INVITATION The 3 rd International Street Theatre Festival is a fact in Athens from June 30 to July 4 of 2011. The 3 rd International Street Theatre Festival is realized with the co-organization Cultural Organization of Municipality of Athens, the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Kakogiannis foundation and the auspice of the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute. The Festival will take place at the areas round the historic centre of Athens round Acropolis and it includes Sintagma Square, Kallimarmaro Stadium, Ermou street, Kapnikarea Square, Monastiakiou Square, Asomaton Square at Theseum area, Apostolou Pavlou street and the parks of it, Koumoundourou square, Kerameikou square, at Texhnopolis, the new Art Gallery of Athens Municipality at Metaxourgio area and Kakogiannis Foundation. Art Market will take place at Kakogiannis foundation. At the areas of the foundation Kakogiannis all the participations will have the opportunity to present their work through the printed program, photographs and video. At the main hall of the Foundation they will be able to present a show up to thirty minutes. At the Black Box hall of the foundation will be able to organize Seminars and Workshops. In the main hall of the foundation the award ceremony will take place presenting the awarded groups on Monday July 4, at 12.30 am. The opening ceremony will take place at Sintagma square at 1 st day of the Festival, Thursday June 30. Shows will be presented at 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd of July. The closing ceremony of the festival will take place at the Sintagma square at noun on Monday July 4 th, with the participation of all the groups. The Festival will maintain the structure of the 1 st year and will include the Main and the Open part. In the main festival are participating more than 12 groups from Greece and abroad. In the Open part of the festival are able to participate those who will send their interest in the deadlines given.
At the Festival, all the groups can present their work in open space included Street theatre, Circus Music theatre, theatre for children, shadow theatre, puppet theatre, dancing, music, Juggling, Happening, Performance, Installation, Site-Specific, Graffiti, Break Dance, Hip-Hop etc. The Festival covers for the groups from abroad with invitation for the main part, hospitality expenses (accommodation and food), technical support, transportations within the city and promotion. For the Greek groups of the main part of the Festival, will be a daily compensation for the actors of the groups, technical support and promotion. For the Open part of the Festival will be an arrangement for inexpensive stay and food as well as promotion through the printed program of the Festival. The groups and the independent artists will have to present during the three day period, three performances in total if their show is more than 30 minutes and six shows if their show is less than 30 minutes. The awards are: For the Main Festival: Award of total Proposal and Conception for a show in public area. Award of Proposal and Originality for a show in public area. Award especially for a Greek group with an invitation to participate in an International Festival that will be announced in later time. The awards will be given by two independent Committees which are consisted by well respected personalities of theatre and art. For the Open Festival, will be given two Honorary awards: Honorary award for a group, with official participation to the main Festival of 2012 Honorary award for an In Depended artist The Groups as well as the Artists must submit their proposals until Friday, May 15, 2011, completing the forms that are accompanying this invitation, along with five (5) photos of high resolution for the printed program and a few minute video trailers. The Groups or the Artists who will submit their proposal after May 15, they will be able to participate to the Festival but they won t be able to compete and be part of the printed program of the Festival. All the Groups and Artists can participate at the Art Market at Kakogiannis Foundation with only condition the on-time submission of their proposals. For the Festival will be chosen six (6) groups from Greece and six (6) groups from abroad. The Open part of the Festival will include all the groups that will submit their proposals within the given dates. The proposal can be submitted via e-mail at the address: info@istfest.com or via post office at: International Street Theatre Festival, PO. Box 77225, P.C.17510, P. Faliro, Athens, Greece Contact:
Tel.: +30 2109855699 Mobile: +30 6972119090 Fax: +30 2109355690 Organization: Helix Street Theatre Co-Organization: Support: Auspices:
APPLICATION FORM GENERAL DETAILS Country Full name of your company theatre/ Coordinates (Address, phone, fax, e-mail) Contact person Performance Title and author Directed by Script/Adaptation Set design and costumes Choreography Music Cast (very important) Duration of the performance (very important)!brief presentation of the performance in English (up to 10 lines)!brief historical inquiry about theatre (up to 10 lines) Language of the performance
TECHNICAL DETAILS The size of the stage Lighting requirements Sound requirements Special stage requests Time needed for mantling dismantling N.B.: Each participant will have the stage available for mantling and rehearsals only the day of the performance! Do you need stagehands? If yes, how many? Do you need to perform on absolute darkness? Other details LOGISTICAL DETAILS Total number of persons: Board representatives (if any): out of whom: men women out of whom: men women Artists: out of whom: men women Technicians: out of whom: men women Drivers (if any): Transport means (property / rented): plane (date of coming, trip, airport /city/) car/ bus (state number of the transport) train
Set (if sent before by cargo, etc.) Number of rooms requested (due to the big number of participants and limited hotel capacity, we might provide a limited number of single rooms; thank you for understanding) One bed: Two beds: Three bed: Other preferences Diet: (vegetarian, normal, without meat etc.): VERY IMPORTANT! Please attach a list with the group members, as in the following table: Function within the group Name Surname Gender M/F Nationa lity Passport number Valid until
FORM OF PERFORMANCE- GROUP NAME OF GROUP: CV OF THE GROUP (150 words): NAME OF THE PERFORMANCE: DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE (150 Words): DURANCE OF THE PERFORMANCE: CAST: NUMBER OF ACTORS: WANT TO PARTICIPATE AT THE ART MARKET? WANT TO PRESENT A FEW MINUTE PERFORMANCE AT KAKOGIANNIS FOUNDATION? NAME OF THE PERFORMANCE: DURANCE OF THE PERFORMANCE (up to 30 ) WANT TO MAKE A WORKSHOP? THEME OF THE WORKSHOP:
WHAT TIME DO YOU PREFER TO PRESENT YOUR PERFRMANCE ON THE STREET? (morning or night) WANT TO PARTICIPATE TO CLOSING CEREMONY? CONTACT: TELEPHONE: FΑΧ: MAIL: SITE: Five (5) photographs Α4 of high resolution and a few minutes video. The representative Name and Signature