Mischief in Creative Practice with Keir Cooper
Tuesday 19th April 2022
6pm – 7.30pm
ONLINE
How can we get and stay excited about a project from conception through to realisation and beyond? Keir Cooper, discusses mischief as a creative energy for all kinds of creative practice.
Whether we call it mischief or perhaps punk, playfulness, danger or risk - how we might harness the permissions of creative space to find where the excitement lies? How can we get and stay excited about a project from conception through to realisation and beyond?
Keir will discuss mischief as a creative energy, drawing on his multidisciplinary practice as a theatre artist and (mischief) maker. In a given project, what are the opportunities for mischief? How do we create “a smile in the mind” (a term borrowed from visual design)? How can we take our playfulness seriously and what is the benefit of such an approach? How can we balance this technique with other, more profound, more truthful creative effects we’re aiming for?
Thinking about space, form, story, audience, expectation and context, and drawing from theatre, music, writing and visual projects as well as an approach to workshops. Consider this a workshop and a manifesto for mischief.
This session will be relaxed throughout, providing the opportunity for you to ask as many questions as you like.
This online event is FREE TO attend. It will take place via Zoom. Places are LIMITED.
Ticket Information
Once you have booked your ticket you will receive an invite to attend via email, this will be sent out on the day of the event (please check spam folders just in case.) You will receive a final invite 15 minutes before the session starts, please ensure you have booked your tickets well in advance as we can't guarantee entry after this point. If you have any ticket issues please email hello@goodcreator.org
ABOUT KEIR COOPER
Keir Cooper is an artist working with live performance, writing and music. His remix of Don Quijote was selected for the British Council Showcase for drama & dance, touring throughout the UK and to Brazil. His other work includes BADASS GRAMMAR feat. Penny Arcade; and queer flamenco-theatre on the Spanish Revolution Republica. He also writes for jazz-rock bigband, A Sweet Niche. He is an associate artist with New British Music Theatre, a collective dedicated to exploring the intersections between these disciplines.
Wild Time, a punk revision of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is a theatrical novel written in collaboration with Rose Biggin, and their event is coming to The Dukes in May.
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Images: © Keir Cooper
ABOUT THE DUKES
The Dukes is the only producing theatre venue in Lancashire. As an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, The Dukes creates a sense of place that challenges, enthrals and excites audiences, though live performance, film, art and events, promoting Lancashire talent and acting as an important resource for the community.