Creative Midlands West |
- Theatre Fever: 9-24 March 2013
- Artist Commission – ARC Pioneer, Coventry Artspace
- Talking Birds seeks General Manager
- Open Space Event: The Invisible Army – How do we better support our independent producers?
- Job Vacancies at The Lir in Dublin
- Theatre Exchange
- Pint Dreams
- Sack the Censor! Impro Weekend with Chris Johnston of Fluxx
- The Inferno Kid @AE Harris
- RoguePlay Theatre’s performance of Blood Wedding
| Theatre Fever: 9-24 March 2013 Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:12 AM PST Theatre Fever is a celebration of theatre made in the West Midlands, performed right across the region. The West Midlands is a hotbed of creative theatrical talent and activity and we want to make a noise about it. For a lot of people theatre is a bug that you just can't shift once you catch it. Nationally, as many people watch live theatre as go to English Premiership and Football League matches combined*. Who would have thought it? It must be contagious. In just two weeks there are over 30 Theatre Fever shows to see ranging from 80's toe tapping Footloose at Wolverhampton Grand to children's theatre in West Bromwich to new versions of the classic novels Lady Chatterley's Lover and Nineteen Eighty-Four in Birmingham. There's also eight brand new, specially commissioned Theatre Fever shows. Some you can see in theatres, others will happen quickly and in places where you wouldn't expect. That includes the internet too! Take a look below at the shows that have been made possible thanks to Theatre Fever. Argy Bhaji Arts & Women & Theatre present SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY Click here to find out more about the shows and venues involved. Please help us spread the word by following and sharing updates on Twitter and Facebook: Email: THEATREFEVERWM@GMAIL.COM Who Is Behind Theatre Fever? HOLDING SPACE |
| Artist Commission – ARC Pioneer, Coventry Artspace Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:07 AM PST Coventry Artspace is now calling for artists, curators, architects, event organisers, space makers, builders-with-a-difference and all kinds of artistic people to submit a proposal for their ARC PIONEER commission.
The commission is to create a new kind of social space within Coventry's city square: Broadgate, in May 2013 which will be open for 2 days alongside Artspace's ARC SYMPOSIUM; the artist behind the city, on Friday May 17th.
The Symposium will consolidate conversations from Artspace's recent Arts Council funded ARC Programme which has seen four national artists bringing fresh ideas to Artspace through research commissions that explore the organisation's existing priorities. The PIONEER commission will be the fifth and final project to take place before a new phase of evaluation and business planning across the summer months.
There are a limited number of surgeries available to discuss proposal ideas with Artspace Director Laura Elliott or Artistic Coordinator Amber Merrick-Potter on March 6th. To book a surgery got to: http://pioneersurgery.eventbrite.com/. The deadline for Pioneer submissions is Monday 25th March at 10am. For more information, a full project breif and details on how to apply please see www.ARCprogramme.co.uk   |
| Talking Birds seeks General Manager Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:04 AM PST (part-time – 2 ½ days/week, Salary £25-28,000 pro rata) Having celebrated our 20th year in 2012, Talking Birds is now entering an exciting period of development and change. We're looking for an exceptional person to work 2 ½ days a week as General Manager, alongside the Artistic Directors, as we begin our second year as an Arts Council NPO, (the company's 11th year as a revenue funded client of ACE). Since 1992 Talking Birds has been producing thoughtful, playful, resonant, mischievous and transformative meditations on people and place. Our work, which we call Theatre of Place is characterised by a distinctive blend of humour, music and visual flair in venues both conventional and unconventional across the UK and internationally. Often our work is made collaboratively, connecting people and place in richly imaginative moments of identification and insight. We aim to design accessibility into the heart of our projects and believe in the capacity of art to effect positive change for individuals and for communities. We're looking for someone who really gets what we do, and who wants to be an integral part of our ongoing development. This person will be organised, strategic, flexible, rigorous, supportive, challenging, constructive – and full of energy, enthusiasm and curiosity. They'll have five years or more experience. The General Manager will ensure the smooth running of the company, and enable the Artistic Directors to focus on the core creative work. Key areas of activity will be: strategic planning; company management; Board support; financial management; funding applications & relationships; monitoring and evaluation; partnership development; and project/office administration. If all of that excites and intrigues you please download our full job pack from: www.talkingbirds.co.uk To request it in another format please call 024 7615 8330.
