Contacting The World 2008
Sunday 27 July to Saturday 2 August various times
various prices
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Contacting the World is Contact’s revolutionary international theatre project for young and emerging artists. It redefines the way in which theatre is created on the global stage.
Every 2 years, 12 of the world’s freshest new theatre companies from around the world are twinned to form 6 pairings. With the guidance of Contact, they engage in a year long exchange - overcoming their cultural and geographical distances to create brand new pieces of cutting-edge theatre.
For one week from Sunday 27th July – Saturday 2nd August, this year’s festival will be leaving its Manchester home to take over Liverpool for the very first time! As one of the main commissions for Liverpool’s 2008 Capital of Culture year, 150 artists from around the world will arrive in the city for a week of explosive performances, workshops, and street theatre.
With four workshops a day, daily matinee performances, and double-bill premieres every evening, this years festival will deliver an unparalleled showcase of true international talent. On the first day alone you can attend a workshop from Zambia and Poland, an afternoon performance from Mumbai, before evening shows from Manchester and Brazil.
Climaxing on Saturday 2 August, CTW 08 will join forces with Brouhaha - Liverpool’s pioneering international arts organisation – to create the largest single carnival performance in the UK. 2000 costumed participants, acrobats, musicians, circus performers and street theatre groups will collaborate with artists from all over the world in a carnival event that will procession through Liverpool.
The main venues are Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) and the Unity Theatre, but expect the city to come to life as the performers also spill out onto the streets and perform around ‘the suitcases’ at Hope Street.
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