Twine Event Launch
The North East's Twine Event Launch took place on Thursday 20th June
2013 at the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Twine helps touring theatre companies in the
North East to develop entrepreneurial and creative ways of growing and developing
by forging relationships with a range of organisations and individuals and to
ensure that those companies continue to flourish. The 5 companies involved are:
Theatre Hullaballoo, Northumberland Theatre
Company, Théâtre Sans Frontières, Unfolding Theatre & The Empty Space. All
involved are working together to fundamentally change the way touring theatre
companies sustain themselves, and the relationships they have with their
audiences.
The five companies are passionate about
touring theatre and the benefits it can bring to its audiences. As a result
each company had to present a ‘gift’ to share with the others Our gift was the
Launch of the Theatre Firsts Campaign which is designed to celebrate
the importance of theatre firsts, by asking people to share their memories of
their first theatre experience.
Here
are a few of the most outstanding contributions to the Theatre First Campaign:
Graham and His technicolor dreamcoat
Moyra's Richard III at the Theatre Royale
Pirates of Penzance
''Oh no you didn't ... oh yes I did''