All of these productions will take place in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.  About an hour west of Toronto.

1.   SHE SPEAKS – Deadline has passed.
 

 
2.  ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS VI –

 NOTE:  Early Submission Deadline extended to

Feb. 14 2010.

We are getting ready for Asphalt Jungle Shorts VI – June 3 – 19th 2010
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi9Jyfmie44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAaFL_4GQ1k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-DcBUXfRxY

Those will give you a few ideas.

 This year is going to be a fantastic year as we are included in the
Magnetic North Festival
taking place in Kitchener at the same time.  This will draw theatre professionals from not only all over Canada, but the world.  So we need your best work.
http://www.magneticnorthfestival.ca/

We need plays. Short plays.  One minute to ten minutes....fifteen if it's incredible.

This is site-specific theatre. We’re looking for plays that feel as if the audience is sneaking around downtown, spying on people...those are the ones that work the best...when people aren't sure if it's a play or not...and believe me, there've been a few that the audience crowded to watch that were not plays.  We like the odd...well, odd absurd piece, but no period pieces.  No plays set in apartments/condos/houses/front porches.  Really, no longer than ten unless it’s really freakin’ incredible.  Think of where and how long the audience has to stand to watch your piece.  7 minutes and they get a bit fidgety.

Here is a link to the city, if you'd like to get a feel for it.

http://www.kwtourism.ca/

We are taking a different route this year.  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 (we usually end up in a bar where we can ply the audience with drink)

-Library
-Art Gallery
-Police Station
-Parking Garage
Notes - The hospital is too far to walk to. There is no industry downtown.

To get a feel for this show, go here, and watch. Although an ad for UNHINGED, these a snippets from Asphalt Jungle Shorts II & III.
More information here....a dialogue/photo tour of AJS III.

http://www.flushink.net/tourIII.html
Past shows here.
http://www.flushink.net/AJS.html

As a playwright, I have produced this event with the playwrights much in mind.  I connected each director with their playwright, so they are working together.  The playwrights are part of the process and through this way of working, we have forged some wonderful playwright/director relationships.

$$$ The royalties are a dollar a minute a night $$$

 3.  UNHINGED – Kitchener’s Festival of Site-Specific Theatre

Sept 16 - 25 2010.

 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 up to 10. 

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: March 15 2010 – 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/$150.00 (lesser for 40 mins or less)

PLEASE NOTE: In deference to the playwright, we have excluded the usual reading/administration fee.  This is a fringe festival, so there is a fee, which is not a reading/submission fee, but the regular fee...the play company takes the box office.

Here is a link to the city, if you'd like to get a feel for it.

 http://www.kwtourism.ca/

 
YOU MUST GO HERE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION

There will be a down-loadable submission application available by Dec 15 2009.
 
http://www.flushink.net/unhingedap.html
 
Thanks so much. Look forward to hearing from you.

 Paddy Gillard-Bentley - Artistic Director of Flush Ink Performing Arts

Submission deadlines – 


SHE SPEAKS – Deadline has passed.

ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS VI - Extended to Feb. 14 2010.