GIFT Festival

GIFT: Gateshead International Festival of Theatre.
Festival Director @katecraddock

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

SAVE THE DATE: Fri 2nd - Sun 4th May

GIFT will be returning for its 15th anniversary in May with a weekend of workshops, interactive live art and contemporary performance.

Full programme announcement coming soon.

📸 IN A STRANGE PLACE by MIA + ERIC

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

We love to see Here & Now (formerly Horizon) artists experiencing the positive ripple effects of showcasing in Edinburgh, with exciting onward touring and networking opportunities.

Read more about the onward touring journey of @actionherolive at the link in our bio.

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

Are you interested in learning about international producing? @HN_showcase and @fabricdance are running a 4 week course, designed to demystify the practicalities of international touring.
Find out more and sign up 👉 https://t.co/dpOfLujD4U

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

Opening today, Olivier Award winning @DicksonMbi brings his incredible piece Enowate to @ThePleasance Courtyard. Not to be missed. 12.30pm. 21 - 25 Aug. Book tickets here 👉🏼 https://t.co/bSBA9TxAb5

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

Are you free on Thur 18 Jul? Come on down to @LiveTheatre for @LucaRutherford's Political Party at 7:30pm. Expect free drinks, snacks and the opportunity to egg a liberal hypocrite! Book tix 👉 https://t.co/XNjTbaCfvp

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

21 - 25 Aug, 12.30 @ThePleasance Courtyard (Grand)
@DicksonMbi summons multiple identities in this mesmerising solo performance inspired by a life-changing journey to his ancestral home in Cameroon.
Book tickets 🎟- https://t.co/eEa7PG4ZhQ

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

'First Trimester' is a one-of-a-kind durational experience exploring human connection and parenthood, challenging expectations and redefining what it means to create a family as a transgender person. Presenters and curators interested in this work👉https://t.co/vs2TtGpWJ8

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

You Heard Me is for anyone who's been told to shut up. It's a celebration of refusing to be silenced, of taking up space and of one woman's power to re-make, re-mould and disrupt. Book 🎟👉 https://t.co/74vOZrqNBD
@LucaRutherford @ZOOvenues @battersea_arts @Fabricdance @GIFTfest

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

'Distorted Constellations' is an immersive multi-sensory environment inspired by @nwando’s mythic interpretation of the neurological syndrome, Visual Snow. This Afrofabulist alternate reality draws on immersive technologies and embodied ritual practice. 👉 https://t.co/2WkQnYMoGr

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

Dandyism is a celebration of individuality and drive for visibility, embodying the raw and unrefined energy and expressive dynamism of diverse cultures from the African continent, presented through dance and theatre. Part of Fringe Fragments @DanceBase 👉 https://t.co/OutJuvDjq1

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

📢 Calling all artists and lovers of dance. This Friday, Yewande 103 presents Many Lifetimes: A community of transforming solos, accompanied by live music from Bianca Wilson and Femi Oriogun-Williams. Fri 28 Jun, 7.30pm at @dancecity 👉 https://t.co/RxbhAQpr0C

[Here & Now Showcase @HN_showcase]

Tickets are on sale now for Here & Now Showcase 2024!
Here & Now 2024 features extraordinary artists making live performance in the UK today, spanning dance, drag, installation, multimedia, performance and sound. Tickets available at link in bio.
#HN2024 #DANCE #THEATRE #LIVEART

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

📢FREE EVENT. Thur 27 Jun at 6pm. Part book launch, part conversation, with performance of A Citizens' Assembly by Andy Smith and Lynsey O'Sullivan. Read more and reserve your space 👉https://t.co/dJGXtBMuUl

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

Calling all artists based in England, making world-class live performance! Applications for Here and Now 2025 are now open.Deadline: Mon 30 Sept 2024. Link in bio.
@battersea_arts @fabricdance @hn_showcase
#HN2025 #PerformanceArtists #CallOut #Dance #Theatre #LiveArt

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

Do you work in or care for the forests in Gateshead? E.g a forester, ecologist, conservationist, tree planter, parks employee, administrator, volunteer or activist?

Canadian artists @ericandmia are making a film and would love to hear from you.

🔗 - https://t.co/Sdc7IU1AS8

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

We wanted to say a BIG thank you to all of our wonderful artists, volunteers, participants, funders and staff for making this years GIFT a very special one 💛
📷 @VonFoxUK

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

TONIGHT at 5pm #gift2024
Navis is an extract from a work-in-progress, durational piece by Ziza and will be performed in the beautiful main space at St Mary's Heritage Centre.
Tickets via link in bio🎟🔗

[Eliot Smith Dance @eliotsmithdance]

Don’t forget it’s #gift2024 this weekend in #Gateshead. An array of live art, performances, workshops and more. Check it out 👇

[GIFT Festival @GIFTfest]

Festival Director, Kate Craddock interviewed in
@theQTonline about the origins and progression of
@giftfest. Subscribe to read in full #gift2024

[CULTURED. North East @culturemag]

The founder of the @GIFTfest (May 3-5), @KateCraddock runs @DavidJWhetstone through this year’s programme
https://t.co/rJoH2gGOPX