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Theatre-ish Christmas Party – 19th December

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:28 AM PDT

This is to announce that this year's Theatre-ish Christmas Party will take place on Wednesday 19th December from 20:00 @ A E Harris 110 Northwood Street, Birmingham B3 1SZ.

It will include the I Like Theatre awards ceremony – sponsored by Holding Space – for which nominations are sought in any category you choose to invent. Admission is free, there will be a (cheap) pay bar, anyone connected with theatre in the West Midlands is welcome to celebrate being part of that community.

Please circulate to your contacts.

Submissions now open for PILOT @ Warwick Arts Centre

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:27 AM PDT

Are you making new theatre?  Do you need an audience?

PILOT Nights is the renowned experimental playground where innovative theatre makers can put work-in-progress to the test in front of a lively and supportive crowd.

Submissions are now open for our Autumn PILOT Night, to be held on November 30th when we will also be celebrating our 10th birthday.

Programmed by the PILOT Nights team, and hosted by long term supporters Warwick Arts Centre, this is an opportunity to contribute to a particularly special evening.

PILOT Nights can provide a small bursary, travel expenses, some rehearsal space, technical support, and documentation of your performance.  As always the audience will be invited to stick around after the show, share a drink and tell you what they thought.  Then we'll welcome the DJ, hit the dance floor, and celebrate our birthday, raising a glass to independent theatre across the country.

If you have an idea in the early stages of development and would like to apply to perform go to www.pilotnights.co.uk for further info and to fill out an online application form.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS MONDAY 29TH OCTOBER 12PM.

PILOT Nights is supported by Arts Council England, Warwick Arts Centre, mac Birmingham, The Public and The Sir Barry Jackson Trust.

The Good Person of Sezuan

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:25 AM PDT

MAT and Sister Tree are currently touring The Good Person of Sezuan. Our version of Brecht's classic comedy moves the action to Jamaica in the 1980s – a time of political violence and gang warfare … Bob Marley music … flared trousers and platform shoes…
'Saw this last night. It was absolutely joyous. I came home feeling as if I'd been to the best party in the world!' (Audience member, Arena Theatre) Next performances-

Black Country Living Museum, DY1 4SQ: Tuesday 23rd & Wednesday 24th October @ 7.30pm (promenade performance)

Tickets: 0121 520 8054, or go to bclm.com/bookings

A.E. Harris Building, Birmingham B3 1SZ: Saturday 27th October @ 2.30pm & 7.30 pm

Tickets:  http://goodperson.eventbrite.co.uk

The Drum Arts Centre, Birmingham B6 4UU: Thurs 1st and Fri 2nd Nov @ 7.30pm

Tickets: 0121 333 2400

(Contains strong language and some mild drug references.)

 

The Chainmakers’ Strike at the BCLM

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:23 AM PDT

The Chainmakers' Strike is a new work of music theatre telling the
story of the chain making women of Cradley Heath and their battle to
establish a minimum wage in 1910.

The Chainmakers' Strike creates a bed of electronic sounds formed from
samples of anvils, metallic percussion and female voices (including
recordings of a community choir singing songs adapted for the strikers
themselves) upon which both sung and spoken text tell a story of huge
historical significance.

The Black Country Living Museum is holding a day long festival
celebrating the achievements of the chainmakers on Saturday 20th
October 2012 and Bristol based theatre company And Then We Danced will
be performing The Chainmakers' Strike at 11am and 2:30pm.
www.andthenwedanced.com

New Commissions for LOV

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Lincolnshire One Venues (LOV) is seeking to invest in a new performance work for young
audiences between ages 12-19 to be shown in small/medium-scale venues. We're open to
productions that are targeted at a specific age-range within this band.

The work will be excellent in quality, stimulating and innovative in content and should be easily
accessible to young audiences.

The commission should demonstrate the potential for income generation through future activities
such as touring royalties etc.

If your project is also funded from other sources you must tell us where this funding comes from
and, if this funding is unconfirmed, when you will have it confirmed.

This commissioning process is to develop new work to be premiered in Lincolnshire, however,
where applications are for a co-commission with other organisations then the work should not have
had 'significant' public exposure prior to its Lincolnshire presentations.

