Festival 2014 Gaelic Street Theatre Casting & Development Workshop
12-4pm, Sunday 27th of April, Tramway, Glasgow
Confident Gaelic-speaking performers aged 16+ and comfortable with improvisation, are sought for paid Gaelic and bilingual street theatre performances during this year's Festival 2014 including Merchant City Festival. Festival 2014 is the citywide celebrations alongside the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Performers will work in two mobile teams interacting directly with the public and animating selected routes in and around the Merchant City Festival and Commonwealth Games event zones. Seven performers will be selected from the Casting & Development Workshop on Sunday, the 27th of April, for this Glasgow-based work, however a larger pool of Gaelic-speaking performers interested in street theatre will also be sought from among those attending the workshop for a number of potential future projects throughout Scotland.
Rehearsal/Development Dates: 9th to 11th of July @Tramway, Glasgow
GlasgowLife/GGFA Performer Induction/Info meeting: 2pm, Sunday, 11th of May - This will include details of venue for rehearsals in July.
Performance Dates: Selected dates between 20th of July and 3rd of August. (max 10 full days in total)
Total Performer Project Fee: £1,000
Please email an updated CV and a recent image to arielkillickartist@gmail.com by 5pm Friday the 18th of April. Those without professional acting experience are also encouraged to apply.
Great Gaelic Ferries is Merchant City Festival/Glasgow Life commission and co-production between Independent State of Happiness and SiCO Productions. This project is lead by Ariel Killick, Artistic Director, in collaboration with Liz Carruthers, Associate Director.
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