UDO E-mail
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JULIET BERNARD MEMORIAL PRIZE AWARD
OXFORD PLAYHOUSE PANTOMIME ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OPEN MIC NIGHT AT MODERN ART OXFORD
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL AUDITIONS
THEATRE APPLICATION INFORMATION
CAMERON MACKINTOSH SCRIPT LIBRARY
Dear all,
This e-mail is best read in HTML (in Webmail, click the ‘text/html’ link above). It's also available online at http://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/udo/news.asp
so here, on Wednesday evening, is Monday's email - very sorry, but I hope you enjoyed a break after getting so many last week.
What's on
Events
JULIET BERNARD MEMORIAL PRIZE RESULT
The Juliet Bernard Memorial Prize for the most promising actress in her second year has been awarded to Charlie Mulliner, who hopes to put the award money towards a show in Edinburgh and paying for drama school auditions. Congratulations to her, we wish her the best of luck. And a big thank you every one else who applied.
OUDS 125TH ANNIVERSARY CHAIRED DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
As a compliment to the Gala performance at 6pm in the evening of Sunday 13th June, OUDS is hosting a series of Chaired Discussions in the afternoon of that day as well as a Screenwriting workshop on the 12th and a 'Page to Stage' Shakespearean workshop in the morning of the 13th. As you will see there are some very high profile professionals attending giving their time to work with you or discuss some of the hot topics in the theatre world and to answer your questions. The discussions you do not have to book, and they are open to the public, but there is limited seating and it will be done on a first come first served basis. Don't miss these, they won't happen again for at least another twenty-five years! As for the workshops please email secretary@ouds.org to book a space.
Discussions Venue: Oxford Playhouse Top Room - open to all.
'Is Theatre Talking To Itself?', 1.30pm
Chair: Francis Matthews
Panelists: Michael Billington, Richard Beecham, Erica Whyman and Philip Wilson
'How To Turn Passion Into Profession', 3pm
Chair: Mark Rosenblatt
Panelists: Polly Findlay, Holly Kendrick, Alex Clifton and Tom Littler
'Competitor or Collaborator - Can Theatre, Film and Television Really Mix?', 4.30pm
Chair: Jon Plowman
Panelists: Tessa Ross, Christopher Hampton, Peter Kosminsky and Ben Monks
Screenwriting Workshop with Peter Harness
In the Stafford Crane room Keble College 4-6pm Saturday 12th June (7th week), email secretary@ouds.org to book a space
Peter Harness is an award-winning screenwriter whose debut feature, 'Is Anybody There?', starring Michael Caine and David Morrissey, premiered in 2009 to critical acclaim. He has written a number of single films for TV, including the Spanish Flu drama 'The Forgotten Fallen', starring Bill Paterson and Mark Gatiss, and the Frankie Howerd biopic, 'Rather You Than Me', starring David Walliams and Rafe Spall. He also wrote the period crime drama 'City of Vice' and the mini-series '1066'. He is currently developing several feature films and original series, as well as writing the next series of 'Wallander'.
Peter will hold an hour lecture about screenwriting, which will include a Q&A session, after which anyone who wants to bring a screenplay of their own can have some one on one time with Peter. The focus of the lecture will be half practical advice on how to get into the industry, how to deal with the business aspect of screenwriting - and half the artistic side of it, how to write, what to look for etc
'Page to Stage' Shakespearean workshop with RADA tutor Nick Hutchison
Stafford Crane Room Keble College 11am-1pm Sunday 13th June, email secretary@ouds.org to book a space
Nick will lead a practical and interactive examination into the methods used by Elizabethan players to produce and perform plays in a theatrical environment wholly different from today's. The lecture/workshop examines how the texts inform performance, and how Shakespeare directs both actor and audience through the way he writes. Originally commissioned as a outreach project by the Globe Theatre Education.
OUDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - NB CHANGE OF TIME
Will be held on Friday of 8th week (18th June) 2-4pm in Lecture Room VII in Brasenose College. It is the moment when the current committee hand over to the new committee and when our annual reports of the society's activities are read out. Everyone is welcome to join, so please come along to hear what OUDS has been up to this year!
TAMSIN OGLESBY
This Friday the playwright (and Hall alumni!) Tamsin Oglesby will be visiting St Edmund Hall to give a short talk followed by a question and answer session with students.
Her most recent play, 'Really Old, Like Forty Five' just finished a very successful run at the National and she's doubtless a very interesting person to ask about writing plays and how to be involved in drama after university and all that. Plus I'm sure she's very nice. You should come meet her!
