Home Theatre – Theatre Makers Call Out
Calling all Southampton-based Theatre makers and creatives to deliver a new collaborative community project “Home Theatre”.
Southampton Forward is inviting artists, theatre-makers, and members of the public to shape a bold and exciting new project that will see the creation of bespoke new pieces of theatre sharing stories from our communities. Made in collaboration with artists and performed in homes across the city, the plays will celebrate the voices of our residents through their stories of what it means to be Sotonian from the many different perspectives of people living in Southampton.
The performances will take place in the intimate settings of local homes across Southampton and filmed over the weekend of Saturday 26th October and Sunday 27th October 2024. A screening of the film in early 2025 will invite audiences from around the world to see the work and be part of and online conversation about what it means to live in a global city that speaks over 160 languages with a rich maritime history.
To bring this project to life Southampton Forward is collaborating with Olivier Award-winning Theatre Director Kerry Kyriacos Michael. Kerry was Artistic Director at The Theatre Royal, Stratford East for 13 years, and led one of the most pioneering programmes of work in developing community-led collaborations both inside and outside of the venue.
We are looking for theatre makers to help shape this project working with local residents who will hosting performances in their homes. Working collaboratively to co-design the performances, artists and residents will come together to make new work based on the diverse stories of people living in any of the 17 wards of the city and what it means to belong in Southampton. Rehearsing together and devising the performance, our local hosts will be encouraged to invite their own audience of friends and family to a final performance in their homes supported by our creative team of theatre makers, producers and film crew.
We would love to hear from theatre makers who are interested in exploring a practice of collaboration and codesign and who are driven to make work with local people bringing new perspectives to theatre and performance. You will be supported by a dramaturg/director and there will be stage management support.
Home Theatre will create three networks: local people, theatre makers and filmmakers. The collaboration between these groups is anticipated to generate creative energy, new ideas and insights making this an important and immensely exciting project.
We are looking for:
| ROLE: | Theatre Makers |
| LOCATION: | Southampton various locations |
| FEE: | 2 weeks fee of £573 ITC and Equity rates = £1,146 |
| STATUS: | Freelance contract with Southampton Forward |
| REPORTING TO: | Producer – Annie Sanger Davis |
| CONTRACT DURATION: | 2 weeks |
When will Home Theatre (Southampton) happen?
Your contract will run from Monday 14th October 2024 on a freelance basis, and you would need to be available for the following dates.
- Wednesday 18th September Morning induction with Kerry Kyriacos Michael and afternoon Oral History Training
- Monday 14th October – training workshop with Kerry Kyriacos Michael and the team.
- Tuesday 15th October – Oral Histories CPD training with Padmini Broomfield 10am – 4.30pm
- Meet local connectors
- Between Tuesday 15th October and Saturday 19th October – meet your allocated host resident at a time to be arranged to suit you and them. Earlier in the week is preferable as it gives you time to develop the work.
- You will be paid for 1 week R+D time and 1 week of rehearsal.
- Full-time rehearsals will take place in your own time and in scheduled hours at Solent University from Monday 21st October
- You would need to be available for all of this week from Monday 21st October – Sunday 27th October 2024
- Thursday 24th and Friday 25th October there will be dress rehearsal and sharing at MAST Studio 3 – 10am – 4pm. You must be available for both of these days.
- The performances will happen over the weekend of 26th/27th October 2024
- Screening date: Saturday 25th January at MAST
Filming
We will be filming the process of creating Home Theatre Southampton and the performances themselves.
These will be recorded by one person with a small camera recruited from Solent University’s Film and Television degree courses.
These films will then be screened on our website to broadcast Home Theatre – Southampton to the rest of the world!
Alongside the filming of the performances, we will also be making a short documentary film to record some of the process of creating Home Theatre – Southampton.
This will be shared at a screening event at MAST Theatre Southampton early in 2025.
The process is being filmed but we can talk to you about it if you don’t want to be caught on camera.
How can I get involved?
We are looking for 11 Theatre-Makers who would like to create a professional performance to take place in a local home over the weekend of 26th/27th October 2024
What are the expectations of this role?
We expect that the Theatre Makers will enjoy the practice of co-creation with local communities and have had some experience working collaboratively. The outcome of the project is the process of coming together to make a bespoke show with your allocated host family and the story of that family must be authentic and sensitive to their lived experience.
You will be available to meet your host at the beginning of the week of Monday 14th October (at a time convenient to you) so you have time to develop the work and get ideas prior to rehearsal.
You will be working with an allocated director filmmaker as an outside eye but the theatre making will evolve between you and your local host.
Required dates:
- Monday 14th October 2024 Training workshop with Kerry Kyriacos Michael 10am – 4pm
- Tuesday 15th October 2024 Oral Histories Training with Padmini Broomfield 10am – 4pm
- Week beginning Monday 14th October arrange a time to meet your host family and your filmmaker. At a time that suits you both
- Full-time rehearsals from Monday 21st October 2024 – Friday 25th October 2024
- Thursday and Friday 24th and 25th October – sharing and feedback at MAST
- The weekend of the 26th and 27th October 2024 for the performance. You will be doing one of the performance times which are
- Saturday 26th October 3pm and 7pm
- Sunday 27th October 4pm
How do I apply?
Please complete the application form here by 28th August midnight. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept any applications received after this date.
If you don’t have access to the internet, or would rather apply in person or over the phone please call Annie on 07973 963688.
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