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INTRODUCTION - 10:00 - 10:30

• Introduction from Ruth Way

• Short introduction from Eden's Cave

• 10-minute film charting Eden’s Cave’ creative journey from 2017-2021 making ‘Forests’ from a piece of theatre to film. 

 

EDEN'S CAVE - MAKING PROCESS 10:30-12:00

• Presentation from Dr Patrick Campbell, exploring where Eden’s Cave is situated within the ‘Grotland’ and Third Theatre diaspora and within wider contexts of eco-theatre.

• An experiential workshop event exploring the foundational questions that spearheaded the making of ‘Forests’. The workshop asks participants to consider their place within the ecological emergency, exploring processes of artistic creation that are in response to how we each situate ourselves within broader questions of social and environmental change.

 

 LUNCH - 12:00 - 13:00

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EDEN'S CAVE TRAINING - 13:00-16:00

• Eden's Cave share their process of working with body and song, exploring specific themes inherent in the material and making process of 'Forests'.

 

FORESTS SHARING - 17:00 - 17:45

• A sharing of ‘Forests’ theatre and film side-by-side, mapping how the company adapted the projects material to the screen during COVID over a period of 18-days in the Forest of Dean in 2021. 

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DR MICHAEL PEARCE IN CONVERSATION WITH EDEN’S CAVE - 18:00 - 19:00

• A panel discussion hosted by Dr Michael Peace, Senior Lecturer at the department of Drama at University of Exeter to discuss the making of ‘Forests’, the role of art in a time of ecological crisis, and new opportunities Eden’s Cave are building from their base, Aercwel Mill in the Forest of Dean.