24 Degrees

Been approached to take part in a BBC Writer’sRoom/Royal Court Theare project called 24 Degrees. It aims to get new voices into writing for stage and screen. Six cities, four writers from each city to take part to produce new work. I missed the launch event as I was in Memphis but reading the blurb the aim is to produce a first draft of script for january. mentoring and workshops take place between now and then. I have an idea which I will present to them when I meet them. It’s a stageplay about corporate society and is a little farcical, ridiculous parody of some of the excesses of corporate speak.

the wives (many) of Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Emailed draft off tuesday. I finished three days early which I was pleased about as I had slogged hard to get it finished as I wanted to take it with me to Memphis to read once before coming back and amending. Now taking few weeks off from it while Fintan and Kully of TWP read it and then get back to it some point in next month or so I imagine. Potentially got another play (see 24 degrees postings) to write so i’ll make a start on this new one some point in mid-august.

Fusion-conference

The seven of us travelling to Memphis for the desire to learn conference came up with a dissemination plan for our reflections on the conference on a bit of tablecloth during a meal one night over there.

One of the many good things to come out of it was the recognition we felt as a team of the many good things we already do as lecturers, practitioners, administrative, technical at NTU. So the transitioning to a new system is all the more easier when we have good ideas and good practices to translate to the new desire to learn system.

We decided we would encourage the NTU team academic, technical, administrative to consider writing papers for presentation at next year’s Fusion conference wherever that may be.