Worcestershire Arts Partnership Blog

Monday 31 March 2014

Playwriting Competition


Swan Theatre Amateur Company

Children’s Theatre
 
 

Playwriting Competition

STAC’s Children’s Theatre has been producing scripted plays for children since about 1975 and has presented at least seven productions a year. The plays are staged twice on Saturday mornings between the months of October and May each year in the main house at the Swan Theatre, Worcester. Each play is staged twice on the same morning to audiences of around 150 to 200+ a house.

STAC’s Children’s Theatre is looking for new plays!

Plays should be

·         for children between the ages 2-9

·         for a cast of 4 to 7 at most (where possible gender flexible casting)

·         approximately 40 minutes long in performance (approximately 12 pages of dialogue, but it also depends how much action is included)

Plays should include

·         original, imaginative, lively story-lines

·         well-known songs, or adaptations of well-known songs, with which the audience can join in

·         traditional audience participation, for example, ‘Oh yes, she is’ ‘Oh no, she isn’t’; ‘He’s behind you’; ‘Can you help us, girls and boys?’ or other creative variations of workable participation.

Plays should reflect

·         contemporary values of equality

·         the interests of the target audience

Prize: The writers of the winning plays will receive 10% of the box office (£2.25-£2.50 a ticket) each time their play is performed by STAC CT. The judges will be Frank Welbourne, Rene Chester, Helen Tippins and other members of STAC who have extensive experience of Children’s Theatre and their decision will be final.

Closing date for entries: 31 May

Results: Our intention is to announce the winners by 30 June 2014

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If you are interested in taking part in the competition and would like to see a current production Pirates Never Wash Their Hands by Anne Hogg will take place at 10.30 and 11.45 on Saturday 3 May, 2014.

Entry implies acceptance of all the following guidelines:

·         Plays must be the original and unpublished work of the entrant. 

·         Plays must not have been previously performed or published.

·         There is no limit on number of plays submitted by individuals.

·         There is no entry fee.

·         Entrants should be aged over 16 years.

·         Plays should be submitted by E-mail as attachments to f.welbourne@btinternet.com (Word document or pdf).

·         The playwright should retain their email as proof of authorship.

·         No entry form is required  but please include the following details in your e-mail message: Playwright’s Name  and Address, Phone No, Name(s) of Play(s).

·         Please put your name, email address and telephone number and page number in a footer/header on each page.

·         Font: 12 point, Arial.

·         All entrants will be notified that their entry has been received.

·         By submitting your play to Swan Theatre Amateur Company Children’s Theatre you agree:

 For one year after 30 June 2014, to grant STAC CT the exclusive right to perform your play as often as they choose, in whatever venue they choose and making whatever small, necessary changes they need to in order to facilitate performance.

After 30 June 2015, to grant STAC CT the non-exclusive right to keep the play in its repertoire and perform it as they choose until you withdraw permission.

 

Friday 28 March 2014

Job Opportunity


ST GEORGE’S HALL – VACANCY FOR PART TIME MANAGER

St George’s Hall is a community hub recently reopened for the benefit of the people of Bewdley and the surrounding area. We are a multi-purpose community facility and have a growing number of activities. Cinema in the Hall is one of our latest additions.

 We are looking for a part time Manager to be responsible to the board of SGH Venue Management for all aspects of running and maintaining St Georges Hall including developing our range of events. We already have a part-time Administrator in post who looks after many of the day to day activities to enable the Manager to focus on development activities.

The post is likely to start on the basis of 16 hours per week over a whole week with some evening and weekend work necessary. It is planned that the hours will increase as the workload expands.

A starting annual salary of £24,000 (pro rata for 16 hours) is available.

For more information contact Peter Miller, Company Secretary, SGH Venue Management on 01299 405516 or petermiller@bewdley.org.uk

SGH Venue Management is a charitable partnership of Bewdley Development Trust, Bewdley Festival and the Trustees of St George’s Hall

Funding Newsletter Number 21


Dear Colleague,
 
 

 

Please find the latest Issue of my Funding Newsletter Number 21

All other newsletters past and present can be accessed under the 'Newsletter Section' of my website www.shawfunding.co.uk


I have contacted the funders of the funds listed and all are current with funding available for the the current financial year. I have personally been successful when applying to all of the funds listed, so if you require any free advice then please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Remember Each County Councillor gets another £10,000 from April!!!!

 

Many thanks, please share and I hope you find it useful.

