The Edinburgh Festival Carnival occurs every year on the opening weekend of the Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival. The main attraction of the Edinburgh Carnival is a vibrant parade of about 800 of performers including African drummers, Balkan swirling pipes, Chinese dragons, stilt-walkers and street theatre.
To celebrate the launch there will be a number of workshops in anything from drumming to headdress creating!
A census of circus in Europe is being undertaken. This is aimed at people who worked in circus in a European Union State between 1st January to 31st December 2018, companies that created and presented work, and entities such as festivals, venues and creation centres who hosted performances in the same period.
8:30pm on the 12th June
Marischal Square, Aberdeen
Modo’s new production is based on the classic novel, Dracula, with a strong emphasis on the inspiration that Bram Stoker found in Slain’s Castle and the history of the area, during his frequent stays in Cruden Bay.
The result is highly physical production that combines circus, clowning and street theatre with infectious, atmospheric music, bringing to life one of the great classics and its debt to Aberdeenshire.
Aerial Edge: Scratch Night
8pm on the 7th June
Aerial Edge, Glasgow
A night of circus spectacle featuring acts in initial stages of development from the professional circus community!
Come along and enjoy acts brought to you by Aerial Edge staff and other professional circus artists. Bringing experimental acts in their initial stages of development for your entertainment and feedback.
30th May - 2nd June
Southside community centre, Edinburgh
We need all the support we can get when we enter life, and when our body’s abilities fade out at the end. Three Legs is a humorous and touching performance about balance, holding and supporting each other. As an audience, we witness a journey through life and are reminded that we all need support.
This June, Aberdeen Performing Arts is delighted to present the second annual youth arts festival, Light the Blue. Come along for an electrifying programme of youth theatre and performance, music from local young talent, skills workshops and an explosive closing gig from Project Band.
Celebrating the talent and creative vision of young artists from across the region, Light the Blue invites performers and audiences alike to ignite the bright sparks of the future. Stand well back!
A fun day for all the family. Throughout the day we have games from around the world. Craft your very own carnival headband, plus lots of opportunities to have a play on a variety of instruments and try your hand at circus activities.
The day is centred around family and fun, a relaxed, friendly and welcoming day to bring your whole family along too. Activities for very young children and toddlers all the way up to teenagers looking for more skill development.
Physical Fest is Tmesis Theatre’s international physical theatre festival. A 6-day festival presenting performance, workshops, a conference and bursaries for the creation of new work, with incredible international artists and UK premieres.
A celebration of the rich variety of local, national and international contemporary physical work, the only festival of its kind in the UK. The festival is funded by the Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council.
All or Nothing in association with Articulation are hosting the second round of Aerial Symposium events!
The Symposium is for those involved in aerial arts - one of the largest circus sectors (and ever growing), in Scotland, from performers, teachers, riggers, managers, programmers to talk, exchange, discuss, learn and help grow and strengthen the sector.
This event aims to bring together a sector which is young and growing, to support, instil good practice, spread news to each other, aim for quality teaching and performance work and to find out how we can help shape the future of aerial in Scotland.
This event is free to attend and you can book your ticket for one or both days via Eventbrite.
The Aerial Edge Circus Convention is an annual event that brings together the circus community from far and wide. With a huge variety of workshops ranging run by world-class circus performers and instructors, this convention is the largest event of its kind in the UK: a non-stop weekend of circus workshops for everyone from absolute beginner to professional level.
This convention is a great opportunity to try out new skills that you may never before had the chance to! With workshops ranging from Swinging Trapeze and Doubles Silks to Acrobatics and Handstands there is something for everyone at the Aerial Edge Circus Convention.
There are only 150 tickets available for the WHOLE CONVENTION, so be sure to grab yours sooner rather than later since once they are gone they are gone.
Celebrating 21 years since Ringmaster Norman Barrett, the World's Greatest Ringmaster, first appeared at Zippo's Circus. Norman will present a spectacle like no other as astonishing acrobats and aerialists, amazing contortionists, clever comics and daredevil motorcyclists come together for this year’s magnificent production.
The thrilling Brazilian Lucius Team of five motorcyclists in the famous Globe of Death will take centre stage plus, returning by popular demand, is Paulo Dos Santos – a brilliant 3 foot 6 inches tall showman, acrobat and martial artist. They will be joined by a colourful troupe of artists from all around the world including foot jugglers, Kenyan tumblers, Cuban Springboard acrobats, knife throwers, contortionists and dancers.
A circus performance that has been five years in the making. Circus Extreme features extreme stunts and classic clown escapades, with performers including Danguir Troupe and Mustafa Danger.
Merging modern and contemporary styles with extreme stunts and classic clown escapades, audiences will be amazed by the jam-packed Circus Extreme which features show-stopping performances that will have you on the edge of your seat.
