Artists’ Pitches for the Chinese New Year Celebrations on Sunday 29th January 2012

2012 welcomes the auspicious Year of the Dragon and Sunday 29th January 2012 will see London celebrate in style with a one-day festival featuring a Dragon parade through the streets of Soho, performances on a spectacular stage in Trafalgar Square as well as the lion dances throughout the day in Chinatown.



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GERBILS IN A GLASS CAGE

Gerbils in a Glass Cage, written by Rosaline Ting has been given a R&D grant by the Arts Council and had a rehearsed reading at Tara Arts in June 2011.

We are now bringing it to the next stage: a scratch production at The Space on 10th February.

Casting is open for the part of LEE AUN.

LEE AUN – female, 46 year old Chinese woman (possibility of actress being in early to late thirties). Flamboyantly dressed with lots of jewellery. Loud, brash, with a sense of humour but domineering. Speaks English with a Singaporean accent. She also uses gestures and the odd words of Hokkien dialect, in typical Singaporean fashion.


Rehearsal dates are from 30th of January to 10th of February 2012 (2 weeks full-time).

Pay: 300£ per week (this includes expenses)


Short synopsis of the play: Lee Sar harbours a secret desire of fulfilling a life-long dream. Now is the time to break free. But her sister Lee Aun arrives in London with disturbing news from Singapore and coerces her to return to her homeland. With it will come money, but will Lee Sar be forever bound to her past and never gain her freedom?
Laced with humour, this moving new play reveals fascinating aspects of Chinese culture with universal echoes.

If interested, please email Tanja at tanjapagnuco@yahoo.com with your CV or spotlight link.

Auditions are to take place on Wednesday 18th of January.

Devoted and Disgruntled 7- what are we doing about theatre and the performing arts

Do you love theatre?
Do you find it frustrating?
Do you wish it were different?
Do you feel like an outsider in your own profession?
Have you just started out and need support?
Have you been in the profession for years and feel jaded?
Is your sector always left out of the discussions?
Do you usually dread discussions and meetings?
Are you looking for a sense of: community, eldership, mentorship?
Are you looking to change things?

If so, D&D7; is for you.
click on the link to read the full invitation:

http://dandd7.tumblr.com/post/14507605051/improbables-invitation

D&D is for everyone- the more diverse the crowd the better the conversation. British East Asian artists were not very well represented last year- this is your chance to change this! We'd love there to be plenty of BEA voices at D&D7;- we'd love your voice to be at D&D7;.

The effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 were unparalleled, with thousands of people killed, communities washed away, and the ongoing general unease surrounding the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis. Whilst the human cost of the disaster is undeniable, the impact has also greatly affected the performing arts, with established dramatists from across the generations, as well as rising new ones, all responding to the events of March 11th in their work.

Nobuko Tanaka, journalist for The Japan Times, and a widely-published specialist in the field of contemporary Japanese theatre and dance, has been invited by the Japan Foundation to explore how the cataclysmic events in March have shaped very recent Japanese contemporary theatre, and to examine some of the new questions which dramatists and playwrights are now tackling. Looking at works by playwrights such as Tomohiro Maekawa and Akio Miyazawa, she will consider the way contemporary theatre is responding to what is Japan's worst crisis since World War II, sharing with us a perspective on the disaster which we would otherwise never encounter.

This event is free to attend but booking is essential. To reserve a place, please email your name and the title of the event you would like to attend to event@jpf.org.uk.

Do you want to perform in an epic production at the Young Vic?

We are looking for people of Chinese and East Asian heritage to be part of the community chorus that will join our professional cast each night in our 2012 production of Wild Swans.

You do not need any experience of performing – you just need to be enthusiastic, 18 years or over and absolutely committed to the rehearsal and performance schedule. Friendly and fun workshop auditions take place on 5 & 6 January 2012. Rehearsals will then take place in January and March/April and performances will take place from 13 April – 13 May.

To find out more about Wild Swans and to book your audition place, call the Young Vic on 020 7922 2845 or email wildswans@youngvic.org.


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Japanese contemporary performance has been plunged into a very interesting and exciting phase, breeding many different styles from the younger generation who are quite often free from existing codes. The Japan Foundation once again looks at a leading example of a Japanese contemporary play by award-winning playwright Shiro Maeda, who is believed to have been instrumental in leading performing arts in Japan into a new phase. This play reading of Getting Lost will offer to a UK audience the first chance to experience, in English, this piece of very recent high-calibre Japanese theatre.

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Shiro Maeda is the leading figure on the recent Japanese performing arts scene, among the younger generation. Born in the 1970s, he arguably represents the voices of those of the "Lost Decade" in Japan, living through social and economic uncertainty. As an award-winning playwright, his work cannot be detached from such circumstances, but he is most recognized, indeed highly praised, for the way that he deals with the heavy and eternal issues that all of us embrace in lightweight conversation, in a subtly humourous or even absurd manner, instead of pushing them explicitly; this creates a surreal and sometimes chilling world, where he crosses freely the lines of time and space. Being a director and an actor also, his stage always respects the intimate relationship with the audience, offering them "something to share".

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Following successful premieres in Sweden, Singapore, and the USA this summer, TAO Dance Theater 2011 World Tour continues to New York City, Amsterdam, Birmingham, and London this fall!

Tour Dates 巡演日程

November 3, 4 / 11月3,4日

NYC premiere in “Fall for Dance” Festival at New York City Center
舞团纽约首演在纽约都市剧院的秋季舞蹈节


November 8, 9 / 11月8,9日

European premiere of co-commissioned work “2” at Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam
"２"欧洲首演在荷兰阿姆斯特丹贝尔维尤剧场

November 11,15,16 / 11月11,15,16日

UK Company Premiere at
DanceXchange, Birmingham (Nov 11) &
Lilian Baylis Studio Sadler's Wells
(Nov 15,16)
舞团的英国首演在
伯明翰DanceXchange（11月11日）与
伦敦沙德勒之井剧院（11月15,16日）

Photo: Lars Ake Stomfelt

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Silent Shout Theatre director Anna Nguyen is teaming up with Tamasha Theatre Company in an online photography project revealing how Vietnamese cultural has collided with the British culture today.

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COURSE LEADER: BA IN WORLD PERFORMANCE

East 15 Acting School, University of Essex

The BA in World Performance prepares students for a career in performance and related fields and offers applied performance skills and contextual studies covering a diverse range of forms and styles of performance from across the world. The post-holder will coordinate the teaching and administration of the course.

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