 

Tel:      07980 605948


Visit:    www.shawfunding.co.uk

Monday 24 March 2014

Acoustic Spoken Word & Music Night - Dualogue Night


A duologue is a dialogue for 2 people. This will be the theme for Mouth and Music at the Boars Head, Kidderminster on Tuesday 8th April. Writers David Calcutt and Nadia Kingsley will present part of their piece Road Kill which tells of the secret lives of our native animals, from town to country where fact and myth may mingle. As a complete contrast, featured band Bleeding Hearts will mix political ranting with up tempo melodies. Open mic performers are invited to pair up and snap up 10 minute collaborative slots. Poet Sarah Tamar is MC and the evening starts at 8.00. Open slots can be booked from 7.30 on the night. See www.mouthandmusic.co.uk / https://www.facebook.com/mouthandmusic for more details.
 
 

Our Big Gig is Back!


One-off grants of £400 are available to local community groups and organisations to help them take part in Our Big Gig, a community music celebration taking place across the UK on 11th, 12th and 13th July 2014.

Our Big Gig is an annual event that brings communities together to improve community cohesion and inspire people to take part in music making opportunities in their local area.  Successful applicants will be offered resources, support and training.  

The project is managed by Superact, a not-for-profit music and arts organisation that uses creativity to improve the health and well-being of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and abilities. 

Deadline for applications is Friday 4th April at 12:00 noon.  Apply now on-line at www.ourbiggig.co.uk 

Please get in touch for further information.

 

Nicola

 

 

Nicola Toms

Project Manager

07743 59 34 39

Tuesday 18 March 2014


UPDATED CASTING CALL for COMMUNITY ACTORS

If you are interested,  but  have problems with  rehearsal dates  - we can be flexible. Please apply with your availability ( including,  if you can’t do both 5th & 6th ,  any evening dates   7th – 11th April) . Also this is only planned to be a 30 -45 minute performance and so there will not be many lines to learn .

No experience necessary but if you have some please let us know .

Jestaminute Community Theatre  cic  are looking for community actors to take part in their new play ‘One back of Nineteen’  at Forge Mill on  12th and 13th April .  The play shares the findings of their current Heritage Lottery funded project ‘Engineering the Past’ .

The company have been capturing the working memories of Redditch people before the town was designated as a new town and the play will share  some of those stories through fictionalised characters  .

The commitment :

Audition               26th March  - evening 6 pm – 10 pm  - venue in Redditch TBC

Rehearsals:         5th & 6th April  10 am-4 pm each day  - venue in Redditch TBC

10th  April  evening  6 pm -9 pm at Forge Mill  Redditch

Performances :  *10th April - school performance  at Palace Theatre Redditch  exact time TBC  but actors called  for

10 am -2.30 pm  (* Your availability on the 10th is extremely desirable but not an absolute requirement as the play will be written in a modular fashion and this piece  to an invited school audience will be shortened .)

12th & 13th April   public performances at Forge Mill, 3 performances each day 11.30 am, 1.30 pm and 3 pm.

As this is a community project there will be no fee but expenses will be covered and we will provide drinks throughout day plus lunch.

If interested  please send details – playing age &  gender  and any relevant availability  information  to


CALL Andy on 01527 514 049 if you have any questions
 
 

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Our Big Gig is back!


 


PRESS RELEASE - 5 March 2014

Embargo: Immediate

 

Our Big Gig: Nationwide music celebration returns to a community near you this summer

 

- Our Big Gig returns to host hundreds of music events in communities across the nation from 11-13 July

 

- Grants and support available for event organisers who wish to programme community events in their areas

 

Our Big Gig, England’s largest community music festival is to return in 2014 from 11th to 13th July, Communities Minister Stephen Williams has announced today. Community organisations are now being urged to apply for an Our Big Gig grant to organise an event.

 

Funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government, Our Big Gig will see the country unite to celebrate local music at community events, showcase new and existing talent and give people the opportunity to have a go at making music.

 

Last summer, over 200,000 people attended 326 Our Big Gig events which saw a wide variety of musical activities take place in a range of unusual spaces. From schools to skate parks, beaches to boats, some 14,600 people performed across the length and breadth of the country.

 

For 2014, all types of community organisations are being urged to apply to put on an event in their local area and bring together diverse groups of people through music. Be it a sports club, faith group or another, all successful applicants receive grant funding and event management training is provided.

 

Organised by music and arts organisation Superact, Our Big Gig grew from the Bandstand Marathon; an iconic London 2012 festival event that helped close the London Games with 9000 people across Britain simultaneously performing Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’.

 

As an official ‘Spirit of 2012’ legacy event, the Olympic feel good factor pervaded Our Big Gig  in 2013 as 5,800 people volunteered to help at events and nearly 35,000 people took part in new musical activities.

