Thu, 30 Apr
|Panel Discussion
Festival Programming, Sustainable Touring Circuits and Circus
Mainstage Festivals and Fringe Festivals, Circus Festivals and Major Arts Festivals, and how circus fits within their programs
Time & Location
30 Apr 2020, 11:00 pm AEST – 01 May 2020, 12:30 am AEST
Panel Discussion
About the Event
Montreal Thurs April 30, 9am
Melbourne Thurs April 30, 11pm
London Thurs April 30, 2pm
Paris Thurs April 30, 3pm
Why do Arts Festivals program circus? How does it differ in different regions? What kind of work is encouraged or discouraged?disheartened? Who is discouraged? What kinds of audiences are we building for circus? How do producers and companies create sustainable tours across different festival models? What can we do to support more sustainable touring circuits?
Panelists include:
Anke Politz (Chamaleon Productions Berlin)
Camille Beamier (formerly Creative Producer at No Fit State Circus, currently with with Gratte Ciel and Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger)
Scott Maidment (Adelaide Garden of Unearthly Delights, Limbo, Blanc de Blanc)
Joseph Pinzon (Filament)
Jess Love (London based ndependant artist, award winning fringe shows including "Notorious Strumpet and Dangerous Girl")
Lauren Eisinger (Circa International Development Manager, formerly Underbelly Producer/Programmer)
Heather Ruck (formerly Edinburgh Assembley rooms)
Photograph of Gratte Ciel by Hardy Nicolas