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We want your scripts!
Call out for scripts from Disabled and Deaf writers for DaDaFest International 2010:
"Me and Marilyn" at the Unity Theatre on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd November 2010
‘Only me and Marilyn Monroe get looked at every time we walk into a room' a disabled poet once remarked.
Inspired by this, DaDaFest International 2010 would like to invite talented and exciting up-and-coming Deaf and Disabled writers in the UK to turn their own unwavering gaze upon the world around them and send us their new scripts to be part of a series of rehearsed readings at this year's Festival.
We will be working at the Unity Theatre with a diverse group of actors on two scripts a day to be performed in a rehearsed read through in the evening.
On Tuesday night the evening will be topped off by a reading of a new play from America, "Krankenhaus Blues", by Sam Forman. This is a frightening and funny play about disability issues, genocide, and the grim realities of show business. A playwright, an actress and a clown are locked in a Nazi asylum for reasons beyond their comprehension. Moving effortlessly between 1930's Berlin and present day New York City, the characters make great efforts to connect with each other as they confront their existentially bleak surroundings.
Are you a disabled or deaf writer who has a play that has never been performed in the UK and would like to have it read as part of DaDaFest in a top Liverpool theatre venue? Then please send a CV and some information about your work and the script to DaDaFest international Artistic Director Garry Robson via details below.
All the work received will then go through a selection process and the final plays chosen will be judged by a panel who will decided on the plays to be read over the two evenings.
We are unable to pay any fees for the work, but reasonable expenses will be paid to the writers. The writer will be expected to attend the rehearsals on either 22nd or 23rd November and the readings performances in the evenings.
The closing date for all entries is 31st August 2010. We will contact all applicants by the end of September to let them know if they are successful in their application.
Email: events@dadahello.com
Address: DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
Tel: 0151 7071733
We are recruiting for this prestigious and ground-breaking activity to be shown as part of DaDaFest International 2010.
DaDaSings- it's back!
Working once again with Caroline Parker and Sense of Sound, we will be holding bi-weekly rehearsals from the end of July for performances in November and December this year.
Hearing People will sing and Deaf People will sign.
Open to all over 18's.
For an application form contact info@dadahello.com or call 0151 707 1733.
Can you run workshops for and with young people? Get in touch!
DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts: DaDa Youth call for artists
As a part of DaDaFest International 10, DaDa Youth is looking for artists/practitioners who have experience of working with Disabled/Deaf young people to lead workshops to create new work to be showcased at the festival.
In addition to the international artists that we have lined up to work with our young people, we are also updating our pool of national artists working in visual arts, creative writing and performance art forms, who have experience and knowledge of access support and working with Disabled/Deaf young people.
If you are interested in DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts adding your details to our artist database, please send your CV with a covering letter containing details of your experience and knowledge.
If you are an artist/practitioner and you have an idea or proposal for a project working with young Disabled/Deaf people, please also include a short outline, no more than 1 page of A4, with your application.
Please send via email to:
Or post to:
Shaun Curtis
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts
The Bluecoat
School Lane
Liverpool
L1 3BX
Please note freelance artists/practitioners will be appointed subject to an enhanced CRB; all workshop activities are subject to funding
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