The Theatre Arts Admin Collective invites
applications for the 2013 Theatre Arts Admin Collective’s Emerging Theatre
Director’s Bursary.
This year, two bursaries are on offer,
supported in partnership with the Baxter Theatre Centre and Distell.
The Bursary offers an emerging theatre
director a mentor, a small budget, a month’s rehearsal space and a week of
performance at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective. It is recommended that
directors work with already existing scripts as the month-long period has
proved insufficient for devised work.
Previous winners of this bursary include
Amy Jephta, Tara Louise Notcutt, Asanda Phewa, Leopold Senekal, Pusetso
Thibedi, Kim Kerfoot, Tsepo wa-Mamatu, Thando Doni, Nicola Elliott, Lidija
Marelic and Khayelihle Dom Gumede.
“It is so rare to have a space dedicated to
one’s growth as a young director, let alone one which provides the close
support required to foster growth within individuals,” said Khayelihle Dom
Gumede, one of the 2012 winners. “With the bursary I was faced with a unique
opportunity to immerse myself in the creative process and deal with the
pragmatics of the production rather than extraneous elements.”
“Now there aren’t many spaces that can
grant you that freedom to just do a show and also learn while working, because
the bursary does not only teach you how to put up shows; but there are other
aspects that are involved such as budgeting, casting, basically running a show
on your own which is what the industry is like in reality” explained Thando
Doni, another 2012 winner.
The 2013 bursaries will run over two
periods:
Bursary 1: July 15 to August 17, 2013
Bursary 2: October 28 to November 30, 2013
The Bursary is specifically designed for
emerging theatre directors who have had some experience in directing and whose
passion is to have a career as a theatre director.
Those interested should submit: a one-page
creative proposal; CV including two references with contact details; and
indication of preferred date to artsadmin@mweb.co.za
by May 10 2013.
The Bursary winners will be announced on May
24, 2013.
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