Ogmius: In Full Flight – an online event
Written by Crossing the Line / June 18, 2021
Aimed at performance venues, artists, theatre companies and arts professionals from around the world, the three partners created a jam packed day of free practical workshops, seminars and talks about their experiences during the Ogmius project. The online event was held on June 18 2021, and called In Full Flight. > Click here to watch…
Ogmius: Skill based residency: Textlab, week three
Written by Crossing the Line / June 4, 2021
The third and last Textlab week in June seemed to run more smoothly than the previous, as the team had gotten more used to the form of working through Zoom. > Watch a film documenting the process of Textlab by clicking here. > Watch a selection of scenes from the work made during Textlab. During an…
Ogmius: Skill based residency: Textlab, week two
Written by Crossing the Line / April 23, 2021
In April Harald Leander, the three artists and the support staff working on Textlab met up again over Zoom. They continued to work on the play together. Rehearsing and filming, scene by scene. > Watch a film documenting the process of Textlab by clicking here. > Watch a selection of scenes from the work made during…
Ogmius: Skill based residency: Textlab, week one
Written by Crossing the Line / February 5, 2021
Each actor got the whole script in their own language, but each script also contained the translations into the other two languages, making it easier for the actors to follow what the others were saying. The script was delivered to the actors in January, just a couple of weeks before the first Textlab week. Each…
Ogmius: Skill based residency: Textlab, preparations
Written by Crossing the Line / December 7, 2020
The last skill based residency for artists during the Ogmius project was hosted by Moomsteatern and went under the name Textlab. The idea of Textlab grew out of the residency at Moomsteatern during the Crossing the Line project in 2015. Artists from all three countries had been given a scene from a play, written in their…
Ogmius: Moomsteatern hosted supporting staff shadowing (second week)
Written by Crossing the Line / March 13, 2020
In March 2020 staff members from Mind the Gap and L’Oiseau Mouche visited Moomsteatern in Malmö, Sweden, for the last job shadowing visit. During the course of the OGMIUS project all partners will get a chance to host a job shadowing visit enabling other staff to observe their work and practice, in order to share…
Ogmius: Mind the Gap hosted supporting staff shadowing
Written by Crossing the Line / February 7, 2020
In February 2020 staff members from Moomsteatern and L’Oiseau Mouche visited Mind the Gap in Bradford, UK, for the third job shadowing visit. During the course of the OGMIUS project all partners will get a chance to host a job shadowing visit enabling other staff to observe their work and practice, in order to share…
Ogmius: Moomsteatern hosted supporting staff shadowing (first week)
Written by Crossing the Line / January 10, 2020
In January 2020 staff members from Mind the Gap and L’Oiseau Mouche visited Moomsteatern in Malmö, Sweden, for the second job shadowing visit. During the course of the OGMIUS project all partners will get a chance to host a job shadowing visit enabling other staff to observe their work and practice, in order to share…
Ogmius: Let’s Get Changed! event in London
Written by Crossing the Line / November 28, 2019
Let’s Get Changed aimed to provoke thought and inspire action to make radical changes to diversity and inclusion in theatre settings. Action that would bring about significant change in individuals and organisations. Taking place at at the Albany Theatre, Deptford in November 2019, Let’s Get Changed was instigated, managed and hosted by Mind the Gap…
Ogmius: Skill based residency in Bradford
Written by Crossing the Line / November 8, 2019
The second residency of the OGMIUS project was hosted by Mind the Gap in Bradford, England, for a week in November 2019. The residency focused on: Telling stories with music Collaboration and devise, work as a team The use of vocal, Foley and found sounds, musically instruments and digital technology to create music Work towards…
Ogmius: L’Oiseau-Mouche hosted supporting staff shadowing
Written by Crossing the Line / February 28, 2019
In February 25 – March 1 2019 staff members from Mind the Gap and Moomsteatern visited L’Oiseau Mouche in Roubaix France for the first of three job shadowing visits. Charli Ward, director of Mind the Gap Academy, as reflected on the experience. This succeeded the first artists’ vocational training residency in December 2018. During the course…
Ogmius: Skill based residency in Roubaix
Written by Crossing the Line / December 12, 2018
The first residency of the OGMIUS project was held in December 3-14 2018. L’Oiseau-Mouche invited two artists to lead the workshop: Michel Schweizer and Pascal Queneau. Together they designed a two-weeks programme: the first week focused on Michel’s approach to contemporary dance and theatre; the second week led by Pascal Queneau and focused on body improvisation….