What does peace mean to you? Join us for this hands-on workshop on peace and performance led by NMT Automatics and Prof. Alice König.
Calling all creatives! Are you an actor, producer, playwright, choreographer or composer? Whether amateur or professional, student or teacher, please join us to explore the power of peace storytelling on stage!
NMT Automatic’s co-artistic directors Jennie Dunne and Jonathan D’Young will team up with Prof. Alice König to discuss their new production, ‘Long After The Labyrinth’, and lead participants through a series of interactive exercises exploring:
· What does peace mean to you?
· Why tell peace stories on stage?
· Do peace-focused plays require specific theatrical techniques?
· How can ancient myths help us tell powerful peace stories?
· How can performing peace help to nurture and build it?
Participants will come away with deeper understandings of peace and peacebuilding; with new insights into the techniques and value of peace storytelling; and with great ideas for performing – and building – peace in the future.
For more information please email: vispeace@st-andrews.ac.uk.
ABOUT NMT AUTOMATICS
Since 2013, NMT Automatics has been creating dynamic contemporary theatre that reimagines classical myths for modern audiences while bringing meaningful benefits to the communities in which they work. Their productions have toured across the UK and internationally.
This is NMT Automatics’ second collaboration with Professor Alice König and the University of St Andrews, and the first time the company has explicitly brought together classical myth and its Jewish heritage.
‘Long After The Labyrinth’ is produced by NMT Automatics, Chromolume, and the Ancient Peace Studies Network and supported by Arts Council England, The Society for Classical Studies, St Andrews University, East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue, JW3, and Etz Hayyim Synagogue, Crete.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The workshop is designed for ages 12+. The play contains references to the Holocaust and death.
ACCESS
Our new building includes step free access to the entrance via a ramp, a lift to the first floor, level access throughout the ground floor and accessible gender neutral toilets. Click HERE for more access information. If you have any additional needs please email tickets@manchesterjewishmuseum.com in advance so we can best support.
GETTING HERE
We are just a 15 minute walk from Victoria Station and Manchester’s Green Quarter. Both the 41 and 135 buses stop on Cheetham Hill Road within 100m from the museum’s entrance at the Elizabeth Street and Derby Street stops. We encourage you to use public transport or other sustainable transport methods when travelling to the museum. Click HERE for more information on getting here.