Acts include the Danguir Troupe, who will be performing a high wire and double wheel of death stunt, which has never been seen before in the UK. The leader of the troupe, Mustafa Danger, having performed all over the world and most recently was one of the stars of the famous Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey.
A lighthouse keeper lives alone on a desolate outcrop surrounded by stormy seas. Change is on the horizon but not in the form she expects. One day a runaway lands on the shore and together they face the inevitable.
A new multi-sensory story from Frozen Light, specialists in making theatre for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities.
Live music, movement and very few words bring this funny, entertaining and beautifully simple story to life. The audience is invited to join our quartet of talented performers on their curious voyage of discovery.
Curious Shoes was created by Magdalena Schamberger, Artistic Director of Hearts & Minds, an arts and health charity with over 16 years’ experience of using the performing arts to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia.
Surge: Bureau of Silly Ideas Workshops
The Menagerie
Deadline: 5pm on the 11th June
The Bureau Of Silly Ideas (BOSI) are looking for 8 participants to take part in their July workshops as part of Dundee Summer Streets Festival and Surge Festival in Glasgow.
Bureau Of Silly Ideas are experts at developing an engaging narrative that is told overtime using a mix of media and combined arts in public spaces. The workshops will involve learning how to operate and play with the BOSI remote controlled Street Furniture and how to maximise interactions between humans and machines in public spaces. You’ll also learn narrative and performance techniques by becoming a ‘team member’ of one of BOSI’s international conglomerates, encouraging audiences to engage and play within a fictional narrative. You’ll be given the opportunity to put these interactions into practice on the streets.
Live Art and Performance Residency: Stomping Ground!
2nd - 8th August
Deadline: 12pm on the 20th June
Stomping Ground! is a residency for up to eight live artists and performance makers, looking to fulfill these needs. It is aimed at those hungry for new experiences, discovering new stimuli, sharing ways of working, and cross-pollinating with fellow artists. Stomping Ground! is a nurturing and creative breeding ground for new ideas, to test and break the ground on a new project, or simply to re-energise your practice.
In the spirit of sharing (because sharing is caring), Stomping Ground! welcomes, and indeed encourages, participants from diverse backgrounds, ages, and levels of experience. Stomping Ground! are hoping to gather an international group, so the working languages will be English and Spanish.
Shakespeare’s language lives in the body. The word on the page is only a tiny piece of the puzzle.
In the digital age, reading has become an intellectual exercise, but Shakespeare’s words weren’t written to be read. They were written to be spoken aloud, to move through our bodies and voices, to live in our toes and spine, to beat with our pulse.
This workshop transforms our understanding of Shakespeare’s words by moving them out of our heads and into our breath and bones, allowing us to access the immediacy and power of Shakespeare’s language.
Be prepared for fun, surprises, and sweat. Lots of sweat.
*10% discount for those doing Bone Song AND Finding the Pulse workshops*
Old songs live in our bones. They know sorrow, joy, fear and anger. They know loss, they know love. This workshop explores song in its most primal state: pure emotional need expressed through voice, in its own unique cadence and shape.
Using imagery, relaxation, improvisation, and movement, we’ll dive into the world of traditional song to explore the urgent need that engendered the creation of song in the first place.
Over the three days, we’ll work with vocal anatomy; open and explore places of resonance in the body; and find new pathways between emotion, voice, breath and bone. We’ll sing old songs together, and together, we’ll make new ones.
*10% discount for those doing Bone Song AND Finding the Pulse workshops*
For the Programs towards Performances, there are 4 places remaining doing all three weeks, 4 places remaining doing two weeks (weeks one and two or weeks two and three), 6 places for doing one week (week one or week two).
You can register for the Movement and/or Interdisciplinary workshops on its own in advance or as the summer intensive is running for days or weeks at a time.
This is a short notice open call to artists and makers of physical theatre, circus and outdoor arts in Scotland.
Articulation has a small amount of money to offer support to individuals to attend an industry event, conference or festival, preferably where there is a delegate programme, to enable networking and knowledge transfer/gain. For example, we would welcome applications to attend the Momentum Programme at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Articulation will cover your travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses and any registration or ticket costs.
Please note: This fund is not for artistic/creative development - other than by being inspired by what you may see or who you may meet at the event.
For more detail about how to apply please go to the Articulation website
Funding for artists, artistic groups and artist-led organisations to undertake the research, development and creation of new work to enable a step-change in their practice and profile.
The Jerwood New Work Fund provides funding for the research, development, creation, production and dissemination of new work, with a focus on developing artistic practice. This fund is focused on the initial creation process, but can support the full artistic cycle from the initial idea through to presentation.
Check out the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) website for a wide range of funding guidance and support for charities, community groups and social enterprises.
The funding section of the SCVO website includes:
Finding Funding
Funding blogposts
Fortnightly funding updates for SCVO members.
Training events to help you find funds and fundraise for your charity/group.
