WorldFest 2011

We asked: "Which two World Figures would you like to see sit down over a pot of tea and some cakes?" Participants had the opportunity to decorate a cupcake with a World flag design and pose for their photograph as a World Figure. Below are some of the results... More on WorldFest to follow soon...

CUTTING: i am small

This is a bit of a catch-up post...

On Tuesday 22nd February we 'officially' began i am small THE WORLD IS BIG (2011). Of course we have been plugging away at the project for a good few months now, but that has all been preparatory work. When I say that this was the 'official' start of the project, it is because we started its core process: cutting up the world atlases. We will then take these fragments to the nine groups/communities across Kent for them to stitch them back together, thus reshaping the world. Though this was not a performance as such, we carried out the cutting in a performative manner. We set up the space, we wore 'costumes', we established the ground rules, and we started to cut. After 3 hours at it, and cannibalising over 30 atlases, we have enough map fragments for the first few visits to groups/communities.

A few intereting and unexpected questions came up: what happens if we cut accross national borders? where are the boundaries between continents? can you recognise a tiny piece of land if the capital is not part of it? considering there are such differences on the land, why do all oceans and seas look the same?

Paul McGrath, a local film maker, documented the cutting process. He is currently editing the footage and it will be posted on the new project website.... More soon!

Pablo

Platforms for performers!

Accidental Collective have been beavering away to create something truly special for the Kent Arts scene! We created... Pot Luck!

Pot Luck is an artist-led community initiated and currently led by Accidental Collective. Pot Luck is focused on a series of platforms and events which enable theatre and performance makers across the county to share and develop their work and practice. Pot Luck also seeks to raise the profile of their work by creating links across all areas of theatre-making and delivery.
With sincere thanks to our supporting venues, we are delighted to announce the diary for summer and early autumn:-

June 18th
Jolly Sailor public house, Canterbury. 7.30 - late
This is a small venue with an upstairs room and a downstairs space. It is a working pub and has a great atmosphere.
Tickets will be available from the venue in advance from the End of May (unfortunately we cannot accept CC payments) and on the door priced £3/£2 Conc)

July 8th
The Astor Theatre, Deal. 7.30pm – 11.00pm
This is an old theatre with LOADS of spaces from a flexible auditorium, bar, backstage and basement spaces as well as large rooms upstairs too!
http://www.theastor.org/
Tickets will be available via box office on the evening and in advance £6/£5 conc

September 10th
Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate. 7.30pm – 11.00pm
This is a tiny, 80 seat theatre with a really supportive and open-minded audience. They are flexible to us using the whole space in whatever way we like.
www.tomthumbtheatre.co.uk
Tickets will be available via Box office on the evening and in advance £6/£5 conc

October 8th
Creek Creative, Faversham. 7.30pm – 11.00pm
This is a mixed space, again with lots of different areas from a gallery space, an underground tunnel, performance area in the basement with loads of potential places to site work. (The building is undergoing some renovation at the moment to
upgrade performance facilities which will make even more possible)
www.creek-creative.org
Ticketing details TBA

We now seek submissions from companies, performers and artists to be part of these innovative events. We are looking for submissions which are exciting in terms of presentation, style and content, but also fun or offbeat. We are open to submissions which include one-to-one or roving performance, installation, multimedia or durational elements as well as scratch performances, readings or anything else performative you can dream up. Please keep your proposals realistic for the venues and resources available - i.e. minimal!

This is a really exciting and new opportunity for performance makers in our region and would love to hear from you and hear what you’d like to bring to one of the events (or more than one event if you so wish). Please send a 200 word outline of your performance or idea proposal (including if/where its been realised before), any photos or youtube links, as well as the venues/dates you would like to be involved with to:

Rick Bolinger
info@accidentalcollective.co.uk
07989722520

We look forward to hearing from you!
Accidental Collective