As part of our Ribble of Dreams installation for Encounter Festival 2024 in Preston, imitating the dog are offering a series of free workshops for ages ranging from 5-25.
ITD make stories, and we are always looking at new ways to tell a tale. Sometimes these stories unfold on stages and sometimes they are projected in the dark onto the walls of tall buildings. This time the story will unfold across a series of viewing boxes, seen through a smartphone sized slot in a shop window. The installations will be visible across a trail of five shops in Preston City Centre during Encounter Festival, 21st & 22nd Sept 2024.
Ribble of Dreams takes as its starting point a river journey. A journey of escape, of exploration and of discovery. Drawing on the novel Huckleberry Finn as an inspiration, but also on local histories as well as pure fantasy, two kids find themselves adrift on a raft. They’re on a river, but it’s flowing away from the sea. It drifts through landscapes both real and fantastical, strange and familiar.
To inform the concept and create the content of the piece, ITD are delivering a series of free creative workshops for young people, children and families:
Multimedia Storytelling Workshops
Date: Saturday 14th September
Venue: Preston Guild Hall, Lancaster Rd, Preston PR1 1HT
Times:
11am – 1pm (11 – 15 yr olds) – Tickets Here
2pm – 4pm (16 – 25 yr olds) – Tickets Here
Multimedia Storytelling with ITD co-artistic directors Pete Brooks and Andrew Quick. This workshop will explore some of the simple theatre and creative technology techniques we use when telling stories, and that we will be using to make ‘Ribble of Dreams’ – acting, video, animation, green screen, & projection.
The focus of the workshop will be ‘river journeys’. You don’t need to have any prior experience of any of the artforms, the workshop is aimed at anyone who enjoys performing or making theatre.
There will also be an opportunity later in the week (w/b 16th Sept) for some young people from these workshops to come and take part in some filming for the video content of the Ribble of Dreams installations themselves. Further info given on the day.
3D Multimedia Model Box Workshop
For children aged 5+ and their families
Date: Sunday 15th Sept
Venue: Preston Guild Hall, Lancaster Rd, Preston PR1 1HT
Times:
2pm – 4pm – Tickets Here
This workshop is a fun, inclusive, hands-on, and creative introduction to creating miniature 3D multimedia installations. Working with ITD co-artistic directors Pete Brooks and Andrew Quick, we will demonstrate the digital projection techniques used in Ribble of Dreams, and have a go at creating our own miniature sets, onto which we will project video and animation.
Suitable for children aged five and up and their grown-ups, and older children interested in theatre design. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Scissors and craft knives will be used.
Booking is free but essential to guarantee a place!
Workshop FAQs can be found HERE
