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Collaborating with Children
PART 1 The Making of ‘Adrift’, a documentary film about the collaboration between Action Transport Theatre and St Bernard’s primary school. 'Adrift' is a professional show, co-produced between Action Transport Theatre and St Bernard’s RC Primary School (Ellesmere Port, UK). The 15-minute film captures some of the creative work which took place in the school as part of the Theatre making process and outlines the impact of the production on the wider school community. PART 2 The film screening will be followed by a discussion with Kevin Dyer (Dramaturg/Writer) and Sarah Argent (Theatre-maker) looking at some of the principles of co-creation with children, including examples of other projects; Words in the Woods and Suitcase Full of Stories by Sarah Argent with Theatr Iolo. The session is chaired by ATT Artistic Director, Nina Hajiyianni who directed ‘Adrift’.

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Sarah Argent, Theatre Maker Kevin Dyer, Writer/Dramaturg Nina Hajiyianni, Director Sarah Argent Sarah is a freelance Theatre-maker specialising in Theatre for the Very Young. She has created work for acclaimed Theatre companies in her home country of Wales, across the UK, and beyond, including the National Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Polka Theatre (England); Welsh National Opera, Theatr Iolo, Theatr Clwyd (Wales); Barnstorm Theatre (Kilkenny, Ireland); Companyia Frec a Frec (Barcelona); Haya Cultural Centre, (Amman, Jordan); and ThinkArts (Kolkata, India). Kevin Dyer Kevin Dyer is a playwright, dramaturg and Theatre maker. Winner of the; Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Play Award for Children and Young People, ASSITEJ International, Inspirational Playwright Award, UK Theatre Award for Best Play and twice winner of the Olwen Wymark Award. He writes plays for children, young people, and adults and is Associate Writer for Action Transport Theatre. Nina Hajiyianni Nina Hajiyianni is Artistic Director of Action Transport Theatre. Her work includes large-scale community plays, site-specific performance, and many productions for children and young audiences. Recent collaborative works with ATT include; The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps (Murray Lachlan Young/Funnlewick Limb), Happily Ever After (The Proud Trust) and Beauty and the Beast (Unity Theatre) Nina was an Executive Committee member of ASSITEJ from 2012-2017 and was a participant in the first ASSITEJ Next Generation Programme, a professional development initiative that brought together artists from 22 different countries

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