THIS FRIDAY (Thursday of 7th), SEVEN THIRTY (that's in the evening, obviously) in the Old Dining Hall (it's just inside the front Quad of college - there'll be a sign - you can't miss it). Entry is FREE, and by no means limited to Teddy Hall students - anyone interested is very welcome to come. There'll be some form of tasty refreshments.
There's also a facebook group if you wanted to plug that:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128218440536866
Jack Hackett
President, John Oldham Drama Society
Auditions and vacancies
Information about auditions and vacancies tends to be posted on the OUDS website (http://www.ouds.org/), so those eager to join the casts and production teams of this term’s plays are strongly advised to check there for further info. For non-actors, sign up to the TAFF list by emailing join@tabsareforflying.co.uk.
New Drama in Conflict
In 8th week there will be a series of rehearsed readings of new plays from war zones. We are looking for actors to take part. The time commitment would be the day of the readings that you want to take part in, from 10 am until the end of the performance. You can take part any number of days. The plays are by Russian, Middle Eastern, and British playwrights, including a couple of UK premieres. Rehearsed readings are a good way to discover new texts and have some fun acting without the weeks of work. To express and interest and sign up to any of the days, please contact Will.measham@magd.ox.ac.uk
PETER GLENVILLE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ENTRANCE TO DRAMA SCHOOL
OUDS sponsor this year is the Peter Glenville Foundation who have made 2010, our 125th Anniversary, that little bit more special by setting up a scholarship fund for the next five years that will split $15,000 USD equally among all successful entrants each year to any of the twenty-two CDS recognised drama schools in the UK or their international equivalents. If you are unsure whether your drama school is included within this list then please visit http://sites.stocksphere.com/cds/default.asp to find out. Any matriculated member of the university is eligible to apply by sending a copy of their drama school's acceptance letter to secretary@ouds.org with a covering letter with their name, college, graduation year and start date at drama school clearly written. If you have applied to drama school but do not expect to hear results before the end of term then please email the secretary to let him know when you think you will find out and we will wait on your results - good luck in the meantime. There is a considerable amount of funding on offer to help with the expenses of drama school and we are pleased that the Peter Glenville Foundation have so kindly agreed to ease the burden of student fees.
Review for Broadway Baby
Broadway Baby is one of Edinburgh’s most popular Fringe listings and review magazines, providing reviews for edinburghfestivals.com, iFringe, broadwaybaby.com and the Broadway Baby daily print paper. Reviewers are wanted to join the team for this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Anyone who can write well and has experience in fringe theatre as performer or production is perfect for the job. Reviewers get press passes, hospitality, entry to the Broadway Baby bar in C-venues and free tickets (including shows you are not reviewing), but all reviewing posts are unpaid.
Please contact james.harding@broadwaybaby.com with a sample review, a CV, dates you will be in Edinburgh and other commitments during that time and possible specialisms. (e.g.: musicals, stand up comedy, period drama) Deadline is Friday of 8th.
Sparkleshark Auditions
Sparkleshark is still looking to cast three male roles for its production going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Show runs from Aug 14-28th in Edinburgh and rehearsals run from July 18th onwards with a few readthroughs this term. For more information please contact sparklesharked@gmail.com
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - Oxford Playhouse Pantomime 2010/11
Oxford Playhouse is seeking an Assistant Director for its 2010/11 pantomime Cinderella.
You will assist Director Peter Duncan during the three-week rehearsal period with specific responsibility for the young performers. You will work creatively with the Director in the production of the pantomime, assisting the decision making process by observing the rehearsal process with professional actors and contributing ideas and suggestions as appropriate.
This is an opportunity for someone wishing to develop a career in professional theatre. It is offered as an unpaid opportunity to gain professional experience as part of the ongoing relationship between Oxford University and Oxford Playhouse. (Expenses are paid.)
Beyond the rehearsal period, the successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to take on a paid position of Chaperone until 16th January 2011.
To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter to Charlie Field at charlie.field@oxfordplayhouse.com
Deadline for applications Friday 18th June 2010
Hours: full time, including evening and weekend work.
Dates: Monday 15th November – Saturday 5th December
Location: Oxford
Candidates must be willing to undertake an enhanced disclosure CRB check
The Shakespeare Schools Festival is looking for volunteers to work as Volunteer Venue Assistants for our 2010 Festival.
The Shakespeare Schools Festival is a unique arts-education charity which offers young people, from a diverse collection of backgrounds, the opportunity and support to perform abridged productions of Shakespeare's most famous plays in their local professional theatre. Four secondary schools with pupils 11-18 perform four different Shakespeare plays each night. 650 schools are taking part (that’s 13,000 young people) and we are in 80 theatres across the UK. We employ professional Venue Directors and Venue Managers to work in most of our theatres and we also require Volunteer Venue Assistants. We are keen to open up our opportunities and after the success of last year’s pilot we are extending the offer to people interested in expanding their experience in the area of community and arts-education.
