Seven People - Chatroom (Improvised performances in Ikea, Cardiff - This Saturday)

Hi everyone.

Details of event as follows:

The Chat Room
Saturday 6th June, 11.30am - 2.30pm
IKEA Wales, showrooms

The Chat Room is a story telling exercise. Seven characters will sit and each tell you a three -minute story about their life. You, the IKEA customer, are invited to listen to the story. Just sit down on the sofa, have a cake or a drink and hear what the person has to say. The story may resonate with you, or may bore you. It might make you want to talk, or stun you into silence. It might make you think about how little time you take to sit and listen to someone else. You can ask questions, or you can thank the person and leave it at that. The choice is yours. Whatever your choice you will have helped the writer and the actors create a piece of theatre. And for that we thank you.

Why is this happening in IKEA?...

Neil Bebber’s ten minute play ‘7 People’ won The Sherman Theatre’s ScriptSlam competition. His challenge now is to develop the ten minutes into a full length play. Neil, with the support of directors Sarah Bickerton and Suzanne Phillips and seven actors are using the aMuse experience at IKEA Wales to develop the next stage of the play.

Using the imagination of the actors and the ears of the IKEA Chat Room, participants will unravel their past, the key events that shaped them and embark on a journey of self discovery of which you, the listener, are part. If you leave your details, we will contact you to let you know when the play is on, and you will get a credit in the programme for helping us unravel this complex human tale.

For more information, please contact Suzanne Phillips (co-ordinator) on 07946 398006 or Laura Evans (aMuse Project) on 07932 153670.



Hope to see you there and would be interested in every/anyone's views on invisible theatre!

Thanks,

Neil.

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Comment by Sarah Argent on June 9, 2009 at 19:34
So sorry to have missed it - it sounds absolutely fascinating. Congratulations on such an imaginative project!
Comment by Neil Bebber on June 8, 2009 at 1:06
The whole day went really well. I wasn't sure what to expect but it turned out to be a great way to further develop characters. We discovered so much new background information with each new session, I struggled to get it all down. It was great to get people that were not normally exposed to theatre involved to the point they were craving more! A successful (and exhausting!) day all round. Thanks to everyone involved. I'll let everyone know if we do it again and how I use the exercise to further the writing. Much to do now in collating the information. Thanks to all for your positive feedback!

I have a show coming up at Chapter at the end of the month. Details will be posted up shortly!

Have a great day.

N.
Comment by National Theatre Wales on June 7, 2009 at 11:53
Fantastic! Do report back on how it goes. Perhaps you could post some of the stories up here?
Comment by Mathilde Lopez on June 5, 2009 at 0:19
it sounds great!I would love to come but I am away this weekend... Though I am not not worried about the amount of audience you'll get, Ikea is always packed and no credit crunch will ever beat the urgent and constant need of candles, cushions and mugs!
Well done and best of luck.
Comment by Stacey Daly on June 4, 2009 at 8:06
...I will be one of the actors involved in this. Hopefully it will prove to be really useful for all involved...for anyone that does come along, it would be great to hear feedback!
Cheers
Stacey
Comment by Phillip Mackenzie on June 4, 2009 at 3:46
What a wonderful idea. Am working Saturday but will keep my out for further adventures at IKEA.

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