Moving Roots: Call Out
The Moving Roots Touring Network are on the lookout for pre-existing co-created live shows.
The Moving Roots Touring Network are looking for pre existing co-created live shows that could be re-created with people in Wigan, Peterborough, East Cardiff and Medway. We define co-created shows as an artist working with a group of people who are not necessarily (but could be) professional artists to re-create a show about the stories, hopes and wants of the people it represents.
Moving Roots is a collective of arts organisations; Battersea Arts Centre, Lyrici Arts, Common Wealth, The Old Courts and Jumped Up Theatre, from across the UK (London, Medway, Cardiff, Wigan and Peterborough.)
Moving Roots wants to make social change through co-creation
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
We want to work with an artist or company from approximately September 2021 to August 2022 to prepare, develop, make and present the shows in Medway, Cardiff, Peterborough and Wigan. We could be flexible about these dates.
There is up to £100k for this work.
We are looking for a show that:
- Has been done before
- Could be re-created with four different communities across the UK
- Creates social change
- Is artistically excellent and exciting
- Is important to working-class people (or communities) and people who don’t usually get to participate in the arts
- Brings joy and change
We are looking for artists:
- Who have similar lived experiences to people in Wigan, Peterborough, East Cardiff and Medway
- Who are open and excited about adapting their work
- Who will be flexible and respond to people’s changing needs and to changing condition
This year’s show is Rent Party by Darren Pritchard; A performance party inspired by the traditions of the Harlem Renaissance Rent Parties, re-created by local artists in Wigan, Medway, East Cardiff and Peterborough.
“Being broke never looked so fierce” ***** The Stage
EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST
If you’re interested in this project and feel like your work matches what we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you.
If you have any questions about the project or or if you need any support or have any questions about the expression of interest, please get in touch with Christie who manages Moving Roots for Battersea Arts Centre on christieh@bac.org.uk.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest is 26 April, 10am.
We will invite a shortlist of applicants for conversations with the project partners between 3 – 24 May and aim to have made a final decision by Mon 7 June.
MORE ABOUT MOVING ROOTS
We define co-creation as pushing beyond the narrow model of participation that asks people to “come and join in with what we do,” and instead champions a model which invites people to “come and create.”
Co-creation challenges hierarchies and top down ways of working – we love it because it invites a wide range of voices to the table, making the work rich, relevant and powerful.
More information on the Moving Roots partners and project can be found here.