Creative Salon
A gathering from across the artistic community to discuss work and inspire each other , find future collaborations and form new friendships , and discover the latest opportunities and resources with informative talks from special guest speakers .
JACK KING-SPOONER
Jack King-Spooner is an artist who makes video games . His games span from the most objectionable to the tenderest of sentiments and always seek to express ideas that cannot be expressed in unvarnished prose .
This workshop will allow participants to make and mould simple animations that communicate what they would like to see happen to Leith Theatre in the future . sink & the reverse engineer present the incredible
pianocube The Pianocube is a playable sculpture made from three upcycled upright pianos . A sonic playground . You can pluck it , tap it , stroke it , tickle it and bash it in any way that your imagination suggests . You can even climb inside it . A multiplayer for all ages .
room to play
Room to Play is a multi-disciplinary , hands-on , residency programme for emerging musicians , artists & game developers , exploring interactive live and digital processes in music , art , performance and game-development . In 2016 a team of 13 emerging musicians , visual artists , game developers and other professions came together for 10 weeks to work with award-winning musician , sound-designer , game developer and sonic artist , Yann Seznec ( British Composer Award for Sonic Art , 2015 ), as well as Edinburgh ’ s Tinderbox Orchestra , to develop a series of interactive musical and orchestral performances and installations . These were exhibited and showcased at Hidden Door Festival 2016 , Edinburgh Game Symposium at DARE ProtoPlay 2016 , and at North Edinburgh Arts . Room to Play 2016 was supported by Creative Scotland .
unforeseen
UNFORESEEN returns to Hidden Door for its second series of multi-discipline , audience-interactive situations facing the as yet unknown . Bringing new work influenced by output from the 2015 series , independent arts organisations in aerial dance , music and digital visuals respond to audience feedback through improvisation live , leading collective participation in an everevolving new work .
Theatre sans accents workshop
Theatre Sans Accents is an Edinburghbased theatre company specialising in teaching languages through drama .
( Re- ) Connect with your long lost foreign alter-ego ( French , English , Occitan , Gaelic ) through a practical and playful approach : drama games , dressing up , tongue twisters , improvisations ... Learn while having fun on stage !
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Civic soup
Civic Soup is an architecture collective , meaningfully engaging with people and communities on the topic of their built environment through collaborative thinking , designing and making . Our participatory workshop will provoke discussion around the future of Leith Theatre in the context of its rich heritage and the urban development surrounding it .
Indefinite Article
Explore the festival and journey the UK with the ‘ Indefinite Article ’ audio tour . In the weeks after Article 50 was triggered , we travelled the UK , speaking to everyone we met about home , Brexit and the future . Pick up a map and some headphones and listen in to some of those conversations .
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