The commission will include a minimum of four performances between autumn 2013 and spring
2014 taking place at the following four venues in the LOV network:

• Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
• Riverhead Theatre, Louth
• Stamford Arts Centre
• Terry O'Toole Theatre, North Hykeham

As part of LOV's commitment to creating work in collaboration with its audience we would look for
the commissioned artist/company to maximise young people's public engagement in the creative
process through exploring innovative methods of testing, participation and dissemination and it is
expected that a reasonable proportion of the new work's development will take place in the county.
LOV is keen to work with artists/companies that are able to demonstrate a track record of engaging
with young people through innovative informal learning programmes and it is expected that a
series of interactive workshops/platform events and online opportunities would be delivered as part
of the overall project in collaboration with LOV's Paul Hamlyn Foundation Project team.

The commissioned artist/company will work with LOV to undertake evaluation throughout the
project; we would particularly welcome a creative approach to this process.

LOV Support

In addition to funding of up to £10,000 for the commission, the artist/company will receive:
• Space for rehearsal and scratch/work-in-progress presentations
• Technical Rehearsal Support
• Local and regional Marketing/PR
• A place in participating venues' programmes.
• Young People's engagement activity support from the LOV Paul Hamlyn Foundation Project
team.

How To Apply

1. Open Call
• Provide a CV/Company Profile outlining past examples of your work.
• Provide a short proposal (maximum 2 A4 pages), outlining the proposed work and how you
envisage LOV being involved in the creative process.

• Include an estimated budget for how much the piece will cost to make and give a
breakdown of how you will spend the money. Proposals must be all inclusive of fees,
materials, equipment hire, print, travel and subsistence.

• Please provide contact details for two relevant referees with whom you have worked within
the past two years
Send these details to Craig Morrow, Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, University of Lincoln, Brayford
Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS or email with 'LOV Commission Proposal' in the subject bar to
cmorrow@lincoln.ac.uk by 10am on Wednesday 31 October 2012

2. Shortlisting
From these a shortlist of 3-6 applicants will be asked to produce a more detailed proposal to
include a fuller description of the idea, budget, other sources of income, recent artistic experiences,
etc in preparation for an interview and presentation on Wednesday 14 November 2012 at Stamford
Arts Centre.

The commissioned artists/company will be informed by Friday 30 November 2012
If you have any questions about the LOV commissions please feel free to contact Craig Morrow
(Lincoln Performing Arts Centre), 01522 837670 / cmorrow@lincoln.ac.uk

About LOV

Lincolnshire One Venues (LOV) is a network of performing and visual arts organisations that exist
to bring people the very best in arts and culture by working together to support, sustain and
develop the arts and arts venues across Lincolnshire. The LOV network members are:

The Collection & Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham
The National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford
Lincoln Drill Hall
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
Riverhead Theatre, Louth
Stamford Arts Centre
South Holland Centre, Spalding
Terry O'Toole Theatre, North Hykeham
Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough

Lincolnshire has a really active creative community and we're making sure 12 to 25 year olds feel
part of it. As part of this commitment to empower young people to have first-hand experiences as
audiences, participants and producers, LOV is looking to build on the success of past commissions
with Plested & Brown, The Babbling Vagabonds, Metro Boulot Dodo, Paper Birds and Raisin &
Willow, to support new work for young audiences.

http://lincolnshireonevenues.com

Funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England

Foghorn’s Movie Makeover Magic

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:07 AM PDT

Birmingham's newest comedy improv group is back on Thursday 25 October – and this time they're taking on Hollywood. Movie Makeover is a new show from Foghorn Improv, which will feature completely improvised movie remakes based on the audience's favourite films. Unlike Hollywood producers who spend years developing a project, Foghorn will create movie magic at a moment's notice, with no scripts or rehearsal.

There will plenty of giggles in this show but also moments of suspense, drama, tragedy and triumph, just like the movies!

