Pilot Theatre - 3 year vision plan

Multi Platform Vision and Plan

2012 - 2015

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

“The best theatre companies play many parts...

It is no longer enough for companies to put on plays and hope that people turn up. The most exciting theatre at the moment is interactive, collaborative and out there Pilot Theatre may be funded as a company and currently has a version of Romeo and Juliet out on tour, but it does far more than just stage plays – it's a multi-platform organisation no more likely to be found creating work in theatres as on the web, putting out podcasts or organising brilliant conferences such as Shift Happens...�

Lyn Gardner - The Guardian - October 2010

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

onstage / ontour / online with our new work we will be... making great art for our audiences and participants using technologies to find new ways to tell new stories working with words / images / audio / design across a range of networks and platforms creating new delivery models of distribution for sharing this making new connections with new artists and new participants shifting the emphasis from supply to demand providing networking and learning opportunities across all sectors

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

the business model the spider plant and the starfish new growth allows new projects to be created from the centre offshoot projects are able to be created by the main plant the DNA of the organisation runs through all these projects. projects are able to exist with some support from the core encouraging research and development with subsequent further reach

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

starfish - survive & thrive Theatre / National Touring / Venue Networks / Delivery

Shift Happens TEDx York Tech / Training International EU Platform 11 Argentina Brazil

New delivery platforms web / on demand / Online Strategy

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Participation / Education Young People Youth Exchanges

the York flotilla This is the partnership that centres around York Theatre Royal and the city - which allows for a strength and diversity in the work that is created from that hub Pilot Theatre have worked in partnership with York Theatre Royal since 1998 We have been resident in the building since 2002 and we have coproduced work and toured this nationally We share resources and now two members of staff Our Artistic Director and Associate Director have both directed for York Theatre Royal The flotilla approach has been strengthened with new partnerships of Tutti-Frutti and BeltUp Theatre New collaborative projects with these companies are being planned, as well as new ventures with SlungLow and KMA Our work will always be launched from York as part of our partnership

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

TEDx York 2011 The evolution of ALT/SHIFT for 2011 Pilot have the franchise to deliver TEDxYork in partnership with Science City York A conference with inspirational speakers We will work in partnership with both Universities in York The precursor to the next Shift Happens...

Shift Happens Episode IV a new hope Working through 2011 we will programme and put into motion our next generation of Shift Happens.

Presented in 2012 we will develop and build the new learning platforms and presentation of the next series of conferences. Connecting with the HUB at York University and linking with the CAV network to grow and develop Shift Nationally and Internationally Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

the loneliness of the long distance runner

By Alan Sillitoe a new adaptation

by Roy Williams Directed by Marcus Romer A new commission - a new mid-scale tour. In preparation and writing - for production the Olympic year of 2012 Working now with Roy Williams OBE and our patron,we will bring this searing text of class, the justice system and race to the stage in a stunning new production.

This will be a National touring high profile mid-scale production with key partners York Theatre Royal / Nottingham Playhouse / Pilot National touring project R&D - commission / design / marketing strategy starts 2011

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

EU participation project Our EU exchange project is set to run until 2013 As part of this we will host a Platform Festival for 2012 in York where the twelve countries will bring their work to the UK The final co-production which is currently being worked on in Estonia will be presented by all the participants.

This will open in Pilsen in the Czech Republic in 2012 and then visit Yorkshire and the UK We are working now with our collaborative partners to deliver this Festival in Yorkshire in the summer of 2012.

A youth exchange programme will also take place as well as a cultural exchange workshops.

In 2011 we will present a new play in Dresden and in York for young people aged 11+ - What Light?

There will be a youth exchange for Young People in Germany in 2011. We will again take a group of students to this participatory event

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

What Light?

by Richard Hurford and Giuditta Mingucci directed by Katie Posner As part of our Platform 11+ project A new commissioned play that will open at York Theatre Royal and then play as part of the International Festival in Dresden.

"2061 and it’s a different world for fourteen year old Sid. No school, no shops, no internet, no escape from the rain that keeps on falling, but it’s the only life he’s ever known. Living behind barbed wire fences with a crazy gran and his undead uncles, the only thing he knows for sure is that the family in the tent at the top of the hill are to blame for it all. Then one day a girl with blood on her hands appears from the opposite camp and the world begins to change. Together they discover life wasn’t always like this and find out what really happened to all the bright lights and the good times.

A vision of the not too distant future."

