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Job Opportunity: Calling all M?ori playwrights - tono mai!:Job description:Job detailsOrganisation Te Pou Theatre Closes 7 May 2021 Posted on 27 Apr 2021 Region Online, Auckland Work type Call for entries Work classification Performing Arts ShareKa tangi te p?p?wharauroa, ko te karere a MahuruK?anga is heralded by the blossoming of the k?whai and the call of the p?p?wharauroa as Information technology returns to our shores. This is traditionally a time of joining together and combining efforts to prepare the ground and plant for the next harvest. We see this festival as a platform to prepare the fertile ground of our Auckland M?ori Theatre community. 2021 Programme Overview Last year, in response to COVID-19 and its the impact on our sector, we decided to invest more into playwrights, providing more opportunities and a longer period of development for their work. We were proud to have our largest group of playwrights come through and see two of these works now presented at national festivals.This year we are continuing our increased investent in playwrightsand are stoked to be offering four playwrights a three-month script development programme that culminatesin a one-week workshop. The K?anga playwrights programme is for new or practiced M?ori story makers with stories to tell inEngligh or Te Reo M?ori. Playwrights will spend July - September developing their scripts for a rehearsed reading in October as part of our K?anga Festival. This reading will be presented live and digitally depending on the state of the world at that time. Over the three month time frame writers will meet regularly online as a ropu and with dramaturge and script advisors to support, motivate and provide skills. The Opportunity Your play will be developed over a three-month (12 week) period and presented during K?anga. - Script Development Programme - A 12-week writing and research period with 1:1 dramaturgy sessions and regular hui - Script Workshop - A five-day workshop with dramaturge, director and actor/s arranged by Te Pou Theatre - Your play will be read at a K?anga Festival hosted event (live or online) - Total writers stipend of $3000.00 ($250 per week) - Te Pou team will consult with you about how to further progress your play following the workshop. Conditions / Requirements: - This programme supports M?ori playwrights at any level of practice (yes, even if you've never written before) - Stage plays intended for professional presentation - Plays must not have had any prior presentation season - Commitment to development of your concept or existing draft over a three month period resulting in a full script reading in October. - Auckland located or Northland located a priority. However if not Auckland located be able to travel and accommodation in T?maki Makaurau over the workshop period in October. Important Dates: Thursday 1 April 2021 Submissions opens Friday 7 May 2021 Due Date for submissions (by midnight) Friday 14 May 2021 Announcement Monday 5 July 2021 Programme starts (12 weeks) incl. weekly zoom meetings. More dates for hui and script deadlines will be confirmed in May 23 September 2021 K?anga Festival Opening Event 27 September 2021 One week Script Development Workshop in Auckland as part of K?anga Festival 1 - 2 October 2021 K?anga Festival Play-reading Event K?anga Festival Playwrights programme is made possible by funding from Creative New Zealand and Foundation North. Links & Contact info: Te Pou Theatre How to submit the application: What you need to do to submit an application: By midnight Friday 7May 2021 to info@tepoutheatre.nz please: - Complete the following google form:https://forms.gle/VnicjpuQLrepSm4z7 - Upload or send your proposed script for development to amber@tepoutheatre.nz. We would like to receive a Treatment (up to 5 pages) if the work is not yet started and/or your script in progress Decision Making Programming decisions will be made by the K?anga Festival Director and Te Pou Theatre appointed selection team. Te Pou has a priority to serve T?maki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau artists, underrepresented voices and artists who have not already been through the K?anga programme. All applications are considered the beginning of a conversation, the beginning of a relationship with Te Pou. Regardless of whether the work is developed in this year's festival we will seek to find ways we can assist the development of your work. Contact If you'd like to have a korero about this opportunity Contact Us by K?anga Festival Director, Amber Curreen, on amber@tepoutheatre.nz or 021775276 Skills:
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