Following on from Norway day……. A Rose Bruford Directing graduate has set up the workshop below in Oslo and gives any Rose Bruford students who might be in the vicinity at the time advanced notice here. Workshops in Oslo with Ramin Gray and Simon Stephens – OPEN FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS - Imploding Fictions and Oslo International Theatre are bringing two of Britains most respected theatre makers to Norway for a week of workshops in November! Workshop for directors and actors with Ramin Gray – 21st to 24th November In this intensive four day workshop four teams of actors and a director will work on scenes from Motortown by Simon Stephens, with personal guidance from internationally acclaimed director Ramin Gray (Royal Court, Salzburg Festspiele, Staatsoper Hamburg), culminating in a work sharing at the House of Drama (Dramatikkens hus) in Oslo. Workshop for playwrights with Simon Stephens – 23rd to 25th November Acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens (Motortown at Royal Court, Pornography at Schauspielhaus Hanover, Harper Regan at National Theatre London) comes to Oslo to run a three-day practical writing workshop focusing on the potential of contemporary drama. Both workshops will be in english, and are open to both Norwegian and international participants. See www.implodingfictions.com for more detailed information. Directors and writers who wish to participate can send an application email to . Actors should apply via www.skuespillersenter.no, where applications will open 20th June. Included in the fee is the workshop, lunch every day and a special post show dinnner on the 24th. Participants from outside Oslo need to arrange their own travel and accomodation. Travel bursaries are available. Send an email to for more information.