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Collaboration and Collective Creativity: the evolution of a process of theatre-making in 12 words

by Karen | Oct 1, 2020 | Take a Chair––talking theatre and creativity

Collaboration and collective creativity In 2019, I had the opportunity to explore the application of collaboration and collective creativity while directing a large-scale production of Amadeus by Peter Shaffer. The full record of The Amadeus Project, Schull, can be...
Podcast 1: Chatting with Julia Zagar, artist and designer, about collaboration and creativity

Podcast 1: Chatting with Julia Zagar, artist and designer, about collaboration and creativity

by Karen | Oct 8, 2020 | Take a Chair––talking theatre and creativity

The first interview in the podcast Series 1 is with Julia Zagar, friend and co-creator of Karen Minihan’s for over 20 years. They have worked on many projects together, especially with PlayActing Theatre, a company that has involved their creative input with...

Vision, inspiration … and enchantment

by Karen | Oct 15, 2020 | Take a Chair––talking theatre and creativity

Vision and inspiration first As a theatre-maker in my ‘prime’ (as the Irish Theatre Institute would have it), it is almost impossible to comment in a succinct way on the myriad places I have found inspiration and that have influenced my work.  Recently, in my...
Podcast 2: Take a Chair: talking theatre and creativity

Podcast 2: Take a Chair: talking theatre and creativity

by Karen | Oct 22, 2020 | Take a Chair––talking theatre and creativity

Chatting with Alyn Fenn, painter and writer, about inspiration and the work. This podcast features Karen Minihan in conversation with Alyn Fenn, a writer and painter, and   a creative collaborator with Karen for over twenty years in projects which included:...
Close connection and understanding … and the text

Close connection and understanding … and the text

by Karen | Oct 29, 2020 | Take a Chair––talking theatre and creativity

CLOSE CONNECTION IN COLLABORATION ‘Birds’ from Amour, where Terri Leiber and Ben Townsend worked to create bird characters. (See the trailer for PlayActing Theatre’s Amour featuring the birds with Camilla Griehsel, Singer and Justin Grounds,...
Podcast 3: Chatting with Terri Leiber, writer and actor (actor and writer) about co-creating

Podcast 3: Chatting with Terri Leiber, writer and actor (actor and writer) about co-creating

by Karen | Nov 5, 2020 | Take a Chair––talking theatre and creativity

A long-term co-creator with me, this chat with Terri Leiber is the third in the Series, and the final conversation with the PlayActing Theatre team. As well as acting in classic plays where I was the director, we have collaborated as writers and actors since 2011...
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