Come Out 2009 is coming!
4 – 16 May 2009
The new Australian Festival for Young People team is now in the process of developing Come Out 2009. We invite you to express your interest in being involved.
The theme for the 2009 festival is Colliding Worlds. Artistic Director Jason Cross and Associate Artistic Director Sasha Zahra ask companies and artists to consider the journey that we take when our personal worlds collide; can collision be prevented?; how do we survive collision?; what happens when two countries, two different worlds collide and why?
In lead up to the Come Out 2009 (4 – 16 May), we seek to stimulate further dialogue for collective programming of work that may be in existence, in development or developed for future presentation. We invite artists, companies, collectives and communities who work across all art forms of theatre, dance, film, circus, physical theatre, music, puppetry, visual art, new media, outdoor theatre and installation to submit proposals for new work to be included in the 2009 or future festivals.
Download and submit your Expression of Interest by 15 February 2008.
We are also committed to nurturing the development of new contemporary work through our commissions program. Our Artistic Director will be available to discuss our commissioning process from February 2008.
Further information
For more information on the submission process, festival theme and selection criteria and time lines, contact Sasha Zahra A/Associate Artistic Director sasha@comeout.on.net
Are you a Come Out Arts Ambassador?
Come Out invites teachers to nominate as an Arts Ambassador for Come Out 2009. Are you
- energetic and enthusiastic about Arts related activities?
- into experiencing the Arts outside the school environment?
- happy to receive regular email updates on the Come Out 2009 program as it develops?
- willing to share information received on the Come Out 2009 program with others at your school?
- able to act as the point of contact between your school and Come Out?
- keen to join us at the official launch of the Come Out 2009 program?
If so, please contact the Come Out office at admin@comeout.on.net to nominate today. For more information please call our Arts Education Manager on Ph: 8267 5766 or Email: education@comeout.on.net
About the Australian Festival for Young People
The Australian Festival for Young People is renowned internationally for presenting the largest and longest standing regional festival for young people in the Southern Hemisphere, known as Come Out. This biennial children’s festival began in 1974 and is Australia’s premier young people and the arts event. Each festival reaches approximately 120,000 young people and engages them in high quality, professional, interactive arts experiences presented in education and professional arts settings across South Australia.
Come Out is a Co-Presenter of ASSITEJ 2008.
About ASSITEJ 2008
The 16th ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival, taking place in Adelaide from May 9-18 2008, will be a major international event in the world of theatre for children and young people. The Festival Program was launched on November 16, 2007 at the Capri Theatre and tickets are now on sale.
ASSITEJ 2008 presents a dynamic program of shows for young children to older teenagers in spoken word, multi-media, dance, music, large-scale and miniature puppetry and physical theatre from around Australian and the world.
Aside from the Festival program ASSITEJ registered delegates can participate in a diverse variety of professional forums, workshops and industry events. Registration is now open!
For Festival Programming information and to register as a delegate go to www.assitej2008.com.au
Come Out and ASSITEJ
There are many similarities and several differences between the Come Out Festival and the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival:
- Both Come Out and the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival are a wonderful way to open the door to the arts for children and young people
- Come Out respects and involves children and young people as both audiences and artists, while the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival is a wonderful opportunity for young people to focus on seeing performances
- Come Out covers EVERY art form, while the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival is dedicated to the performing arts, even though there’ll be related events exploring other art forms
- Come Out rocks South Australia every two years, while the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival is a massive one-off opportunity
- Come Out is statewide, while the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival will focus primarily on the metropolitan area, with the Adelaide Festival Centre as the Festival Hub
- Both Come Out and the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival are a great way to explore the arts in the classroom because both events are supported by teaching material for educators and our bookings systems are very teacher-friendly. The Come Out Festival is proud to have a long and extremely well developed partnership with the Department of Education and Children’s Services, which will benefit the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival
The Artistic Director of the ASSITEJ Congress and Performing Arts Festival is Jason Cross, who is also the Artistic Director of Come Out 2009. We urge everyone to keep informed about the wonderful insights and opportunities ASSITEJ will provide.
You simply can’t miss this opportunity to engage in the World’s best theatre for young people – BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment!
Call BASS 131 246.
For School bookings call 08 8271 1422
