This year Festival Of Fools in Belfast will host the second International Showcase of the Mysteries and Drolls project supported by the CREATIVE EUROPE program of the European Community. The purpose of the project is to revive the European Popular Theatre, rediscovering its ancient street theatre and jester roots through contemporary work.

The selected shows will be part of both the International Showcase Program and the official Festival of Fools program in Belfast.

20 directors and organisers of international festivals will be present at the Showcase, with a commitment to book at least one of the shows they see. They will meet the Mysteries and Drolls participating artists, where you will have the opportunity to discuss your work.

We are looking for single artists and duos from all European countries, but we particularly welcome applications from the project partner countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and the UK. Your work should be in line with the aims of the project, we should be able to see the connection to the ancient tradition in your contemporary practice.

The selected artists and companies will receive accommodation, meals and a flat-rate attendance fee including travel.

Anyone wishing to apply is asked to send us their proposal using the below online form no later than 31st January 2020.

Following a firmly Europeanist inspiration, in line with Poetic Invasion aims and the values of Open Street aisbl, this international showcase will be an occasion to create an European marketplace for performing arts in unconventional spaces taking care to the specific cultural frames of every single country of continent.

 

The SHOWCASE with free adhesion is opened to all artists, companies, European promoters who accept the official call,having stable activity in EU countries and being active in the sector of street arts and urban happenings.

 

A Program of 12 shows shared into 3 categories of competition (depending on the number of artists involved and the cachet requested), selected by the organizing committee, with companies of various countries which will receive a refund proportioned to the complexity of their transfers.

 

The Showcase give to the best ranked companies the opportunity to perform in front to a qualified audience of art operators.

 

The organizing committee foresee to invite to Showcase 15 representatives of as many European festivals, and from 10 representatives of as many Italian Festivals.

 

The organizers of festival joining the showcase are committed to insert in the next edition of their event at least 1 show to be chosen among those selected for the official program matching the price range of category in which companies have signed up (+ travel expenses + accommodation and meals).

 

 

 

 

THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU? WITH THE 2019 PIC FESTIVAL !!!

 

 

The Open Street aisbl international association, in the period 2018-2020 is involved in the implementation of two European cooperation projects that receive the support of the European Community in the framework of the Creative Europe Program. The activity plan of the two projects, Poetic Invasion, focused on the use of unconventional urban spaces for performances, and Mysteries and Drolls, focused on the roots of the European theatre between sacred representation and profane events, include programming, production and training activities.

M&D Festival - Belfast (UK). In the ambit of Mysteries and Drolls, the activity program of project for 2019 foresees, in May, the 1st edition of Mysteries and Drolls Festival, programmed in Belfast, from 4th to 6th May 2019, in the ambit of the annual Festival of Fools and in cooperation with Festival of Fools ltd Belfast, which is the UK partner of project.

PIC Festival - Sibiu (RO). In the ambit of Poetic Invasion, the activity program of project for 2019 foresees, in June, the Romanian edition of Poetic Invasion Festival, programmed in Sibiu (Romania), from 14th to 23rd June 2019, in the ambit of the annual SIBFEST - Sibiu International Theatre Festival and in cooperation with Teatrul National Radu Stanca Sibiu, which is the Romanian partner of project. In 2019 the festival celebrates its "German year", so the invitation to participate to this festival is addressed to GERMAN ARTISTS AND COMPANIES ONLY. Click on "continue reading" to see how to apply

MYSTERIES AND DROLLS FESTIVAL - What kind of shows can apply ?

The project is mainly focused on the primordial forms of European Popular Theatre, rediscovering their roots with performances which re-elaborate languages and format of the sacred drama in contemporary way.  Therefore, mainly involving the jester arts, and all those expressions deriving from the relationship between Sacred and Profane, between Cultured and Popular. Theatre as a challenge to the rhetoric of power (buffoons and jesters) and as a relationship with the transcendent (Mysteries).
 
We therefore invite those who have performances inspired to above issues to send us their proposals. If you want go into deep on project focus, also in order to discover all opportunities, in terms of professional workshops, participation to showcases and festivals offered to Artists and Companies of all European countries, click HERE

the application form is available HERE

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FIXED ON 1st FEB 2019 !

POETIC INVASION FESTIVAL - Who can apply ?

The project wants to promote at urban audience the enjoyment of more cultured performing art expressions, in a form that would make them easily accessible and more popular. Symphonic music, ballet, theatre forms will be reinterpreted and presented in new manner to audience of all social backgrounds, outside of usual place of performing, bringing performing arts where they have never been before, looking for an unprecedented way to reach and form new public.
 
Keep in mind that the programming of every edition of Festival in the various EU countries involved in project, is dedicated every year to one of nations involved in project: the Poetic Invasion Festival 2019 in Romania is dedicated to Germany, there we invite German Artists and Companies to send own proposals as soon as possible. If you want go into deep on project focus, also in order to discover all opportunities, in terms of professional workshops, participation to showcases and festivals offered to Artists and Companies of all European countries, click HERE

 

the application form is available HERE

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FIXED ON 4th FEB 2019 !