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New Voices Edinburgh: 2012

  1. The Brief
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Description

Do you want to take a show to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival? Do you want the opportunity to perform at Edinburgh’s most exciting venue? Do you want the backing of some of the industry’s biggest players?

Sure you do.

For the first time ever, Old Vic New Voices is taking a season of work to the Edinburgh Fringe, in partnership with one of the Festival’s most renowned venues, the Underbelly, supported by IdeasTap. 

That’s right: we will be giving five new plays a daily slot at one of three Underbelly venues for the whole of August.

We’ll be providing help with press, PR and marketing, giving your show the industry stamp of approval it deserves. The winners will also get a dedicated technician and a project manager, as well as entry into the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and Joint Venues brochure and money to cover the cost of flyering.

While you will still be expected to cover your rehearsal and accommodation costs, and pay your team, this opportunity will make taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe not only achievable, but pretty darn attractive.

For full information of what we're offering, download the PDF.

To apply, simply fill in the application form.

 

UPDATE: The deadline has now been moved to Friday 17 Feburary at 10am.

This is open to IdeasTap members aged 18 to 30. If you have any technical queries, email info@ideastap.com. Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstances, including technical issues – so make sure you don’t leave your application to the last minute.

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  • Hey Bethany, I don't work for these guys, so I'm not an expert, but...

    There seems to be some issue with the formatting, and I had to completely reformat my script in the box, so it might be something like that. That's causing the problem.

    Don't know if that helps.

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    StewartSchiller , Director , 16/02/12 , 1,619 AP

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  • Hi there, I'm having real trouble uploading my app with the script embedded - there seems to be a problem inserting it into the form. Is there another way that I can submit this? I've been trying since last night but can't make it work. Many thanks.

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    Bethany Pitts , Director , 16/02/12 , 167 AP

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  • Hi IdeasTap! I've just submitted twice as I was a tad concerned that the website was crashing! Please can you refer to the second submission rather than the first. The second submission includes a reference to prove that our show was as successful as we said it was and we'd really love for you guys to see it ;)

    Kindest Regards,

    Fortuna x

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    Fortuna Burke , Author , 16/02/12 , 681 AP

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  • Hi Zoe,

    Please submit both, new adaptatations are more than welcome!

    Roxanne

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    Old Vic New Voices , , 16/02/12 , 13,599 AP

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  • Hi there,
    Sent an email but realise you'll be mega busy.

    Sorry if this is somewhere on the info pdf....in regards to the the New Voices Edinburgh 2012 Brief can new writing adaptations (of classical work) be submitted?
    I am a producer working with 2 writers at the moment both of which have happened to write adaptations,
    the first; PRAYER MEETING -
    'Meet God. He's bored. So he's answering your prayers...
    An advertising executive, a virgin and a tree hugger have different problems, but they all seek answers from the same source.
    Three exclusive interviews with one Almighty God – where trespasses are forgiven, temptations are avoided and the answers you are looking for will be revealed.'
    ...Is a very modern, darkly comic adaptation of three chapters in the Bible.
    and the second; DEATH OF A CHRONICLE FORETOLD
    ...Is a wild, fast paced and colourful adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez short novella of the same name.
    Have got both applications ready to send one of them if I can?
    Thanks so much
    Zoe

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    Zoe Anjuli Robinson , Producer , 16/02/12 , 747 AP

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  • Samjdunham - Please do submit your play extract via the application form - however if the songs are sung by an actor and they provide emotional/plot development this will result in your play being considered a musical by the judging panel.

    Old Vic New Voices

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    Old Vic New Voices , , 16/02/12 , 13,599 AP

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  • That's really useful, thank you.

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    Eva Liparova , Director , 15/02/12 , 598 AP

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  • Hi, my company's play has a couple of songs in it but we would not class ourselves as a musical in any sense of the word. Would you still consider us for this opportunity? Thanks.

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    samjdunham , Actor , 15/02/12 , 45 AP

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  • Hi Eva,

    The room the pitch will be in is just a normal space - no theatre gizmos at all so you'll need to bring anything you want to use tech-wise with you. Also, we're doing Edinburgh-style get ins and outs so you'll only have 5 minutes either side of your pitch to set up and break down. Its worth thinking about the presentation part of your pitch and if you could include lighting and sound ideas in this rather than in the showing. Totally up to you, but its definitely not theatre-show conditions. Hope that helps!

    OVNV

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    Old Vic New Voices , , 15/02/12 , 13,599 AP

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  • Hello IdeasTap,
    I wanted to ask about the pitch and the 20min showing - we work with lighting and sound a lot in our shows. Should our application be selected, what room and resources would we have available for the showing?

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    Eva Liparova , Director , 13/02/12 , 598 AP

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