Flush Ink Productions
presents
UNHINGED
Kitchener’s Festival of Site-Specific Theatre
September 18, 19, 20, 14, 25, 26, 27
Similar to a Fringe Festival in it’s structure, UNHINGED has a different focus. Most of the festival will be Site-Specific Theatre & Bring Your Own Venue.
We are not just looking for theatre pieces, but will consider performance art, dance, film - basically live performance genres with multimedia/multi-art aspects. The plays/pieces will be chosen by a reading committee as the venues require some serious logistical considerations.
If you’re a company, and have a piece that you’ve already produced, bring it here.
If you’re a playwright and you have a piece you want to see ‘up’, find yourself a director(we may have some available from this end).
If you’re a director, and haven’t found that perfect venue for something you love, we might be it.
Located an hour west of Toronto, and an hour east of London, Kitchener is a mid-sized city where art is thriving everywhere. This is the festival’s first year, so we are starting off prudently. We are looking for 15 – 30 pieces.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: SATURDAY, MAY 15 2008 – MIDNIGHT
WHAT WE PROVIDE
• An exciting and innovative festival event in downtown Kitchener
• A minimum of 4 scheduled performances
• Two levels of plays/payment/admission (A: 20-40 min. B: 40-60 min.)
• Site Facilitator – (someone to secure the best possible place for your performance)
• Box office, festival volunteers, ticket sales – no advance sales.
• Up to three hours for technical rehearsal
• A 60 word listing/graphic in the Unhinged Program
• Blanket Festival Promotion
• Contact list for local media
• 100% Box office receipts (A plays - $5.00, B plays $10.00) Note: There will be a day pass available where the companies will share the receipts.
• Limited availability of site electricity
WHAT YOU PROVIDE
• A fully produced show, ready to be viewed by an audience.
• Contact information – including email/snail mail address
• Tech and promotional material submitted before deadlines.
• All your food, travel, work permit (if required), production, royalty, union fees, and artist fee expenses.
• Your own show-specific promotional materials (posters, flyers) which you distribute.
• Specialty technical equipment (ie. Projectors, monitors, lapel mics, keyboards, fog machines)
• An electronic submission submissions@flushink.net and two hard-copies mailed to Flush Ink Performing Arts, 24 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, On., Canada N2H 5J4
• A fee of $300.00.
PLEASE NOTE: In deference to the playwright, we have excluded the usual reading/administration fee.
Here is a link to the city, if you'd like to get a feel for it.
http://www.kwtourism.ca/
Here are a some ideas for sites...
- Fire escape
- Shoe store
- City Hall (There is a huge fountain outside)
- There are some tiny parks - green spaces
- On the street
- Art Gallery
- Empty store (could be anything)
- Bar, Café, Restaurant
Notes - The hospital, police station, library...all too far to walk to.
There is no industry downtown.
YOU MUST GO HERE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION
There will be a down-loadable submission application here...within a day or two
http://www.flushink.net/unhingedap.html
Any questions, email info@flushink.net
Call 519-957-2228
Thanks so much. Look forward to hearing from you.
Paddy Gillard-Bentley - Artistic Director of Flush Ink Performing ArtsLast edited on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 01:30 am by Paddy
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