adam's death bore fruit, and Benny is a much more interesting character!  Jin is fully three-dimensional and living in 2060 - but perhaps Sam still needs work....

If anyone would like to read the current draft, or wants to see the work after June, just get in touch.