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| Open Space Event: The Invisible Army – How do we better support our independent producers? Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:02 AM PST Open Space Event: |
| Job Vacancies at The Lir in Dublin Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:58 AM PST The Lir is delighted to announce three new jobs dedicated to nurturing young talent within the theatre world. These new residencies, the first of their kind in Ireland, are available as a result of two masters courses being introduced earlier this year. A Master in fine art Stage Design and in fine art Theatre Directing will be on offer from September 2013 onwards with applications being accepted now. The Lir also offers a Master in Playwriting as well as two undergraduate courses and a selection of short courses ranging in level from introductory to professional. Resident Set & Costume Designer All applications will be handled in the strictest of confidence by the Lir's Administrator, Anne Fitzpatrick. Interested candidates should submit a letter of application and a full CV to anne.fitzpatrick@thelir.ie by March 18th 2013.   |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:53 AM PST Call for Actors, Writers and DirectorsSo, we're on our fourth event! Feel like taking part?Applications are open for the rehearsed readings on Monday 18th March 2013. Please scroll down to see the application guidelines for writers, actors and directors. Here's what you need to know:
WRITERS The theme for this month is CRUX moments. As a group we will look at how we truthfully present a dilemma or turning point in a play. Audience feedback will be given. please note: the extract may be taken from the later stages of a full length play, should this present your crux moment; rest assured directors will be there to give audience background information to avoid any confusion! Guidelines:
To apply: To apply email us at theatreexchange@hotmail.co.uk ACTORS We will provide the script a few days before so you are familiar with the text but there's no pressure to learn lines. It's fast paced and a great way to get to know others in the industry. To apply: If you are free and would like to take part, please email your headshot/CV/spotlight link asap but no later than the 11th March 2013 at 12pm to:theatreexchange@hotmail.co.uk note: if you've applied before a simple I'm available email will do, no need to re-send headshots etc. DIRECTORS You will be given the script a few days before and will have an opportunity to talk to the writer before the rehearsal commences. We welcome directors at any stage of their career! To apply: If you are free and would like to take part, please email your CV/online link and a short note about yourself asap but no later than the 11th March 2013 at 12pm to: theatreexchange@hotmail.co.uk please note Theatre Exchange is run by volunteers, if you would like to know more or can offer support please get in touch.   |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:52 AM PST We have been busy devising our new show, Pint Dreams,a piece for pubs! Commissioned by Holding Space, Pint Dreams will tour to pubs in the West Midlands, as part ofTheatre Fever festival, and London, as part of Camden People's Theatre's Sprint festival, in March 2013. So if you are in Birmingham or London this March and fancy a little bit of free theatre in a cosy pub with free food, then see below for dates, times and pubs! A distinctive tale with a lively character, balanced nicely with sweet malt music notes. Best served chilled. Maggie is a perpetual wanderer. Desperate to see new places, meet new people and collect their stories, she is travelling around the country one pub at a time. The West Midlands is her next destination. Join her for a drink, some hearty food and a chance to hear the stories that have shaped her journey, before you continue on yours. Pint Dreams interweaves traditional storytelling with live music and puppetry in a short immersive piece created for pubs. PERFORMANCE DATES – THEATRE FEVER WEST MIDLANDS Sat 9 March Thu 14 March Fri 15 March Sat 16 March Tue 19 March Sat 23 March Sun 24 March   |
| Sack the Censor! Impro Weekend with Chris Johnston of Fluxx Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:48 AM PST April 6-7th. at MAC, Birmingham. Two days of working on spontaneity, ensemble and narrative. Get away from sketch comedy for a while and try something different. Fluxx has been working since 1998 and in 2012 completed a 30-date tour of the UK with Without Planning Permission which involved around 100 performers. ('Everything you want from theatre but very rarely get'. Total Theatre) This weekend is a chance to meet some of the company and explore techniques of improvisation, invention and communication. Next major tour is in 2014. A free copy of Chris Johnston's The Improvisation Game: Discovering the Secrets of Spontaneous Performance is available to the first five who book. Cost: £55 or £35 to unwaged or those who participated in the recent tour. Go to www.fluxx.co.uk to register and pay.   |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:46 AM PST WRESTLING'S WRITE-OFF… Play Synopsis: Event Details: As part of Theatre Fever   |
| RoguePlay Theatre’s performance of Blood Wedding Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:42 AM PST RoguePlay have been busy developing an extract of Blood Wedding at Jackson's Lane theatre in London. Now they are bringing it back to Birmingham and performing the piece at their new home in Minerva works. (Unit 8, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, B5 5RT) on Thursday 14th March at 8pm A tragedy in three acts, Lorca's Blood Wedding, pivots around the uneasy marriage of two villagers, against a violent backdrop of betrayal, family feuding and death. RoguePlay combines physical theatre with aerial circus as well as live music, whilst maintaining the use of much of the text itself to deliver Lorca's classic tale of passion, morality and vengeance. This performance is a half an hour extract of the piece and we are hoping to tour the full piece in 2014. Tickets are £6 and can be booked via our website www.rogueplay.co.uk Blood Wedding is supported by Arts Council England, Jackson's Lane Theatre and mac Birmingham   |
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