Thursday 3 May
7.30pm, $10
The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St, Marrickville, NSW 2204

Crack Theatre Festival is slamming down a massive performance art party.

Get amongst it and enjoy alternative performance, sound, music and spoken word in a night that peeks under the skirt of year’s Crack Festival!

Imagine a cannon ball and a glitter ball have had babies, now, come along to our party and see a collection of unusual and experimental acts.

As you enter, you will discover a curious landscape of human shrines evolving to the experimental sounds of Marcus Whale. Watch on as the performances push the limits of passion, obligation and obstacle. Throughout the night you will hear the sounds of Fluer Wiber, Andy Medina and The Rusty Spring Syncopators. The poetic stylings of MCs and slam poets! Yeah!

This is party is a fundraiser for our experimental theatre festival in Newcastle this September, part of This Is Not Art. Donate $10 at the door and let the party begin!

Featuring

Marcus Whale and Human shrines of obstacle obligation and passion featuring Liz Stokes, Nat Rogers, Caz Eccles, David Buckley, Kate Vinen and Lady Jo Jo

A very hot and secret hip hop crew (yeah baby crank it up)

Fluer Wiber

Andy Medina

and

The Rusty Spring Syncopators

ARTIST CALLOUT 2012
www.cracktheatrefestival.com
Thursday 27 September – Sunday 30 September 2012
NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA

Crack Theatre Festival is seeking applications from theatre and performing artists to present performances, workshops, presentations, demonstrations, panels, forums and other creative live occurrences. Crack is a national festival and forum for alternative theatre makers and performing artists. It takes place in Newcastle annually, and is part of This Is Not Art.

Crack is an opportunity for you to enrich your creative practice. Inclusion in the program is a chance to experiment with new ideas, investigate new collaborations or take your work in an entirely different direction. A convergence of artists and companies from across Australia, Crack can also increase your national profile, and extend your creative networks for the future.

Crack Theatre Festival provides programmed artists and companies with a shared venue, production support and equipment, public liability insurance, inclusion in the TINA program, event listing on the Crack website, and basic documentation.

Unfortunately Crack can’t fund project development, or cover travel and accommodation costs, but it is totally free to attend. Crack is a forum and festival for artists by artists and hence there are no charges to participate or present work in the festival. So although selected artists won’t receive any box office income, showcasing your new work and ideas, with the support of Crack Theatre Festival, is free.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and the opportunity to program your new work in Crack.
Be sure to visit the Crack Theatre website, and the TINA website to familiarise yourself with the convergence of artists, reviewers, thinkers, writers, dreamers, the independent, the emergent, and the experimental.

Submissions close midnight April 1st, 2012

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PACK

Fleur Kilpatrick, Insomnia Cat Came to Stay, Crack 2011

Somehow it has happened.  The calendar has turned, and now we face 2012 with gusto and passion.

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(Crack 2011 work (L-R) Insomnia Cat Came To Stay, Catalyst#5, Polly Wolly)

For more images of Crack 2011, please click here. 

Crack 2011 is over, and the festival team look excitedly toward 2012 for what is already shaping up as the best and brightest Crack Theatre Festival yet!  Some exciting projects are already bubbling along, and without giving too much away, feel free to get excited over the words:

Circus – Film – Installation – Experimental – Dance – Theatre

We hope 2012 has begun gloriously for you all, our Crack family, and will be seeing you all soon.

EXCITING NEWS: Join the Crack team!  We are seeking two inspiring and passionate people to become the 2012 Associate Producers.  The successful candidates will lead on to become the 2013 Artistic Directors. Apply now, by downloading the PD here:  Crack Theatre Festival Associate Producer
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Wednesday 8th February 2012
INTERVIEWS HELD: Mid-February 2012 

Gareth and Jane x