Do you want to spend two weeks, all expenses paid, in sunny Italy in the summers of 2015/16?
Do you want to collaborate with theatre students from Romania, Lithuania and Spain to make theatre about an issue you care about? Do you want your show to receive its world premiere in Siena during the summer of 2016 along with three other shows by fellow students?
Playing Identities, Performing Heritage is a large EU-funded multi-institutional project which invites students from different countries to make devised theatre in collaboration with each other in order to study how different European identities are shaped and performed.
It is an exciting opportunity to travel, meet and collaborate with students of theatre from different countries, to receive guidance and tuition from theatre-makers from across Europe and to get your work shown and talked about internationally.
Project Timeline
- By April 2015, students are invited to submit proposals, four of which (one from each country) will be chosen to take part for the duration of the project (exact date tbc)
- By May 2015, four young theatre makers will be also be chosen to work on a project from a country other than their own (date tbc)
- From 12th – 26th July 2015, the chosen groups and directors will be invited to a 2-week workshop in Siena, where they will have the opportunity to work with mentors and scholars from across the four institutions, and where they will begin to devise their performances
- In Autumn 2015 the four theatre makers will travel to their host countries for a period of preliminary fieldwork
- In Spring 2016 the groups of performers and the theatre makers will each work on their projects in their host countries
- The project will culminate in a festival in Siena in July 2016.
PLEASE NOTE: when submitting your application, make sure all members will be available to take part in the workshop in Siena from 12th – 26th July 2015. Please also make sure you will be able to attend the final workshop and festival in Siena in July 2016.
Application Process
We are looking for six individuals to fulfil 3 specific roles within Playing Identities, Performing Heritage: (i) one group of four performers, (ii) one young theatre maker, (iii) one community mobiliser.
IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR ANY OF THE ROLES BELOW PLEASE EMAIL THE CONTACTS BELOW TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST BEFORE MAKING YOUR APPLICATION.
Dr Margherita Laera – m.laera@kent.ac.uk
Dr Flora Pitrolo – f.pitrolo@kent.ac.uk
Prof Paul Allain – p.a.allain@kent.ac.uk
For more detailed information on the project, the roles and how to apply see this document: Internal Kent Document for Students
Keep up to date with the project here.