Festival performances will run from September 27 – November 19 2010 and volunteers will be required to work at least two days and as many as ten days (8.30 – 22.30).
Please look at our website ( http://www.ssf.uk.com/about-us/volunteers ) for a full person specification, job description and further details on how to apply. Deadline for applications is Tuesday 15th June, 5pm.
If you have any queries, please contact Bonnie Austin at bonnie.austin@ssf.uk.com or on 0207 785 6496.
Flipping the Bird presents FOUND!
Any time
Any place
Anyone.
A new theatrical experience, coming next Michaelmas.
All you get is a number.
Auditions for FOUND! will take place on Monday of 7th. There's no need to prepare anything but come in clothes you can movie in and ready to do some odd stuff.
To book a slot please email flippingthebirdproductions@googlemail.com, or visit the facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/?tid=1209855866342&sk=messages#!/group.php?gid=113602438684081&ref=ts
Auditions for "Terry Pratchett's 'Night Watch'", a Discworld play
To be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of 7th week
No prior acting experience required
Interested please contact yiu.luke@oriel.ox.ac.uk to book a timeslot
Modern Art Oxford Open Mic Night
Your opportunity to be in the spotlight! Modern Art Oxford is to hold an open mic night inspired by the call for talent put out by Maria Pask for the making of Déjà vu, a film based on Roundabout, a community newsletter produced in Rose Hill in the 1950s and 60s. All genres of performance are welcome. Come along and tell a joke, sing a song, play an instrument, recite a poem, act out a play, do an impression...it's up to you! Everyone welcome.
For more information about events at Modern Art Oxford, including artists' talks, free exhibition tours, family events, live music and performance, visit our new website<http://modernartoxford.createsend4.com/t/r/i/nidhtd/ilnkdek/y>.
Open Platform
Friday 11 June, 7pm Registration, 7.45pm Start Free - just turn up<http://modernartoxford.createsend4.com/t/r/i/nidhtd/ilnkdek/j>
Performance slots will last 3 minutes and a mic will be provided. The performances will take place in our new indoor-outdoor space The Yard, and the café & bar will be open until 10pm.
BT Work Placement
Keep your eyes peeled over the next week: details will shortly go up on the Oxford Playhosue website of a work placement that will be available at the BT from 25th August - oth week of Michaelmas. More details WILL follow...
Murder in the Cathedral - Chorus auditions
Oxford Playhouse is producing a unique show in the dramatic environment of Christ Church Cathedral. As part of the Playhouse Plays Out programme, we're staging T.S Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral this Michaelmas (13th-16th October), and we'll be bringing together a cast made up of both Oxford students and professional actors. This Sunday (13th) we'll be holding some further auditions for actresses who have not yet auditioned.
WOMEN OF CANTERBURY
About half of MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL is made up of a sort of Greek chorus. These are the women of Canterbury, who tell the story of the assassination of Thomas a Becket. We are aiming for 12 women to join the chorus of the Women of Canterbury, to include a mixture of singers and actors. Some of the Chorus's lines will be divided up, so there will be plenty of solo sections. And some of the Chorus's lines will be set to music, which will be specially commissioned for this production.
We are looking for:
Singers (particularly those with a strong choral background, choral scholars etc) who are interested in taking part in a professional theatre production.
Actors who have some singing experience (eg musicals, choirs etc).
Some people will do more singing than others, so we are looking for a good spread of singers-who-act and actors-who-sing (and people who consider themselves equally skilled in both areas).
To book an audition slot or for more info email chloe.courtney@trinity.ox.ac.uk
ACTOR SURVEY
Hello, I am a former Oxford University student. I'm carrying out some research with Professor Claridge (professor at Oxford on psychological disorders) on the creative ability of actors and how this ability may be associated with traits related to psychological disorders. We're trying to get a large sample of actors to fill out the online questionnaire, which should only take five minutes. We've already carried out the study with comedians and many of them found it very relevant to their everyday experiences and many wanted to know their individual score (which I can provide). So hopefully it would be something interesting for the OUDS members to fill in, rather than yet another boring psychology questionnaire! Below is the link to the survey (which also has more information about the study). Many thanks, Vicky.
http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=KIOKNH_28fbe057&UID=3265517134
WORKING ON 'INSIDE OUT', A BBC SERIES
'I am beginning to look for new talent to present occasional items for our BBC Inside Out programme. We are based in Southampton and cover the south of England from Weymouth to Brighton and up to Reading and Oxford. I am keen to find people who are outgoing, intelligent, multi-layered, mature, ethical, charismatic with the ability and desire to talk to people from all walks of life. They should also be interested in journalism and social affairs. If they have done some journalism even better. It's a longshot - but if you have any members who would be interested in presenting some current affairs items for us they should email me a CV with a short video as to why they would be a good candidate.