Show Date: Thursday, 25th October 2012
Show Starts: 8pm

Where: The Old Joint Stock Theatre
Tickets: £7.50
Website: www.foghornimprov.com or www.oldjointstocktheatre.co.uk

RoguePlay Theatre Seek Visual Artists

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:06 AM PDT

RoguePlay are currently looking for three Visual Artists in any medium who would be interested in documenting the process of  our 'Kalaborate' programme, an ongoing project working with young people. The role is ideally suited to a graduate who would like to gain more practical experience and build up their portfolio. The successful candidates will be working alongside one of three project leaders in Drama, Aerial silks and Capoeira.
Small groups of around 15 young people aged between 8-19years will be working for six weeks in one of the three areas listed above to develop their skills and create their own short piece of performance for a showcase open to the public in December 2012 at The Drum Arts Centre. As part of the process and as part of the showcase, RoguePlay would like to place a Visual Artist from the 2ndweek of the process within each of these groups, in order to create visual works inspired by and based on the performative work of the young people in the sessions. The visual artist will be required to also work with up to 5 young artists within those sessions to help them develop their own art works inspired by the work of the group.
Following the six weeks, one Visual Artist and one young person will receive a small commission to continue their work for a final showcase in late December. For more information on Kalaborate so far, please visit www.kalaboration.co.uk
The position is unpaid but will require a maximum of 2 hours a week within one of each of the three art forms, for five weeks.
Kalaborate Theatre: Every Saturday 10-12pm beginning Nov 10th.
Kalaborate Aerial Circus: Every Wednesday 4.30-6pm beginning Nov 7th
Kalaborate Capoeira: Every Thursday 11-1pm (Time TBC) beginning Nov 8th
Application deadline date: Wednesday 24thOctober
Interview date: Monday 29thOctober
Please send a C.V, with Covering Letter (stating which one of the above art forms you would like to work with) and any examples of your work to info@rogueplay.co.uk

 

RoguePlay Theatre Annouce New Workshop Programme

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:02 AM PDT

RoguePlay have announced their latest workshop programme for young people.

50 Shades of Black by Alex Jones

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:56 AM PDT

Alex Jones' latest play, 50 Shades Of Black, a dark comic satire on that book (50 Shades Of Grey) is at Soho Theatre 16th October – 3rd November.  Links below…

The UK's only annual season of horror Theatre returns to Soho Theatre for the second gruesomely hilarious year.  Back for its ninth season, Terror is the UK's only annual festival of horror theatre and Grand Guignol. This year the Sticking Place bring your fears to life in this psychological and raw evening of horror. Leading playwrights and cabaret artists collaborate to create a unique and contemporary festival through the Halloween season. The Terror Season is a controversial event that has consistently sold out and divided critics, prepare to be disturbed and thrilled by an evening of psychological thrills, chilling cabaret and Halloween oddities. Terror includes short plays by Robert Farquhar (Kissing Sid James & Gods Official), Alex Jones (Noise & I'm a Minger), Mike McShane(Paul Merton's Impro Chums, Mon Droit), Darren Ormandy (Hamburg & Sweetmeat).

WARNING -Terror includes scenes of a shocking and disturbing nature that people may find distressing. Some material is based on real events and draws upon internet footage from the public domain. Strictly ages 18+

.@MeadowArts and The Sidney Nolan Trust Saturday 20 October 2012 1pm-5.30pm Contemporary artists on the importance of place and landscape

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:39 AM PDT

.@MeadowArts and The Sidney Nolan Trust Saturday 20 October 2012 1pm-5.30pm Contemporary artists on the importance of place and landscape

Landing Place: the local in the international @engagevisualart 2012, Venues across Cardiff, 6 & 7 Nov http://t.co/9x96cxYW

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:37 AM PDT

Landing Place: the local in the international @engagevisualart 2012, Venues across Cardiff, 6 & 7 Nov http://t.co/9x96cxYW

OOOH! Solihull Arts Complex has a Facebook page! Like it to find out about the m...

Posted: 18 Oct 2012 09:25 AM PDT

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A multi-purpose arts venue in the heart of Solihull town centre. Solihull Arts Complex comprises a 336 seat raked theatre fully equipped technically with stage flying system, sound and lighting. A smaller multi-use Studio seating up to 130 is equipped for small scale theatrical presentations, music...
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