Call for companies of young theatre makers

Contacting the World 2010 seeks expressions of interest from young performance companies to participate in a pioneering, intercultural project.

Contacting the World is a biennial international performance project developed by Contact in Manchester, one of the UK’s leading organisations creating work by and for young people. It aims to increase the skills, understanding and experience of young people from around the world in a unique theatre project facilitated by the internet. Twelve theatre companies from Europe and overseas will be twinned to work collaboratively over a seven month period, devising twelve new productions which will be premiered together in the UK July 2010. This is a unique opportunity to take part in an extraordinary project that focuses on exchange and genuine creative collaboration.

Contacting the World is due to take place from January to July 2010 subject to funding. Applications to participate are currently being invited from young theatre makers, emerging artists, youth theatres and other organisations creating theatre with young people. You will need to meet the following eligibility criteria as part of the application process:

* Participants of companies must be aged between 15 and 25 years of age
* Be available to collaborate on the project from January - July 2010
* Be creating work that is groundbreaking. You must be able to demonstrate how your work is innovative. This can be through your artistic product, how you are organised, how you recruit and work with other young people or your aims in creating performance work.
* Provide at least one representative from the company to take part in an exchange visit with an international partner
* Availability to perform and attend a week long event in July 2010
* Ability to fund own production costs and travel costs to Manchester
* Access for participants to the internet

If you are interested in finding out more about taking part and receiving an application form, please register interest by contacting the Project Administrator at aaroncunningham@contact-theatre.org or by calling + 44 (0)161 234 0631. Alternatively you can download the application forms from the website at www.contact-theatre.org. The deadline for applications is Sunday 6 September 2009.

For more information please visit the link below:

http://www.contact-theatre.org/news/view/201/contacting-the-world-2010-call-for-companies.htm

Aaron Cunningham
Project Administrator
Contacting the World
Contact Theatre
Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6JA
+44 (0)161 274 0631
aaroncunningham@contact-theatre.org

www.contact-theatre.org