The mature professional practitioner-deviser in Higher Education How I made the pilot performance ‘Redhair and Daffodil Friend’ with TaPP students at Salford University For some years now I have had the opportunity to work on some really stimulating and creative projects within the Theatre and Performance Practice programme at the University of Salford. It has both informed and enhanced my …
It’s Daffodil Time
It’s Daffodil Time Last year Winter brought stillness, nothingness, sleeping, quiet reflection and ancestors who visited both invited and uninvited. Despite this year’s daffodils, crocuses and early tulips, Spring has dragged its feet. We’ve been up to our eyes in rain, rain and yet more rain. But it seems to have stopped and now it is spring; well and truly …
Collaboration, Collapse and Creativity
I recently gave a presentation for M.A. students at Salford University about some collaborative projects I have experienced in my work over many years. The Twins and I The Twins and I Tributaries Tributaries brochure 1993 Tributaries flyer 1993 and most recently Rooting a Creative Project (Keer to Kent Summer 2018) Nurturing a Creative Project (Keer to Kent Winter 2018-19)
So long since posting – Here is Birnam Wood
In 2010 I was in a laboratory at the RSC working on a radical adaptation of Macbeth for an all women cast. It never got to production. This month it did get produced at the Adelphi Studio University of Salford. Here are stills from the process. Carran Waterfield’s Birnam Wood with Salford University from Carran Waterfield on Vimeo. Full showcase …
MA students from Salford creating new work
I led a day of discussion and workshop with Salford University M.A. students. Here is one response: Silent Discovery and here is another Project through the Body – Session with Carran Waterfield
Serving Three Mistresses
I have three jobs at the moment. I have often thought you can’t serve two masters but now I think you can serve three mistresses. Mistress One Since I last wrote I have been working on writing towards a publication about The House with Jenny Hughes which will come out next January in a journal called Studies in Theatre …