Local stories by local artists for local audiences

Do you want to create new work for local audiences? Then come to a Collaborators Tea Party.  This will be a networking event bringing local practitioners, producers and promoters together for a relaxed afternoon of tea, cake and conversations sharing ideas and opportunities for creating/ commissioning new theatre work. 

The Collaborator Tea Party will be facilitated by Kali Theatre's Artistic Director Janet Steel inspired by the incredibly successful collaboration between Arts Alive, Black Country Touring and Kali that createdMy Big Fat Cowpat Wedding. You can hear about how we developed My Big Fat Cowpat Wedding into the popular, high quality, sell-out show it has become and discover how you can do the same. 

It will be an opportunity for rural touring schemes, promoters and rural venues interested in commissioning new work for rural touring to informally meet individual practitioners, producers and theatre companies to share ideas and discuss ways of collaborating in an informal and inspiring way.  

Kali wants to encourage and inspire more collaborative working to create new work specifically for local and national rural and small scale touring. 

What happens at the Tea Party? 
After a short presentation, tea and cake will be served and conversations orchestrated. It’s a wonderful opportunity for diverse local artists to meet promoters and for all parties to discuss possible collaborations and ways of making new work. 

After the event you will have the chance to tell us who you would like to meet again and Kali will act as matchmaker to put interested parties together. A follow up meeting will enable ideas for collaborations to be discussed in greater depth, consider logistics and how to get work funded.   

This is your opportunity to make significant, inventive new work.  We hope you will join us! 

Collaborator Tea Parties are taking place in various venues around the UK in conjunction with the tour of My Big Fat Cowpat Wedding.

*Part of a full day event with Get The Chance, Creative Citizens Cymru - RSVP to attend all of it or just the Tea Party*

For more information and RSVP click http://www.kalitheatre.co.uk/whats-on/Collaborator%20Tea%20Parties.html 

or email jonna@kalitheatre.co.uk