Check-In Festival Brochure

A NEW WORK & NETWORKING FESTIVAL. FRI 5 & SAT 6 APRIL. ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE.

It’s Time for In Good Company’s Check-In Festival 2019!

Producer 1:1

Got a burning question about your next bid? Not sure how to handle this budget? Or simply would like a coffee and to chat things over with a producer, then we’re here to help! IGC’s creative producer Ben Anderson will be joined by Pippa Frith and Emily Williams to give individual surgery sessions.

Friday 5 April, 11:00 - 14.00

Join us for a weekend of friendly hellos and interesting new work for all who are curious. We’ve got plenty of exciting things happening over the two days including panel discussions, scratch performances and immersive happenings.

This is a real chance to see some brand new work, as well as network your socks off with venues from across the Midlands and beyond.

What’s more, everything is Pay What You Decide! We can’t wait to see you there.

Venue Speed Dating Don’t miss your chance to get to know programmers, faceto-face and all in one place.

Simply introduce yourself, have a quick chat, before moving on.

Friday 5 April, 16:00 - 18.00

Booking & Tickets

All events at Check-In Festival operate on a PWYD basis. This means there is no set ticket price and instead you, the audience/participant, decide what you would like to pay for it. Sometimes this may be dictated by what you can afford and sometimes by what you think your experience was worth.

Book via attenborougharts.com or 01162 522 455.

FIRST BITE

Friday 5 April, 19:00 - 22.00 A chance to see an eclectic collection of extracts and new ideas from some of the most exciting theatre makers working across the region.

First Bite takes place across three venues in the Midlands, and is an exclusive chance to see work in progress material from seventeen regional theatre companies, and offer them your feedback in order to help develop their work. Three of the pieces seen during the First Bite events will be commissioned by the festival partners and be shown at the Bite Size Festival at Warwick Arts Centre in January 2020.

Line up includes: MIA - Kill Phil Mia Johnson - SHUV IT TCU |- BAE - Put a Ring on It Jane English - Plaisteach Turkey and Cranberry Sauce* - More Than just a Number *Take A Bite Company

Producer Agony Aunt

Producers of the Midlands unite! (or artists who self produce) It’s time for a heart to heart, a chat about our hang ups, our worries and our successes. Perhaps we can help each other, or just have a nice chat over a brew.

East Meets West Theatre Club

We’d love you to join us for another meeting of the East Meets West Theatre Club. It’s like a book club, but with less reading. In fact, you don’t have to do any advance prep at all.

And you don’t even have to talk about the work if you don’t want to.

Saturday 6 April, 17:30 - 19.00

Saturday 6 April, 12:00 - 14.30

Panel Discussion: Audience Participation

(for those who don’t like it!)

When you hear the words ‘Audience Participation’ does it fill you with dread? Does a chill go down your spine? Or perhaps you’re an artist, who is keen to do more audience participation within your work.

Itself as a form can create an intimacy between the performance and audience, but sometimes it can cross the line. In this panel discussion we will discuss the benefits of audience participation, how as artists we can care for the audience, and where we should draw the line.

Saturday 6 April, 15:00 - 16.00

Tricky Second Album

by In Bed With My Brother

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Contains: Adult content, nudity, strong language, flashing lights, flashing images, loud music and noises and violence. 18+

Saturday 6 April, 19:00 - 20.00

Drink and Draw

It’s the final night of the festival, and a Saturday night!

As such let your hair down with this Drink and Draw extravaganza. A chance to hang out and relax after a busy weekend, with fun drawing activities, drinks and DJ on the decks.

Saturday 6 April, 20:00 - 24.00

18th – 21st July 2019 Departure Lounge, Derby Theatre’s hugely successful summer festival of, cool, contemporary and cutting edge theatre will once again provide the perfect theatrical vacation for theatre makers and audiences alike.

Departure Lounge is a platform for the most exciting theatre companies from across the UK, Edinburgh previews, workshops and the return of the ever-popular panel discussion, hosted by theatre critic and writer, Lyn Gardner.

Look out for more Festival announcements on the Derby Theatre website and on our social media platforms. As ever, we’ll have passes for the whole weekend, day passes and individual tickets available so you can make the most of your festival experience and at great prices and nothing will cost more than a tenner.

Departure Lounge is produced by In Good Company, and supported using funding from Arts Council England and the European Regional Development Fund through the D2N2 Big House Project.

Part of The Big House supported by: