spill sympOsium

sOHO tHeatre

Thursday 12 April Friday 13 April 10.00 to 5.30pm

tickets: £50 / £30 £25 New Work Network members book now: Soho Theatre Box Office 0870 429 6883 What are the possibilities of radical, contemporary performance: what forms can it take, where can it be located, what can it do and who can it be for? A gathering of international artists, producers and commentators will discuss different strategies of performance making and presenting and new ways of activating audiences.

The SPILL Symposium hopes to unpack some of the baggage associated with ‘experimental’ and ‘radical’ theatre and performance practices, look at the kinds of work we would like to see in our cultural centres and consider why these kinds of work are important and whom they might be important. The two day Symposium sets out to consider different ways of working with the production, presentation, distribution and discussion of contemporary theatre and performance practices, and to propose new models for a more sustainable future.

The first day of the symposium will be structured around conceptual issues: polemics and presentations asking what kind of forms contemporary theatre and performance can take, what are the lineages of such work, who are they for, where can they be located, what can they do and say, what can be said about them, and why they are important?

The second day will be structured around more practical discussions,: case studies and models of practices around these questions, particularly in relation to the making and touring of contemporary work, to the sharing of existing models and to the propositions of future strategies for cultural frameworks, critical dialogues and new audiences.

Confirmed contributors include: Claire Macdonald, Cindy Oswin, Marisa Carnesky, Adrian Heathfield, Tom Trevor, Ju Row Farr, Gregg Whelan, Judith Knight, Angharad Wynne-Jones, Hannah Hurtzig, Christine Peters, Helen Marriage, Stella Hall, Rose Fenton, Tilmann Broshart, Tim Etchells, Phelim McDermott, Karena Johnson, Simon Casson, Leslie Hill, Lois Weaver, Louise Jeffreys, Lyn Gardner, Keith Khan.

The Live Art Development Agency is the leading development organisation for Live Art in the UK. The Agency offers a portfolio of Resources, Professional Development Schemes, Projects and Initiatives for the support and development of Live Art practices and discourses in London, the UK and internationally. The Agency is committed to working strategically, in partnership and in consultation with artists and organisations in the cultural sector.

Produced in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency. www.thisisLiveArt.co.uk