Adapting Images Into Theatre - Workshop

Adapting Images Into Theatre

In 2023, Deadweight Theatre created RUBBERNECKS, an adaptation of a series of Edward Hopper Paintings that was set and performed in the very location this workshop will take place. This workshop explores the intersection between theatre and visual art. It is an insight into the process used to create the performance and aims to equip theatre-makers with new ways of creating work through a visual approach.
During the workshop we will look at two essential elements of adapting images into theatre - Character & Space. We will look at ways to explore both those elements separately, focusing on narrative building, scenography and composition, before bringing everything together to make small fragments of work.
This workshop is facilitated by Dominika Uçar

Dominika is the artistic director of Side/Step Festival and co-founder of Deadweight Theatre. She studied Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh before completing a Masters in Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She specialises in interactive work and has a deep interest in the use of humour as a political tool as well as the blurring of lines between theatre and visual art. Alongside directing, she is also a freelance producer on projects such as the award winning The Manikins, and is currently working on the ACE funded production, Roadside, at Trinity Bristol and The Cockpit Theatre.

Host or Publisher Side/Step Festival