EMERGE - Leeds New Work Festival

Some of the best new theatre in Britain is coming out of Leeds. The annual Emerge Festival aims to make a big noise about the great work being made in our region. It provides a platform for emerging theatre-makers to try out ideas and connect with new audiences.

The 2010 Festival took place in June and was a massive success, featuring performances from some of the most talented young artists in the region, workshops from practitioners including Lone Twin and Unlimited Theatre, and the premier of a new show from Red Grit, Red Ladder's actor training scheme.

Next year's Festival is now being planned - keep watching the web for details.

In the meantime we'll be continuing to work with the theatre-makers who took part in the Festival. Look out for an Emerge Double Bill of work developed following the Festival. The evening kicks off on Saturday 13 November at 7.45pm at The Carriageworks.

www.emergefestival.org.uk

Naomi Rothwell, The Dreams of Philomina

Scratch Night: Northern Creative Theatre, Elephant in the Room

Scratch Night: Rash Dash

The Milk Theatre, 454 Grams

Oliver Bray, Villa

Emerge has been created by three Leeds venues – The Carriageworks, stage@leeds and Seven, working in partnership with organisations and agencies from across the city.

The Festival is funded by Arts Council England.


Useful Emerge links:

stage@leeds
www.stage.leeds.ac.uk
Seven
www.sevenleeds.co.uk  
Red Ladder
www.redladder.co.uk
Script Yorkshire
www.scriptyorkshire.co.uk