If you're interested please email Jane French, series editor, on jane.french@bbc.co.uk or call her on 023 80374310.
Theatre Application Information
PEMBROKE ANGELS FUNDING
The newly incarnate Pembroke Angels is a new drama funding body on the scene. Despite maintaining a link with Pembroke, it aims to promote drama across the university and although it's means are not huge at the moment it is looking to grow by investing in artistically and financially viable shows. We are now inviting applications for Michaelmas shows. Please email your bid, budget and brief covering letter specifying an ideal amount of funding to pembroke.angels@gmail.com and we will get back to you.
KHTA Funding
The King's Hall Trust for the Arts is interested
in receiving applications for funding. To apply, please send full details of
your project, including full budgets, details of the project in statements from
each of the production team and information on whether you have a confirmed
slot, to Nick Herbert at applications@khta.org.uk by
5pm on Friday of 7th week. Please note that we aim to make a significant impact
by underwriting at least 10% of budget and that our usual underwriting amounts
are between £150 and £300. We will inform successful applicants early in the
vacation.
"We can also offer advice and support to your company in the development and
delivery of your production. If you want advice from a professional theatre
director or designer, either in general or with regards to a specific question
or problem related to your KHTA-supported production, please get in touch.
"For more information about KHTA and the sorts of projects we are interested in
hearing from, including our funding criteria, please visit our website: http://www.khta.org.uk/.
THE BUSKINS
The Buskins are looking for plays to fund in Michaelmas. Please send a bid, complete with a budget outline, to rebecca.adams@worc.ox.ac.uk by the end of term and we shall get back to you Sunday of 1st week next term.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Buskins
OUDS FUNDING
OUDS is now accepting funding bids for all shows to be staged in Michaelmas Term 2010. Bids need to be emailed to treasurer@ouds.org by 5pm on Friday of 7th week. Bids should be no longer than 8 pages, and must include statements from the Director, Producer, Production Manager and Marketing Manager and a comprehensive budget.
Interviews will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evening of 8th week.
We encourage all shows, to be staged in all venues with either small or large budgets to apply. OUDS represents all aspects of Oxford Drama, from college shows to the Playhouse stage - funding decisions will be judged on artistic vision and financial viability.
Drama resources
Cameron Mackintosh Script Library
The Script Library has now been integrated into the English Faculty Library, where any student can easily access it. Overspill and technical manuals can be leafed through in my office.
Shakespeare DVDs
I have a complete set of DVDs of the BBC Shakespeare Collection in my office, available to any student who wishes to borrow them. They are extremely useful for anyone involved in drama as well as English students who wish to see any of Shakespeare’s plays performed. If you would like to borrow them just get in touch with me (drama.officer@admin.ox.ac.uk, 01865 791 577) and arrange a time to collect them from the BT. You can borrow up to four DVDs for up to a week, completely free!
OUDS wardrobe
The OUDS Wardrobe has MOVED to KEBLE COLLEGE CRYPT. Opening times are as usual but the wardrobe is now to be found under Keble Chapel, and the entrance is via the main doors of the chapel on the right hand side of first quad as you walk in through the porters lodge. During term, the wardrobe is open at the following times: Tuesday – 1pm to 2pm, Thursday – 1pm to 2pm.
If you’re interested in hiring from the wardrobe or have any enquiries please contact the Wardrobe Team, Bethan Greenaway and Simon Tavener: wardrobe@ouds.org.
You will need to leave a deposit for each item borrowed, and most items cost between £1 and £5 to hire per week.
Archives
I am continually gathering material for the Oxford Student Drama archives held by the Bodleian and for the collection of old posters and flyers that decorates the walls of my office. If you are putting on a show, please send me a copy of any posters, flyers, programmes or other archivable material. If you’ve simply built up a pile of materials from previous production, please drop them in at the office anytime!
Anyone wishing to look at samples of old publicity material or similar is welcome to come and look through what’s available in the office.
OxAdSoc
OxAdSoc (Oxford Advertising and Marketing Society soon to be launched) has negotiated a 10% discount deal for all Oxford Student productions and events with StuPrint on printing services. The discount code is 'oxadsoc', it also works on StuStash for t-shirts and hoodies etc.
Go to www.stuprint.com and use the code for the cheapest printing of posters and flyers.