The Mickel Fund is a Scottish Charitable Trust, founded by Douglas W Mickel in the 1970s, with the sole purpose of improving the lives of others through charitable donations in and around Scotland, and where possible on a global scale.
The fund has the following priorities:
The advancement of education
The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of health and the saving of lives
The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture & science
Community groups can apply for up to £5,000 from the ArtRoots Fund for projects that make artistic and aesthetic improvements to the National Cycle Network in Scotland.
The aim of the fund is to support local enterprise and culture, whilst also showcasing talent, intergenerational co-operation, expression, and create a platform for youngsters to be heard through the arts.
It also encourages communities to actively participate in shaping their local environment and increase their levels of physical activity. Applications from non-constituted groups will be considered.
This is a short notice open call to artists and makers of physical theatre, circus and outdoor arts in Scotland.
Articulation has a small amount of money to offer support to individuals to attend an industry event, conference or festival, preferably where there is a delegate programme, to enable networking and knowledge transfer/gain. For example, we would welcome applications to attend the Momentum Programme at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Articulation will cover your travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses and any registration or ticket costs.
Please note: This fund is not for artistic/creative development - other than by being inspired by what you may see or who you may meet at the event.
For more detail about how to apply please go to the Articulation website
The Momentum international delegate programme brings together curators, creative entrepreneurs, funders, media professionals, officials, producers and programmers from all over the world to immerse themselves in this unrivalled showcase of global cultural excellence.
Each Momentum delegate is provided with an individually tailored schedule of activities, briefings and meetings to help foster collaboration and exchange. The aim is to encourage new international partnerships, as well as investment in and collaboration with Edinburgh’s festivals and the wider arts sector in Scotland.
Momentum is delivered through a partnership between British Council Scotland, Creative Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh.
If you have an enquiry or want to find out more about the programme you can email the Momentum team at: momentum@festivalsedinburgh.com
Open Call - Designers in Residence
September - December 2019
Kortrijk, Belgium
Deadline: 9am on the 21st June
Designregio Kortrijk is looking for 3 highly motivated and recently graduated designer-makers or creative artists to join in a regional residency program in Kortrijk, Belgium.
The Designers in Residence Kortrijk program is a 3-month full time working residency from September to December 2019.
This year's theme is: The Future of Domesticity
Exploring new ways of designing space in order to tackle common problems that many experience in our new urban realities. Working with a small footprint in mind, answering the challenges in a way that combines design knowledge with experience and fun.
SICK! Festival is seeking a dynamic, experienced and efficient individual to support its Creative Team to deliver a community engagement programme, commissions and festival programme.
The role will have responsibilities within community engagement, working with communities and supporting participatory activities. The role will also support the development of new commissions and projects, and contribute to the development of new concepts and themes for the presentation of new work.
The ideal candidate will have experience in producing and managing complex artistic projects, and have demonstrable experience of working within socially engaged arts practice. Experience of working with diverse communities and managing participation and engagement is also highly valued.
Royal Lyceum Theatre Co Job Opportunity: Creative Learning-Youth Theatre Intern
Deadline: 12pm on the 5th June
The Creative Learning department plays a key role in the delivery and development of the Artistic Director’s vision for The Lyceum. As part of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company’s commitment to developing talent, the theatre is offering two paid internships for recently qualified theatre artists who are interested in developing a career in Youth Theatre and gaining experience as part of a larger Creative Learning programme.
Reporting to the Creative Learning Producer, successful applicants will work alongside the Creative Learning Officers and established theatre practitioners to plan and deliver drama workshops for Lyceum Youth Theatre. The Interns will also be required to provide administrative support to the Youth Theatre as well as the wider Creative Learning department.
Circus are delighted to announce a call out to all artists who have graduated from an arts degree within the last three years and are based in the Highlands or Moray.
Interns will work as part of the Circus collective gaining first hand experience in all the activities carried out by an artist-run project.
Successful applicants will develop their professional practice through actively taking part in all aspects of our projects including day-to-day running of contemporary art exhibitions, administrative tasks and marketing. We are looking for reliable candidates who can work independently and flexibly for one day a week and 3 days a week during exhibitions - over a period of three months.
Light the blue 2019: The Future of Arts in Scotland
8:30pm on the 14th June
Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen
Free but ticketed
From YouTube to Brexit, we are now living through times of unprecedented social and cultural change. How can the arts be responsive to this change? What place will cultural industries have in the world of tomorrow? What challenges and opportunities will young emerging artists face in the years to come and how can we prepare ourselves to meet them? Join our panel of industry experts as they share insights into how to approach a career in the arts during times of uncertainty.
Call Out to Artists and Makers, groups and organisations involved with Circus, Street Arts, Physical Theatre - let us and others know about your work. Take your place in Articulation’s Directory on the Website by sending your information to info@articulationarts.org
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