{"id":26895,"date":"2023-09-23T03:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T02:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/the-darn-skippy-ensemble-experiment\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T03:03:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T02:03:31","slug":"the-darn-skippy-ensemble-experiment","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-darn-skippy-ensemble-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Darn  Skippy Ensemble Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Darn Skippy Ensemble Experiment explores how professional and amateur theatre practitioners can support one another\u2019s artistic practice.<\/p>\n<p>Strand 1 \u2013 Building a professional Ensemble: Darn Skippy Productions will put together an ensemble of 5 professional actors, led by director Lianne O\u2019Shea. Over the course of 4 sessions, based in the Moat Theatre, we will engage in open-ended theatrical experimentation, outside of the pressure of a specific production, developing our theatre practice and generating ideas for future projects.I t is a wonderful opportunity for us to build a group of actors who are confident working in this way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strand 2 &#8211; a programme of skill-sharing and exchange between Darn Skippy and Moat Club. Darn Skippy Productions offer: \u2022 Continuation of the Directors\u2019 Mentoring Programme (2012\/2013 and 2014\/2015) \u2013 Lianne O\u2019Shea will facilitate a series of seminars and practical workshops for emerging directors within the Moat Club, working towards presenting pieces at the Moat\u2019s One Act Festival in April 2024. \u2022 A \u201cBuddy System\u201d whereby a Moat Club actor can ask to be paired up with a member of the Darn Skippy Ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange, the Moat Club and Theatre offer: \u2022 Use of theatre space for the Darn Skippy Ensemble\u2019s work \u2022 Insights from the Moat Club\u2019s long history of producing large-scale theatre, engaging local audiences and developing ensembles over time<\/p>\n<p>Participants for this event will be members of the Moat Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26896,"template":"","class_list":["post-26895","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Darn Skippy Ensemble Experiment - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Darn Skippy Ensemble Experiment explores how professional and amateur theatre practitioners can support one another\u2019s artistic practice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-darn-skippy-ensemble-experiment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Darn Skippy Ensemble Experiment - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Darn Skippy Ensemble Experiment explores how professional and amateur theatre practitioners can support one another\u2019s artistic practice. 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