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Emerging Artists kick off
with:- "Tent!"
PARTICIPANTS of Hope Street Ltd's
Emerging Artists Programme 2016 have set up camp in a city centre office block
and invite you to come and join them around the camp fire to discuss important
issues.
Responding to current crises around immigration and homelessness, the project,
entitled TENT! is a multimedia interactive artwork. It will be part of Festival
31, a month long festival celebrating arts and culture from refugee communities
which runs until 20 July 2016.
Part installation, part performance and part discussion, this immersive
experience lasts four hours during which time the audience can drop in at any
time, creating some individual and intimate experiences, as well as group
conversations "around the camp fire", in this unusual Tent City
pitched within an Office block.
TENT! Is the Emerging Artist's first project; a challenge in itself; as this
will be their first performance in front of an audience as a group, after just 2
weeks together and with only 3 days to develop their own production.
This project was originally created for Light Night by three former EAP artists
who met on the programme in 2014. The artists, director Roisin Fletcher,
designer Laura Lomax, and musical director Luke Thomas will task the new company
to create their interpretation of Tent! Developing new installations and
performances.
Liverpool Asylum Seekers and Refugees Association (LARA) will be joining EAP
artists again for:- 'conversations around the camp fire.'
Delivered by Hope Street Limited, the Emerging Artists Programme is now
established and well respected within the industry. It's a great opportunity for
people to develop and grow their skills and experience across a number of
creative platforms and to kick start a professional career in the arts
Hope Street Limited is a registered charity which has been supporting emerging
artists in Liverpool for 27 years. It is a National Portfolio Organisation of
Arts Council England, and is funded by Liverpool City Council through the
Culture Liverpool Investment Programme.
This year's successful intake of creatives has
a wealth of talent and experience and consists of a director, movement director,
musical director/composer, 2 designers/makers, 12 performers, producer, stage
manager and a production manager.
The full time intensive programme gives participants the opportunity to create
their own work alongside professional artists of international calibre; as well
as networking and meeting key personnel in other major creative organisations in
Liverpool.
Other key projects for EAP2016 include The Many Faces Of Francis Bacon; a masked
invasion of Tate Liverpool's hidden spaces; The Last Utopian; an immersive
theatrical game in Liverpool City Centre set in a dystopian sci-fi world; and
The extraordinary journey of the Fakir who got trapped in an Ikea wardrobe, a
devised play at the Everyman Studio inspired by the best seller of the same
title.
TENT! will be a free durational performance
with audiences invited to drop in at any time between 5:30pm to 9:30pm, on
Thursday, 23 June 2016, at Hope Street Ltd's premises at 76-78 Lord Street,
Liverpool L2 1TL. For more information visit:-
Hope-Street.Org.
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