Call for Poets: collaborative performance for Somme centenary

Call for Poets: collaborative performance for Somme centenary, The Poetry School

• LocationLondon
• Type
• Salary
• Artformcombined arts, film, interdisciplinary arts, literature, museums, visual arts, Poetry
• ContactAli Lewis administration@poetryschool.com

Description

The Poetry School are looking for 8-10 writers to work with Simon Barraclough, poet, Poetry School tutor and film fan on a collaborative performance to mark the centenary of the Somme. The performance will centre on the 1916 documentary and war filmThe Battle of the Somme, which used real footage of the battle and changed popular perceptions of war forever. The new work you write will be performed alongside a public screening of the film at Lambeth’s Cinema Museum in in early February 2017. The project will be in three parts: a private screening of the film for participants and a briefing at the beginning of December, a two-month writing period during which time participants will gather online to discuss progress, and a one-day rehearsal in February followed by a public screening of the film and a performance of the new poems. This project aims to provide professional development training for poets who want to learn how to write collaboratively for performance.

Deadline: 18th Nov. See further details here: http://ift.tt/2ePyndS

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Call for Poets: collaborative performance for Somme centenary