‘TOWN CRIERS’ - ANNOUNCEMENT & CALLOUT
Following an open call for proposals, and a selection process including local residents, Old Diorama Arts Centre and Camden People’s Theatre are thrilled to announce Emergency Chorus as the recipient of the ‘To The Streets’ outdoor performance commission.
This is the second year of Developed on Drummond Street, a partnership between neighbouring arts organisations exploring new ways of making work in Camden, with and for Camden residents.
And for the project, we’re looking for local people to help make and perform the show!
TOWN CRIERS?
Town Criers will be a short, playful outdoor performance, created by Emergency Chorus in collaboration with a group of 5 Camden residents. They will form a ‘choir of town criers’, complete with traditional costumes, bells and scrolls of paper, and shout, on the streets, at the tops of their lungs. But this group of town criers won’t perform the role as usual, instead performing a sly and funny subversion of tradition.
The performance will be created over a series of evening and weekend workshops, in which Emergency Chorus will explore the power of the human voice, how we use it, and what we might want to say to an audience. We invite you to be Camden’s custodians for the day: to open your lungs and make yourselves heard.
CALL OUT FOR LOCAL PARTICIPANTS
We're looking for 5 local people who live in Camden to help make and perform in the piece. This is a paid role. It will be performed at two summer outdoor festivals in Camden in July, with the possibility of adding a third.
WHO CAN TAKE PART?
This opportunity is for anyone who is curious, adventurous and open to exploring new skills in performance. Anyone who wants to address their hopes and fears for their communities and the world at large, and is excited at the idea of making some noise.
Town Criers is open to people living in the borough of Camden, with priority given to those from the communities surrounding Euston / Regent’s Park ward where ODAC and CPT are based. All ages and experience levels are welcome: you may have no previous performance experience, or be a professional actor, or anything in between.
WHAT DO YOU GET?
You will be paid a flat freelance fee of £720 for your involvement, to cover time in workshops and performances. (7x three-hour sessions paid at £20/hour, 3x four-hour performance days paid at £100/performance).
WHEN IS IT?
Our performers must be fully available during workshops and performance days as below:
INTRODUCTORY SESSION:
This will be a practical workshop session which selected applicants will be invited to attend. It’ll be a chance to find out more about the project and get a flavour of what the process will be like. From this introductory session we will then select the final group.
Sunday 4th June, 10am-11:30am or 2pm-3:30pm
WORKSHOPS/REHEARSALS AT ODAC:
Monday 19th June, 6pm-9pm
Tuesday 20th June, 6pm-9pm
Thursday 22nd June, 6pm-9pm
Saturday 24th June, 1pm-4pm
Sunday 25th June, 10am-1pm
Wednesday 28th June, 6pm-9pm
Thursday 29th June, 6pm-9pm
PERFORMANCE DAYS:
Saturday 1st July (time TBC) - Tolmer’s Square Festival
Saturday 29th July (time TBC) - Regent’s Roots, Regent’s Park Estate Community Festival
3rd performance TBC!
HOW DO I APPLY?
Please fill in the expression of interest form below by 11:59pm, Sunday 28th May.
You can also submit in video or audio form if you prefer (no more than four minutes).
We’re looking for to hear from people who:
live in Camden borough (priority to Euston / Regent’s Park ward)
are 18 years old or over
have any kind of performance background, including none!
The form asks for your contact information, and short answers to the following questions:
Why would you like to take part in Town Criers?
What is your relationship to Camden?
LINK TO FORM: https://forms.gle/QmK7Hw8CfkBUjJ7D6
We will invite selected applicants to an introductory workshop session on Sunday 4th June. The final group will be selected and notified by Tuesday 6th June.
If you’d like to know any more information before applying, please feel free to get in touch via email at emergencychorustheatre@gmail.com.
The project is commissioned and supported by ODAC and CPT, and produced by Emergency Chorus who will be your main contact for the project. By submitting the application form, you are sharing your data with Emergency Chorus.