This has been inspired by our Romeo and Juliet production and with our co-writing Italian Theatre partners we will be making this piece accessible for our audiences of 11 – 14 as part of the Platform11 plus project. We will work in partnership with York Theatre Royal, Theater Elsinore, Milan and the RSAMD students. It will visit and the International festival in Dresden in June Our Associate Director will lead this project as part of this project.

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

KMA - partnership Extending our well established and creative partnership with KMA ‘beyond text’ - will be a new collaboration with KMA building on our 5circles R&D preparation work of interactive light.

Working with the leading digital artists from Yorkshire we will be develop a touring indoor installation for 2012 and beyond Following their successful work at Expo 2010 Shanghai and their Opening at Tate Britain we will develop a new interactive piece with the team.

The R&D will happen during 2011 and we will develop a new framework of interactive delivery.

The crossover of visual arts / digital technology and storytelling will be created as new form of delivery and distribution

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Blackbird

by David Harrower Directed by Katie Posner The Olivier award winning best play of 2007 co-production with York Theatre Royal – Pilot Theatre we will then take it on tour in 2011 At his workplace, 55-year-old Ray is shocked to be visited by a young woman, 27-year-old Una. 15 years earlier, when Una was only 12, the two had a sexual affair, for which Ray was arrested and imprisoned. He has managed to establish a reasonably successful new life under another name, but Una recognises him in a photograph and tracked him down. Their analysis of the past and confrontation about the future forms the core of this psychological drama – which is current, unsettling and stunningly written.

This further develops our older ‘Catcher’ audience and will tour Our Associate Director will lead on this project and put together the team and direct the show.

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Collaboration Hub as part of our online strategy To go with our 25 online platforms a new central hub site is being developed This will provide a central collaboration network for artists and organisations We are in Beta testing at present and will be live in 2011 We will be able to link our blog and social networks to this central hub as well as using this as a portal for delivery and distribution.

It will also enable sharing and posting of information back out onto the networks with our share all features.

A place to share ideas / develop projects online For All / For Access All Areas

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

TWOC Taken Without Consent a Pilot Theatre start up a new version a for new generation a new first time young director a revisit / a remix / a retelling for schools / live / on the road / off road / ready to go. give us a call. on demand 2011 / 2012

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Los Cartoneros ‘Cardboard People’ A tale of Revenge, Cardboard and Argentinian Tango...

“A waste picker, recycler, informal resource recoverer, or a scavenger, is a person who picks out recyclable elements from mixed waste wherever it may be temporarily accessible or disposed of. A person who scavenges for junk, food, materials, or other items is also referred to as a scavenger.”

The Economic Crisis forces a family from their home - A mother and her daughter find their way through the rubbish and make some important discoveries Building on the made in Argentina Project we will develop this new dance musical with actors and artists from Argentina and the UK

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Class Enemy In a run down schoolroom a group of foul-mouthed high school students conduct their own lessons as they await teachers who never arrive. Their parents, social workers and society in general have abandoned them.

Class Enemy is based on Nigel Williams's play set in South London...updated and remixed and recalibrated for 2013 We witness seven teenagers' dramatic and poignant life stories which paint a bleak picture of family life, local politics and terror. They are underprivileged but they are gifted and eager to be recognised, acknowledged, confronted and taught about life.

In the isolated classroom chairs fly, emotions run high and violence erupts as the pupils burst with adolescent energy, humour and vulnerability.

We plan to take over a space and make it happen...

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Blood, Sweat and Chocolate The Rowntree Story A new type of Community Production for the City

Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925) was a Quaker, successful businessman and philanthropist, who with his brother developed the major Rowntree confectionery company from its modest beginnings as a cocoa works in York.

He wanted his money to be used to tackle the root causes of social problems, rather than treating their symptoms. In 1904, he established what was to become the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). research and development programme and on work to take forward key messages.

Using archive material, verbatim reports and stories we will weave together a story of welfare, housing and chocolate to tell the unique story of this philanthropic journey. Uncovering our recent social history and how this shaped the world we know it today A story about York, by York, for Everyone

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Macbeth - live and unleashed “There’s daggers in men’s smiles” Working with KMA we will be using text and images to create a whole project which is set in the mind of Macbeth.

His inner landscape and nightmares will be constantly played out using live cameras and image feeds which combined with the text will create an hypnotic and absorbing version of this classic text

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Rare Earth A docu-drama exploring a live feed of the need for Lanthanides...

A radio-style reportage drama that will be built from online feeds will explore and discover how dependent we are on these now very precious metals

Large quantities of rare earth metals are needed to make photovoltaic panels, rare earth magnets for wind generators, fuel cells and high-capacity batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. Metals like gallium, indium, selenium, tellurium, and high purity silicon are needed to make photovoltaic panels, while batteries require zinc, vanadium, lithium and rare earth elements, and platinum group minerals are needed for fuel cell-powered vehicles.

