COACHWERKS FIRST SCRATCH NIGHT – Want to take part?

13th March 2010 Starting time: 7pm - Finishing at 10pm

The performance space at Coachwerks (Brighton) is available for solo performers and groups working on a piece of theatre, dance, live art etc. If you’d like to show a work-in-progress piece (8mins minimum to 20mins maximum) and get audience feedback, drop me an email with the info we require –details below: sofi.coachwerks@gmail.com All sorts of artistic styles and labels welcome!

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

  • You live/work in Brighton
  • Your name or company’s name
  • The title of your developing piece (if you have one)
  • Duration of your developing piece (from 8 to 20 mins). Please give a fair estimate.
  • A description of your work for this event.
Answering to these questions might help:
  • What are you experimenting with in your piece?
  • What are you working with? (here are some suggestions: particular ways of working and developing material, themes, props, techniques… alter or add to these)
  • What sort of performance practice do you do?
Please, feel free to elaborate and be informal (150 words to 300 in a text document attached to your email). Additionally or alternatively, send Sofi some pictures or videos of your work for this piece if you have them. Info on websites, artist/company background… all welcome.

WHAT YOU NEED FROM US

  • Our address 19 Hollingdean Terrace, BN1 7HB, closest train station London Road, buses 49, 46, 50 and 25
  • Check the performance space and specifications http://tr.im/performancewerks
  • Applications first come first served. Deadline for sending applications: 28th February 2010.
  • Coachwerks will be open for the artists from 6pm on the 13th March.
  • They’ll have one hour to get a feel for the space, find a convenient area in the space to show their work-in-progress and run it through, warm up etc.
  • We’ll open for the public at 6.45pm.
  • The work will be shown between 7pm and 9pm approx.
  • There’ll be a master of ceremonies to introduce the artists and their work.
  • From 9 until 10pm the audience members who wish to provide artists with feedback will do so.
  • Artists will have the opportunity to ask particular questions about their work to audience members and to have a focused, constructive informal dialogue.
  • Please think at least of two questions.
  • This stage of the night will be informally managed and facilitated by one of our team.
  • A music stereo is available for those using sound.
  • Because of time constraints we won’t be able to deal with sophisticated or time-consuming technical requirements.
FURTHER INFO: sofi.coachwerks@gmail.com – performancewerks team