Walking Fish: Evolution (Working Title)
FESTIVAL INFORMATION: Mainstage Series
Walking Fish: Evolution is a new performing arts festival for Vancouver. It’s scheduled to be launched at a high profile East Vancouver venue in July 2010.
For our inaugural year, we plan to present 6 one-act plays as part of our professional programming. This Professional Series will be complimented by the Walking Fish Festival of emerging theatre artists (now entering its eighth year) and other arts programming.
Walking Fish: Evolution will be a curated, developmental arts festival. The professional series will provide a platform for theatre artists and companies to showcase and try out new and experimental work. Our objective is to feature primarily new Canadian work, although we welcome submissions from companies wishing to premiere new international work or re-interpretations of classics from the theatre canon, especially Canadian works. In particular, we encourage work that takes risks, is creative and has a clear artistic vision. At the same time, we will be looking for work that is accessible and engaging for our core target-demographic of 20-40 year olds.
For our part, Walking Fish: Evolution will provide successful companies with venues, technical staff, publicity and marketing, ticket sales, equitable performance scheduling and front of house management. Our goal is to provide the best possible production resources at the lowest cost, attract the largest audiences possible to the work we present and create an environment that will support artistic and professional career development.
Submission Process
For 2010, we will be presenting six productions as part of our professional series: four local and two national. This programming will be selected by a jury made up of members of the Walking Fish: Evolution committee and theatre professionals. There is no reading fee.
Local Companies
There will be an entrance fee to the Festival of $500.This fee will provide access to a venue, technical support, marketing and publicity, front of house and a guarantee of 6 performances. Participating companies will keep 80% of the box office.
Deadline for submissions from local companies: 31 January 2010
National Companies
The entrance fee for national companies will be waived. We are currently seeking financial support which will cover the travel costs for the national companies to participate in the Festival. Please keep in mind that any funds we receive will be limited and productions should be scaled accordingly.
Deadline for submissions from national companies: 31 January 2010
Application Package
Please note, that Walking Fish: Evolution will be presenting productions from companies/groups of individuals. As much as possible, you should detail for the jury the nature of your production and the elements that make it up.
All applications must include both hard copies of all requirements and a clearly labelled CD including electronic copies of 1 & 2:
1. Letter of Intent: Maximum 2 pages, giving an overview of the project, where it stands in its development, what you plan to do, and how you plan to do it. What excites you about this project and why do you think it’s appropriate for Walking Fish: Evolution?
2. The Play: Please include a fifteen page excerpt from the play, ideally the first fifteen pages. If the play has not yet been written, a synopsis and complete description should be submitted. For non text-based work, a proposal/project description outlining the production should be included.
3. Support Materials (optional): We will accept up to three pages double sided of support materials. These can include, but are not limited to, resumes, reviews, short bios of key members in your team or letters of support from professional artists. Please do not exceed the maximum of three pages. If the play has received a previous production, please include promotional materials to give us a sense of how the show was marketed and how it might fit into our programming.
4. Electronic Materials (optional): if you have any materials on DVD of production highlights, please send them along.
Applications will be assessed based on artistic merit, clarity of vision, and balance with the other plays selected.
Hard Copy Applications and CD should be sent to:
Walking Fish: Evolution c/o Upintheair Theatre 4096 Commercial Street Vancouver, BC V5N 4G3Rules & Regulations
• Prefered show length is 60 minutes. (Walking Fish: Evolution will consider pieces up to 75 minutes.)
• Participating companies are responsible for obtaining the relevant production rights for their shows and performers. If anyone in your company has a membership in a guild, union, or other professional association, you must acquire the necessary releases, or pay the required fees to the respective organization. If you are producing an existing play, you are responsible for obtaining the relevant rights from or paying the required fees to the playwright or his/her agent.
If you have any further questions with regards to your application or about the Festival in general, please visit our website at or contact us by email at summerfestival@upintheairtheatre.com
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