BLACK THEATRE LIVE - SMALL-SCALE TOUR (2015)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST APPLICATION The Black Theatre Live national touring theatre consortium is inviting expressions of interest for a commissioned/co-produced BAME small- scale touring production in Sept-Nov 2015.
BACKGROUND In August 2014 Arts Council England announced support for Black Theatre Live.
Black Theatre Live is a pioneering national consortium of 8 regional theatres led by Tara Arts, committed to effecting change for BAME touring theatre through a sustainable 3-year programme of national touring, structural support and audience development.
Black Theatre Live is a partnership of Derby Theatre, Queens Hall (Hexham), the Lighthouse (Poole), Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds, Theatre Royal Margate, Key Theatre (Peterborough), Stratford Circus (London) and Tara Arts (London).
Black Theatre Live expects to work with emerging and established BAME companies across England to commission and tour high quality productions to the consortia theatres over the coming 3 years.
Black Theatre Live will shape a dynamic national programme of mid- and small-scale tours. Its structured audience development and community engagement programmes will include live digital streaming and cinema relay.
We are delighted to receive Arts Council England’s support to transform the national landscape of BAME touring theatre in the coming years.
Joyce Wilson, Area Director, London, Arts Council England, said: ‘"We are really pleased to be supporting the Black Theatre Live national consortium, which is being led by Tara Arts – a National portfolio organisation. The consortium’s work will make a strong contribution towards affecting lasting infrastructural change for BAME touring theatre through the creation of a sustainable 3-year programme of national touring and audience development. It is wonderful to see organisations working together in this way to develop audiences, support greater community engagement and promote greater diversity."
Coming soon the Black Theatre Live
1 MAIN CRITERIA For clarity, the “small-scale Black Theatre Live tour” is understood to mean predominantly narrative/text based theatre; though music, dance, aerial etc may form part of the storytelling Application is open to BAME artists and/or BAME companies Theatre productions may be of new work or re-tours of existing product Must express an active commitment to touring the Black Theatre Live partner venues & an engagement with Black Theatre Lives’ aims and objectives
Budget The Tour must be delivered within the Black Theatre Live budget allocation If the Tour requires further income, the proposals must be able to confirm what other funding or resources they have in place to fully realise the tour Up to £25k toward the Tour from Black Theatre Live + £15k Consortium venue fees centrally managed by the Black Live Producer on behalf of the Consortium and the Tour. Total committed income from Black Theatre Live circa £40k. Must consider ‘future life’ of the Tour and potential for commercial exploitation of the show given the Black Live consortium commissioning/co-production investment. Sponsorship may be sought by either Black Theatre Live or the Theatre company to support the costs of the creation/tour. Any sponsorship to be agreed with Black Live
Audience Development & Marketing The Tour must consider how the production relates to and is supported by Audience Development work and objectives of the Consortium venues The Tour will be supported by the Black Theatre Live audience development programme The Tour must provide high quality marketing collateral with agreement of the Consortium The Tour must fully credit the Black Theatre Live commission/co-production support, to be predetermined by the Consortium
Touring To Tour to all 8 Black Theatre Live venues between Sept-Nov 2015 Excepting Tara Arts which is under construction until October ’15; the chosen Tour would be expected to perform at Tara Arts in its opening 2016 season For the 8 Black Theatre Live consortium venues the Tour will be coordinated centrally by the consortium’s Producer
2 The Tour will not be limited to touring only the Black Theatre Live venues, however Black Live venues will require first cal on tour dates and exclusion clauses will need to be taken into account : i.e., we will expect additional venues to come on board during each tour Arranging additional tour venues will be the responsibility of the Tour producer, with advice from the Black Theatre Live Producer
TIME-FRAME Fri 12th Dec 2014 deadline for submission of expressions of interest to [email protected] Black Theatre Live consortium shortlisting Fri 19th Dec shortlisted proposals informed Thurs 8th January 2015 Project Pitches at Derby Theatre Productions that have been shortlisted may be invited to pitch the tour on 8th January to the Consortium at Derby Theatre
For an informal chat contact Jonathan Kennedy on [email protected] or +44 (0)20 8333 4457
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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST APPLICATION
Please attach a budget for the production and tour with this expression of interest. NAME COMPANY (if applicable) ADDRESS
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TOUR PRODUCTION TITLE DESCRIPTION
(250 words max) KEY CREATIVES & BIOGS
(250 words max) RECENT PRODUCTIONS inc press reviews, venue references, audience feedback
(250 words max) HAS THE PRODUCTION TOURED BEFORE? If yes please outline the venues and scale of the tour
(250 words max) SCALE OF THE WORK/PRODUCTION OUTLINE Inc cast size, minimum playing area
(250 words max) IF THIS IS A NEW PRODUCTION? How will you ensure the project tours to all the venues, on time and on budget?
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(250 words max) INDICATIVE MARKETING/AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, inc accessible performances and digital distribution
(250 words max)
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