Fri 26 Oct 12 - Fri 23 Nov 12
Deadline Fri 23 November

Sprint and Starting Blocks 2013 - call for submissions

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Submissions are now invited to take part in Camden People’s Theatre’s SPRINT FESTIVAL 2013.

Sprint is an annual festival of unusual and adventurous theatre and live art from the most exciting new artists and companies in the UK and worldwide.

 

Applications are now open for our 2013 festival, to be held March 1 to 24 (tbc). Ideally, proposals will be for work that is finished by March 2013, but we will also consider works-in-progress, ‘scratch’ performances and on-site artist development (see Starting Blocks). Work can take place inside and outside CPT, in the streets, on the waterways and byways beyond the theatre’s doors – as long as the company/artist has a realistic idea of how such a project might be achieved. Work can also happen in the virtual world and in the audience’s imagination. The work can be a piece for a large audience, or a one-to-one performance - or anything in between. We are particularly keen to receive submissions for off-site work.

 

Sprint Festival runs for three weeks in March (please check website for schedule updates or join CPT mailing list). Last year’s Sprint programme featured 124 performances from 36 artists/companies, including NIE, Kazuko Hohki, Dancing Brick, Curious Directive - and many more. Click HERE for full details.

Since its inception in 1997 as a showcase for ‘physical, visual and unusual theatre’, Sprint has continued to grow in scope and reputation. Companies who found early success at Sprint include Unlimited Theatre, Cartoon de Salvo, Metro-Boulot-Dodo, Fevered Sleep, Shunt, and more recently, Idle Motion, Plasticine Men, Mamoru Iriguchi, Paper Birds, Stoke Newington International Airport and Search Party.

 

STARTING BLOCKS

Applications are also invited for Starting Blocks 2013, a creative community for developing new theatre work that runs alongside Sprint.

Starting Blocks offers the opportunity to develop new theatre work with the support of Camden People’s Theatre, as part of a peer support network that encourages collaboration and engagement between participating artists. Over ten weeks, the selected artists will meet weekly to share practice, ideas and their developing works. They will also be given space to develop their particular project and practice. The scheme runs from January to March 2013, allowing time for the participants to develop work, or work-in-progress, to be shown at CPT’s prestigious Sprint festival in March.

 

We are particularly keen to receive applications from solo artists.

Applicants can apply with just an idea, or with an idea that has received early-stage development, and now needs space, structure, and peer support to help bring it to life. Projects that have already been developed at another organisation, or with the financial support of a funding body, will not be considered.

The scheme will be overseen by CPT director Brian Logan, who alongside CPT staff will select participants by application form and interview from an open call for submissions.

 

The deadline for Sprint and Starting Blocks applications is Fri 23 November  

 

 

 

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