Corcadorca - Symposium

This April the international masters of site-interactive theatre and outdoor came to Cork. Corcadorca hosted a symposium entitled ‘Is This Theatre?’ An exploration of theatre in non-theatre venues.

PAN.OPTIKUM (Germany), Punchdrunk (UK), Teatr Biuro Podrozy (Poland), and Company Dakar (Netherlands) presented workshops and talks during this two day event in Cork city, culminating in a final open forum. Professional site-specific and venue based theatre practitioners both nationally and internationally were invited to participate. This weekend provided a rare opportunity to work with and learn from, some of the world leaders in site-specific and outdoor theatre.

(Please click on the company names, highlighted in blue above, for further information on the individual company and workshop content. Clicking on the workshop names below will also access this information.)

Schedule of Events

Fri 25th April		Venue
10.00 - 13.00	Between Technique and Imagination - Group 1 - Teatr Biuro Podrozy	Cork School of Music
14.30 - 17.30	Exercises on Presence - PAN.OPTIKUM	Cork School Of Music
15.00 - 18.00	Between Technique and Imagination - Group 2 - Teatr Biuro Podrozy	Cork School of Music


Sat 26th April
10.00 - 13.00	Hide and Seek - Approaches to the Empty Space - Punchdrunk
10.00 - 11.00	Exercises on Voice - PAN.OPTIKUM
11.00 - 13.00	Site-specific Theatre - Interaction with the Space - Compagnie Dakar
14.00 - 17.00	Exercises on Voice - PAN.OPTIKUM
14.00 - 17.00	Between Technique and Imagination - Group 3 - Teatr Biuro Podrozy
20.00	'Is This Theatre?' Forum. This event is free but ticketed.
	Chaired by Raymond Keane, Director of Barabbas.

Venues - Cork Civic Trust House, Cork School of Music.

History
In 2004, in association with Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture, Corcadorca hosted the Relocation Weekend, a series of workshop and seminars on site-interactive theatre. The response was very positive, leading to a number of the participants, both Irish and international, subsequently being employed via contacts made. This pilot project was the first of it’s kind in Ireland.