What is a technician? What is a dramaturg? What is a Technaturg?
The workshop will be a physical, practical, playful exploration of the role of “Technaturgy” (Technician/dramaturg) within performance making. Peppered with case studies from my Ryan’s work as a Technaturg and some useful technical, practical tools that have helped him along the way.
Ryan is queer performance making shapeshifter originally from Bristol and currently based in Amsterdam. He shifts between making aesthetically-sharp, physical driven contemporary theatre projects (like I_RAN, Sync, FOG BOX) to making trashy, camp, cabaret turns (XPat, Annette Curtain) to collaborative working with exciting collectives (YAK, INTERVAL, Reckless Sleepers), to off-stage work as a Technaturg [technician/dramaturg] (Tom Marshman, Vicky Maier).
Saturated through all these shapes is a practice of joy, spectacle and play. Projects are usually devised, scored and ambivalent; permeating with a feeling of queer otherness.
He is part of Anglo-Belgian theatre collective Reckless Sleepers, produced Flare International Festival, and helped present work internationally to: UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, India, Egypt. Proud alumni of BA Contemporary Theatre & Performance at Manchester Metropolitan and recent graduate of MA Home of Performance Practices at ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL).
Dates & Times
- 2:00pm
