________Symposium On 4 November 2006, the Nuffield Theatre at Lancaster University hosted a symposium on the work of Uninvited Guests. Papers were presented by theatre practitioners and academics : |
Between You and Us: A Symposium with Uninvited Guests Practice Reflected Symposium Series, Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University, 4 November, 2006 The Nuffield Theatre at Lancaster University supports a wealth of contemporary arts practice in performance, live art, dance and installation. Regularly funded by Arts Council England North West, the theatre commissions up to 6 new performances each year from artists and companies who question the boundaries of the art-forms in which they work. Recent residencies, commissions and co-productions have included Forced Entertainment, Lone Twin, Imitating the Dog, Walker Dance Park Music, Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, Kazuko Hohki, Niki McCretton, Vincent Dance Theatre, Ben Faulks, Ursula Martinez, Mark Whitelaw and Uninvited Guests. Practice Reflected provides an opportunity for artists to reflect formally on their own practice, often for the first time in an academic/artistic context, and to invite responses from other practitioners, writers, critics and academics. Events are open to the public, students, artists and academics, and take place alongside the showing (often UK premieres) of new works supported or commissioned by the Nuffield Theatre. While taking the form of symposia, events often include artists’ letters, lecture demonstrations, happenings and performances as well as more traditional critical/reflexive papers and discussions. Sited within Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts at Lancaster University, the Nuffield Theatre is ideally placed to facilitate these events, and draws on a wealth of research, practice and creative industry specialisms from across the University and nationally. Between You and Us was an opportunity for taking stock, for reflection on nearly a decade of work by company Uninvited Guests. The event took place alongside the premiere performances of It Is Like It Ought to Be: A Pastoral. Speakers Sarah Gorman, Simon Jones and Helen Cole joined company members in addressing aspects from Uninvited Guests’ entire body of work. Invited artists, Tom Marshman, Fiona Wright and Nuffield Director Matt Fenton, performed creative responses to the new show. Also included here is an essay by David Williams, which was referred to by the speakers and published in the accompanying programme for It Is Like It Ought To Be. Matt Fenton |
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