The following feature Middle Child staff and artists we were due to work with this month. All sessions are free, but we would appreciate any donations, no matter how small, to their Hull Artists Coronavirus Fund.

All of the Q&As are run as webinars, so only the panel will be visible on video. They will also be livestreamed on the Middlechild Facebook page.

Sound and Music

Thu 30 Apr, 2.30-3.30pm (BST)

What goes into creating music and designing sound for theatre? With:

James Frewer – Composer and musical director
Beats Bus – Composers and performers
Owen Crouch – Sound designer

Link: Opens in the Zoom app
Meeting ID: 834-6837-3973
Password: 400972

The Business of Making Theatre

Thu 7 May, 11.30am-12.30pm (BST)

What’s the relationship between the artistic and business sides of running a theatre company? How can they support each other? Covering budgeting, cashflow, fundraising and making ends meet.

Paul Smith – Artistic director
Rozzy Knox – Executive director (maternity cover)

Link: Opens in the Zoom app
Webinar ID: 846-2475-8573
Password: 078962

Dramaturgy

Thu 14 May, 2.30-3.30pm (BST)

What is the dark art of dramaturgy? How does drama unfold on stage and how do you go about composing it? Artistic director Paul Smith will take us through his dramaturgy checklist, to help you ask the right questions when conceiving and redrafting work.

Paul Smith – Artistic director
Matthew May – Artistic associate

Meeting ID: 824-3530-9585
Password: 751846

Link: Opens in the Zoom app
Webinar ID: 879-4101-5121
Password: 558374

Making and Performing Gig Theatre

Thu 21 May, 2.30-3.30pm (BST)

Join the cast of the award-winning The Canary and the Crow, which also includes writer Daniel Ward and co-composer Prez 96, for a Q&A about creating gig theatre, from writing the text and composing the music and bringing it to life on stage with an audience.

Daniel Ward – writer and performer
Prez 96 – co-composer and performer
Rachel Barnes – performer
Laurie Jamieson – performer

Link: Opens in the Zoom app
Webinar ID: 851-7978-1939
Password: 660834

Writing Semi-Autobiographical Theatre

Thu 28 May, 2.30-3.30pm (BST)

Writers’ Guild Award winner and writer of The Canary and the Crow, Daniel Ward, answers your questions on the process of telling elements of your life story on stage.

Link: Opens in the Zoom app
Webinar ID: 842-1382-6904
Password: 177062