Creative Licht is launching a new programme of work in summer 2024!
Creative Licht brings together BSL/English Interpreters working in Scotland with those working in the creative industries, with the ambition of developing and improving approaches to interpreted performance.
The project is a partnership between Solar Bear, National Theatre of Scotland, Birds of Paradise and SignArts, funded by Creative Scotland.
Between 2017 and 2019, The National Theatre of Scotland, Solar Bear, Birds of Paradise, and Sign Arts (Catherine King and Yvonne Strain) designed and delivered Creative Licht, a two-year programme to:
- Develop a cohort of hearing Sign Language Interpreters with increased skills, knowledge and confidence to artistically embed interpretation into live performance;
- Increase knowledge and understanding of the need for artistic embedding of Sign Language in performance and across the theatre and dance sectors (among artistic directors, directors, choreographers, actors/dancers, designers etc);
- To ensure that audiences in Scotland have a better experience attending BSL-interpreted performances, and to create a quality experience for hearing and BSL-using audiences.
Creative Licht 2024
In spring 2023, the Creative Licht partners came together to reflect on the learning and impact of the project and we are delighted that through support from Creative Scotland we are able to undertake the next phase of Creative Licht. The next iteration of the project will roll out across two phases:
Phase One – Design Period (February – May 2024)
- A series of meetings to design and approve workshop content, leaders and partners for Phase Two and Three, and appointment of a researcher.
Phase Two – Delivery and Reporting of Initial Programme (June – December 2024)
Three day-long sessions for interpreters, BSL consultants, deaf performers and industry professionals, each focused on one of our three priorities:
- Performance interpreting as creative practice;
- The role of BSL consultants and how they work in collaboration with performance interpreters;
- How rehearsal room interpreters, performance interpreters and BSL-using cast members work together during a production.
For further information about Creative Licht, please visit the project website or contact Mairi Taylor on mairi@boptheatre.co.uk.
