New Earth Theatre is looking for BESEA artists who want to contribute to a Climate Justice Festival in March 2025.

“This is the great burden that now rests upon writers, artists, filmmakers, and everyone else who is involved in the telling of stories: to us falls the task of imaginatively restoring agency and voice to nonhumans. As with all the most important artistic endeavours in human history, this is a task that is at once aesthetic and political—and because of the magnitude of the crisis that besets the planet, it is now freighted with the most pressing moral urgency.” 

- Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg’s Curse

Inspired by The Nutmeg’s Curse by Amitav Ghosh, we are looking for creative pieces that explore the stories of our natural environments, our non-human peers, and how these can shape our views and actions in a world in crisis. We are specifically interested in the idea of “re-animating” (or restoring agency and spirit to) non-human life.

We are looking to bring together 2-4 artists to create a 45min devised piece, to be presented at a collaborative Climate Justice Festival in London, in March 2025.  

Rehearsals take place Mon-Fri (10am-6pm) 17- 28 March 2025, with sharing on the 29th.  Artists must be fully available during this period to apply.

Call Out is open to all artforms:

To Apply:

• Pitch your contribution, or submit a creative response to the theme of ‘reanimating nature’. 
  
  If pitching, describe what you would like to create and / or what you would bring to the ensemble. If responding creatively, present a very brief artistic response in any medium you desire (e.g. dance, music, script, monologue, etc).
  
  If your submission is text-based, please limit your response to 150 words.  If another medium, please limit sound and video files to 2 mins, and pdf files to 3 pages.
  
• Your CV
• An example  of your previous work/ practice
  
• APPLICATION FORM HERE
  
  You need to sign into a google account - if this is not possible please email clarissa@newearththeatre.org.uk directly with answers and links to your work

We will invite 4 artists to explore their rapid response further -  paid £200 for the equivalent of a day’s work.

From these responses we hope to create a team of 2-4 artists who are able to incorporate their work over a two-week rehearsal period (paid at ITC rate), resulting in a one-off devised piece directed by Ailin Conant and to be presented at the Climate Justice Festival in London.

Key Dates:

Deadline Application: 29 August 2024

Shortlisting: w/c 2 September 2024

Follow up conversation: w/c 16th September 2024.

Explorations:  1 day between October 2024 - November 2024

Artists selection: December 2024.

Rehearsals: w/c 17 March and w/c 24 March 2025

Festival: 29 March 2025