ARCHES BRICK AWARD: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Arches are offering £1000 to emergent performance companies and artists to re-stage their piece at the Arches, Glasgow in 2010.

BACKGROUND //

The Arches is Scotland’s leading provider of support to emergent artists and performance practitioners, as well as one of the UK’s most exciting and vibrant arts venues. Amongst many other mentoring schemes and professional development projects, we currently help new artists through the Platform 18 scheme for new theatre makers (in collaboration with the NTS and Traverse Theatre), our annual festival of brave new work Arches LIVE, the anCnoc Blackbox Graduate Visual Art Award and our Artist in Residence and Company in Residence programmes.

The Arches Brick Award is the latest addition to our continued programme of support, offering £1000 to an emergent performance company or artist to re-stage their piece at the Arches.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA //

• Companies must be able to re-stage the production for two – five performances on the basis of the £1000 award.

• Performances will take place at the Arches at an agreed date before end of July 2012.

• Arches Theatre would retain all box office income for these re-staged performances.

• Companies can apply from any corner of the globe.

• Must be a new piece of work or a radical re-staging of an existing text.  We are looking for experiment, risk-taking and a bold approach to the exploration of new theatrical languages.  This is a performance award – including dance and physical theatre as well as text based work.

• Because this is an award for emergent talent, applications will only be considered from companies or artists who have produced no more than three shows to date.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS //

• Companies will receive additional non-financial support from the Arches in terms of marketing and technical support, rehearsal space, use of fully equipped theatre space, etc.

• Companies are welcome to supplement the award with any other funding initiatives.

• We will make every effort to view the productions from all applicants but reserve the right not to view work if we feel that it does not fall strictly within our eligibility criteria.

JUDGING PANEL //

• The panel will be headed by Jackie Wylie, Arches Artistic Director and LJ Dodd, Arches Programme Producer. Other panelists will include specialists associated with the Arches with a particular knowledge of the type of work we are seeking to promote.

HOW TO APPLY //

Arches Brick Award 2011: Application form

• Complete the application form (click the link above) and send to lj@thearches.co.uk or LJ Dodd, The Arches Brick Award, The Arches, 253 Argyle St, Glasgow, G2 8DL by Mon 25th July 2011.
• Applications are accepted throughout the Fringe; however, applications received before 25th July  have a much better chance of being seen and therefore considered by the panel
• If you need any additional information please email lj@thearches.co.uk