News for Contacting the World 2010
Contacting the World 08 took place in Liverpool this summer, bringing an explosion of international performance to the city centre. Over 150 young performers from ten different countries took to the stage and streets around Hope Street. An additional 30 theatre makers from across the globe took part in Contact's International Forum coming from Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, New Zealand, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Malaysia, India, South Africa, Japan and Palestine. Audience attendance was high and national and international press coverage was unprecedented: click on the Times feature at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4402380.ece
As a direct result of the collaboration with Liverpool Capital of Culture in 2008, Contact is now developing a partnership with cultural leaders in Istanbul and Stockholm to co-produce the 2010 Festival in the Turkish European Capital of Culture for 2010. For more information or to register interest in the 2010 festival, please contact the Project Director at juliaturpin@contact-theatre.org.
Contacting the World 08
Sunday 27th July - Saturday 2nd August 2008
LIPA & Unity Theatres, Liverpool
It's nearly here, at the end of this month!
Contacting the World is a revolutionary theatre project for young and emerging artists. It redefines the way in which theatre is created on the global stage.
12 of the world's freshest new theatre companies from around the world have been selected and twinned to form 6 unique pairings. they have been involved in a year long exchange - overcoming their cultural and geographical distances to create brand new pieces of cutting-edge theatre.
From Sunday 27th July - Saturday 2nd August, you can see the results of all of these collaborations during a week long festival of international premieres. This year, Contacting the World will be leaving its Manchester home to take over Liverpool city centre - As one of the main commissions for Liverpool's year as 2008 Capital of Culture, 150 artists from around the world will arrive in the city for a week of explosive performances, workshops, and street theatre.
With four workshops a day, and double-bill premieres every evening at LIPA as well as daily matinee performances at Unity Theatre this years festival will deliver an unparalleled showcase of true international talent. On the first day alone you can attend a workshop fromZambia and Poland, an afternoon performance from Mumbai, before evening shows from Manchester and Brazil.
Climaxing on Saturday 2nd August, CTW 08 will join forces with Brouhaha - Liverpool's pioneering international arts organisation - to create the largest single carnival performance in the UK. 2000 costumed participants, acrobats, musicians, circus performers and street theatre groups will collaborate with artists from all over the world in a carnival event that will procession through Liverpool.
The main venues are Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) and the Unity Theatre, but expect the city to come to life as the performers also spill out onto the streets and perform around ‘the suitcases’ at Hope Street.
“We're incredibly proud to be part of Liverpool's celebrations. Liverpool's commitment to young and emerging artists is an important part of the 2008 celebrations and what better way to showcase this by inviting some of the world's most innovative young artists to the city”
Contact's Artistic Director John McGrath
“Young people will play an extremely important part in the 2008 programme, and Contacting the World promises to be one of the highlights of a year when the city reaches out to the rest of the world.”
Councillor Warren Bradley, Leader of Liverpool City Council and Deputy Chair of the Liverpool Culture Company.
CTW 08 look's set to stage a truly global event with Liverpool firmly at its epicentre.
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