 

Launching Our Big Gig for 2014, Communities Minister Stephen Williams said:

 

“Our Big Gig is a great opportunity for local people to take the lead in putting on a musical event that unites their local community, celebrates home grown talent and inspires people without a background in music to get involved.  

 

“Like taking part in sport, making music has the power to transform lives and I’m really looking forward to events that inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved and make music part of their lives.”

 

Katharine Lane, Director at Superact added:

 

“Our Big Gig is a fantastic opportunity for organisations to put on a musical event in their community and reach out to people that they may not yet know.

 

“While Superact has been running community music events across the UK for years, we never cease to be amazed at the unifying power of music.

 

“We’re looking forward to receiving event applications from across the country and would encourage as many people as possible to apply before 4th April”

 

To apply to host an Our Big Gig event visit www.ourbiggig.co.uk and fill out the online form.

 

Deadline for applications – 4th April 2014

 

ENDS

 

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

 

 
DCLG The Department for Communities and Local Government works to move decision making power from central government to communities, putting them in charge of local services and planning, showing them how their money is being spent, and working to bring communities and people from all backgrounds together.  www.gov.uk/dclg

Superact - Superact is a not-for-profit CIC that uses music and the arts to develop and deliver social impact projects in the UK and abroad. Working in the key impact areas of community development, justice and health and wellbeing, Superact creatively improves lives by empowering individuals and strengthening communities.


 

Our Big Gig

 

Our Big Gig is an annual event that brings communities together to celebrate their local musical talents and get more people involved in music making.

 

The summer event will run from 11th to the 13th July 2014

 


Our Big Gig EXTRA

 

Our Big Gig EXTRA offers longer term community music making opportunities to specific communities.

 

In 2013, projects ran in Bristol, Leicester, Knowsley, Blackburn with Darwen, Birmingham, Bradford, Luton, Middlesbrough, and the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Westminster.

 


 

 

Contact Information – Photos, info & interviews

 

For general enquiries about Our Big Gig and Superact, contact:

 

- Nick Roberts at nickr@superact.org.uk or 0117 2140366 / 07966224375

http://www.superact.org.uk/ourbiggig/

Tuesday 11 March 2014

The Event - March 15th 2014



 

Clikclikcollective promo video





www.clikclikcollective.com


If so, could I add a link to a promo video I had made for a Clik Clik Collective project working in collaboration with Collective 43 for the Worcester Victorian Fayre last year.

(Filmmaking by Vladamir Toma and Robert Halrey Nutter)


 I'm the Arts editor for SLAP magazine now so anybody wanting any arts content adding to the mag, please mail info (by 18th of the month) to:


with ART in subject bar.
Kate Cox

Contract opportunity - arts/community development officer



Wednesday 5 March 2014

Bromsgrove International Young Musicians' Competition


Wyre Forest Arts News

http://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/cms/leisure-and-culture/arts-and-entertainment/arts-news.aspx

CASTING CALL for COMMUNITY ACTORS


CASTING CALL for COMMUNITY ACTORS

 

Jestaminute Community Theatre  cic  are looking for community actors to take part in their new play ‘One back of Nineteen’  at Forge Mill on  12th and 13th April .  The play shares the findings of their current Heritage Lottery funded project ‘Engineering the Past’ .

The company have been capturing the working memories of Redditch people before the town was designated as a new town and the play will share  some of those stories through fictionalised characters  .

The commitment :

Audition               26th March  - evening 6 pm – 10 pm  - venue in Redditch TBC

Rehearsals:         5th & 6th April  10 am-4 pm each day  - venue in Redditch TBC

10th  April  evening  6 pm -9 pm at Forge Mill  Redditch

Performances :  *10th April - school performance  at Palace Theatre Redditch  exact time TBC  but

actors called  for 10 am -2.30 pm

12th & 13th April   public performances at Forge Mill, 3 performances each day 11.30 am, 1.30 pm and 3 pm.

As this is a community project there will be no fee but expenses will be covered and we will provide drinks throughout day plus lunch.

* Your availability on the 10th is extremely desirable but not an absolute requirement as the play will be written in a modular fashion and this piece  to an invited school audience will be shortened .

Please send details – playing age, gender, short resume of experience to:  jestaminute@blueyonder.co.uk

Tuesday 4 March 2014

Egg Hunt - Help needed please

I recently had a w weird request for a large 3D egg at the Voices and Visions meeting.  I wondered, if anyone could help me out with this.  Ideally it needs to be hollow and big enough for a yr6 pupil to sit in or behind.


I know this is an odd one but just on the off chance.


Many thanks,

Jude Chandler