Informations pratiques
Cours donné par l’artiste-facilitateur : Nick Carpenter
Dates : Information à venir
Âge requis : 18 – 100 ans au jour de l’activité
Expérience prérequise : aucune
Prix : 275,00 $ Taxes en sus
Question sur le cours ? Contactez-nous : courspublics@ent-nts.ca
Notes : Ce cours est en anglais
Description du cours
*Ce cours est offert en anglais seulement.
For millennia, we have not just told each other stories, but sprung to our feet and performed them. The art and craft of theatrical adaptation is as old as humankind. It is one of the ways we transmit, celebrate, refresh, reframe and challenge the narratives and myths around which our communities are built.
What distinguishes the dramatic form from other storytelling forms? Adapting for the stage gets us thinking about what a play is; what a play does. In this course, you will be weighing the building blocks and pertinent features of your original document against the dramaturgical requirements of its new shape.
This course invites you to unlock and explore the theatrical possibilities of a work not originally intended for the stage — a novel, short story, poem, essay, song, etc. If your source material is already a play, then you will be examining and extending its theatrical potential — a play to musical, for example. Whatever your angle, it is welcome!
Each class will be built around group discussion, exercises, reading and feedback. Student-generated writing as well as curated readings will serve as our inspiration.
Artiste-facilitateur : Nick Carpenter
As a composer and musician for the stage, Nick Carpenter has worked and collaborated with the National Arts Centre; National Theatre School of Canada; Great Canadian Theatre Company; Centaur Theatre; Lucion Media; The Theatre Centre; Repercussion Theatre; Geordie Theatre; Imago Theatre; Infinitheatre; Concordia University; National Circus School; McGill and Ottawa Universities; the METAs (Montreal English Theatre Awards); Hudson Village Theatre, Theatre Lac Brome; Third Wall; Théâtre Urbi et Orbi (Urban Tales); TF1 – Rock’n’Roll Circus; Monastère – Cabaret de Cirque; and on Festival productions or concerts for Magnetic North, SummerWorks, Undercurrents and WildSide.
Nick is also a writer. His plays, radio plays, short stories and librettos have been presented across Canada, the US and Germany. Most recently, Merk’s Dream was featured in Tapestry Opera’s ‘Songbook X’ Concert, live streamed Spring 2020. Nick wrote the screenplay for Maz (Les Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2018) and his Play Stained Glass won the Canadian Peace Play Competition in 2008.
Nick teaches at the National Theatre School of Canada and Concordia University. He has worked as a dramaturge for PWM (Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal); NACO (National Arts Centre Orchestra); JMC (Jeunesses Musicales Canada) and OLT’s (Ottawa Little Theatre’s) Playwright’s Weekend.
Nick is co-founder of Summersett (summersettband.com).