One of the biggest sources of these scarce metals is China - and it's starting to play hardball But the treasure trove beneath the rocks and ice of the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in Greenland represents the world’s largest known reserve of rare earth metals, the “technology” group of lanthanide elements used in products from mobile phones and low-energy light bulbs to hybrid cars and missile guidance systems.

The find has the potential, its developers claim, to severely dent China’s global monopoly over rare earth production, a 95 per cent dominance of total worldwide output that Beijing has strategically nurtured for 15 years and recently has started to treat as a potent trade weapon.

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Creative Chemistry R&D projects 2011-12 Access All Areas / Live Streams Drama on Demand / MediaMill / Mezzo Digital Archaeology / Slunglow Twitter Tales / Hashtags & Gladrags New Distribution Models / Kinura Streadings* / *streamed readings Greenscreen spaces / York University CAV Network / access all areas / New Cornerhouse C&T media / 2ndfolio YP Shakespeare online project

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Access All Areas Training / Access / Young People Talent / Development / Excellence Placements and on the job training Mid-scale touring experience Rehearsal observation - full streaming available Online support and training Free resources and training manuals Webcast training Q and A seminars and debates Live web feeds to out work 2 way engagement with Schools / Colleges / Universities Shift Happens for YP too - in schools and colleges

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

drama on demand A new initiative we will pilot and trial in York at the Theatre Royal Audio and soundscape drama with new and existing texts will be made available on demand a new iPhone app will be created for this delivery on ipad and ipod Using portable sensory and audio equipment the audience will be able to listen and engage with this work in their own time.

Working with York based sound designers for Sony - MediaMill we will put together a series of new and innovative dramas and soundmix

My Name is Rachel Corrie Adapted by Alan Rickman Directed by our Marcus Romer York in 2011 this project and will be created in 2011 and made available On Demand

Spoonface Steinberg

by Lee Hall - In the pipeline for ipad drama on demand delivery

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Digital Archaelogy a new collaboration with @pilot_theatre “in the future Archeology will be digital excavation not physical” a ‘site non-specific’ performance tourable / adaptable / flexible / looking at the geology of ideas that build on top of each other... digging and discovery , mining, data mining, striations, fault lines, strata We will develop a brand new commission and work in progress will evolve from Yorkshire that will magically and anarchically create connections around the world...

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

hashtags & gladrags An interactive new writing project

by Royal Holloway University Playwright Professor Dan Rebellato Using the Twitter network as a drama delivery platform with global writers and artists producing live work / online / live with audience interaction enabling realtime drama to be followed online and onstage a new project that explores the live and the virtual working with writer and director Daniel Bye / to create work in York that will resonate around the world

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

online distribution new models of delivery for schools / for audiences / for content working with Kinura as part of an R&D project for content dissemination on demand

streamed readings* new work extant scripts two - way engagement schools / young people Q&A sessions post show discussions hashtag debates on demand *streadings Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

greenscreen spaces TKTKM exploring a new model of training and delivery with York University’s new TFTV Department Working with John Mateer - Head of Production drama / images / storytelling / compositing / an R&D project with York University to deliver training and work in the field using greenscreen capture technology

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

CAV network Cross artform venues Manchester / Sheffield / Nottingham / Bristol / Liverpool /South Bank BFI early stage developmental ideas for access all areas morning delivery for schools / content / distribution / audience / participation cross artform content / cross artform delivery.

We will be working closely with Cornerhouse in their new building development with The Library Theatre in Manchester

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

C&T - 2ndfolio Shakespeare / schools with a QR reader an interactive prototype built with Romeo & Juliet as a focus a Beta version of a participatory workshop / classroom based learning activity with specially designed cards with Shakespeare quotes and activities working with the company to develop this project

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Reinventing Touring How to reach the parts that other work can’t, won’t or isn’t able to...

R&D ideas...

A network of venues on a Timeshare model Team up with Artists to share the space and their slot To work in collaboration with spaces / places Digital Distribution to community spaces Outdoor Places / Schools / Other venues Develop and build this network Make a show in one place Stream it to another Link the two / make connections / build the network

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

in the pipeline...

Deep Cut...

Accidental Death of an Anarchist...

Persepolis...

Mountain Language...

Vanbrugh @castlehoward Alice unleashed

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

be a starfish...

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015

Pilot Theatre - Multi Platform - Vision and Plan - 2012 - 2015