Fringe 2019 Application Process is OPEN
EMail wendy@bathfringe.co.uk to be part of it!
Unless you already know what to do next, in which case you can do it NOW!
There is now also information online for use when planning an event for the festival.
There is a general guide for artists here.
Timeline here.
Other useful information & resources may be downloadable from this very site, see www.bathfringe.co.uk/about-the-fringe/links/
EMail us on admin<at>bathfringe.co.uk
BEDLAM FAIR
June 1st & 2nd 2019
New Work Works – Call for Performers – Expression of Interest
Bath Fringe (and Streats Ltd.) has been running Bedlam Fair (the outdoor celebratory and street arts bit) for over 25 years now. We’ve always liked to present and encourage new work and over the past few years have developed a programme to support new work / emerging artists in the sector and in Bedlam. Bath is well provided when it comes to sites for outdoor and intervention work plus our event is early in the season. This gives participants a chance to find out whether their new work really works with a live audience … while there’s still time to fix it!
FUNDING IS NOW CONFIRMED and we’d love to hear from you if you think you satisfy some of the following criteria:
Are in the early stages of your career;
Are already established but want to try out new work or new contexts;
Are based in the SW;
Are from a community that is under-represented in the performing arts.
The project offers companies workshop time before the performance weekend with matched outdoor arts professionals in order to hone skills and polish your shows. There will also be a session on business advice and one with our event manager.
On performance days, artists are paid a daily fee; lunch is available and some expenses may be payable (travel/accommodation). The performance will be reviewed by our workshop leaders with a follow up at the end of the season. There will be a photographic and film record available for your use.
If you are interested – or if you can pass on to people who might be – please complete the questionnaire here: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/39Z52MS
The process for applications will be open to March15th – but PLEASE fill in the form as soon as you can.
To give you a flavour of Bedlam Fair, here’s a link to Sarah Mallabar’s film of Bedlam 2018 https://youtu.be/ufEWQGkZ0RM
The rather-glorious-actually Walcot Lantern Parade is happening again
Sunday, 9 December 2018 from 5-7:30pm
Make a lantern with our professional artists! You must do a workshop (or make other arrangements with us) to be in the procession. The public workshops are free, but you need to get a ticket so we can coordinate the groups. Workshop Venue: The Back Bar @ The Bell, Walcot St. BA1 5BW
Workshop Calendar:
Sunday 2nd December
11am – 2pm
3pm – 6pm
Saturday 8th December
11am – 2pm
3pm – 6pm
More information
E: streats@bathfringe.co.uk
FB: Walcot Lantern Parade 2018
W: wwwbathfringe.co.uk
T: 01225 480079
Book tickets here:
www.komedia.co.uk/bath/workshop/walcot-lantern-procession-workshops/
Thanks for a great festival, everyone!
Back next year May 24 – June 9 2019
As part of our outdoor arts programme and one of the trails & maps strand which seems to have spontaneously generated itself for this year’s Fringe, today Bath Fringe announces our first piece of mobile app art!
Bath-based artist Stanley Donwood – best known for his cover artwork for every Radiohead release, as well as Glastonbury Festival’s official poster and T-Shirt – has made several pieces of work, mostly textual, deflating the ideas of Bath’s heritage by extending stories of the city’s history into the realms of outrage & fantasy: these include his pulp fiction novel Catacombs of Terror.
The latest iteration of that material is Bath’s Dark Past, a raging nightmare of the city narrated by Natural Theatre stalwart Ric Jerrom, and turned into an app with the assistance of Bath mobile tech company Blispa. It’s designed to be downloaded and listened to whilst walking the streets; the story unfolds as you follow the trail, like a guided tour – but with a distinct difference. You need a mobile device (no roaming download necessary, it’s a one-shot) equipped with bluetooth – and – if you don’t want to frighten passers-by with stray scraps of wild fantasy – headphones or earbuds.
Download the de.via app and (at present) it’s the only story. Go to https://go.blispa.com/devia and take a trip to a city you will only slightly recognise…
