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http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/toynbee

Sounds exciting, you will be creating various scenes from the past, in groups, then putting it all together for a performance
16+

A little more info

What is it?
Geraldine Pilgrim, Artistic Director of Corridor Performance Company is looking for Male and Female performers to take part in a unique participatory event. TOYNBEE is a promenade site- specific performance-installation in which groups of 10 spectators go on a dreamlike journey through the times and spaces of the historic site of Toynbee Hall and Studios, a centre of social, political and artistic activity since 1884. Animated by a cast of 100 participants, within a landscape of music, image and performance, unexpected fragments of the past contained within its walls wait to be revealed. Traces of lives are glimpsed out of windows, at the end of corridors and the turn of a stair, whilst footsteps echo to the sound of the different voices of the contemporary East End.
As TOYNBEE will create dialogues between its past and future, there are both period and contemporary images to perform, create, source, hire, costume and make- including: A library transformed into a Museum, an Edwardian theatre discovered through the door of a contemporary set, a Brick Lane Indian restaurant revealed above a Victorian student dining room as a clock splits in half. Images for performers include a high energy street dance group, a 1930s audience in evening dress watching an opera, 3 female opera singers performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado, Edwardian Oxbridge students, Bhangra dancers, 2nd World War air raid wardens, Contemporary Brick Lane tourists and I.T workers, Victorian Philanthropists, 1970s Ballroom dancers, 1950s life drawing students, 1912 Olympic Athletes, 1960s Mods and models,1st World War Soldiers-a klezmer band, a Bengali singer and many more.....
When is it?
Performance dates are from Monday December 9 to Sunday 15 December
As performers you will be required for rehearsals throughout November and December Please see detailed information below, For other roles- you will be given your own individual schedule depending on your availability after production team meetings
Where is it?
All rehearsals and performances take place at Toynbee Hall and Studios: 28 Commercial Street London E1 6AB -closest tube is Aldgate East.
How to get involved
No previous experience is necessary, just a willingness to be involved. Fill in the signup sheet and if you are over 16 and able to commit to the project, then Welcome you are part of the Company. TOYNBEE is cross generational and cross cultural and as it is a project working with the community, there is no fee involved.
More detailed Information
 Each Audience journey lasts 1 hour and 10 minutes
 There are 18 different spaces and all contain layers of different imagery
 Every performer will only be in one image
 We want to recruit 100 participants and the idea is that each image space
becomes its own company.
 We rehearse and work together as a group and some images will also have
musicians as part of their image, then all the different groups meet up on the dress rehearsal weekend for the first time.
Breakdown of a provisional Rehearsal and Performance Schedule
You will perform in 1 image, which may only be a maximum of 5 minutes long but will be repeated up to12 times on performance nights- with breaks in between and up to 16 times at the weekend, (a run of 7 – with breaks in between, followed by a long 1 hour 30 min break then the next run of 8- with breaks in between.
All performances start at 6 30 on the Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and at 3 15 on the Saturday and Sunday and all are finished by 1030 pm
Week commencing November 4
An Evening Meeting with recruited performers- when we will discuss with you the different images.
Week commencing November 11
An Evening Meeting with recruited performers who have now been informed what image they are in- 1 meeting per image group required
Week commencing November 18
Evening rehearsals of separate images 1 rehearsal per image group required
Week commencing November 25
Evening rehearsals of separate images 1 rehearsal per image group required
Week commencing December 2
Monday 2 – Wednesday 4 All images to be rehearsed over these 3 days. Performers will be called for 1 rehearsal for each separate image.
It will either be in a morning, afternoon or evening slot tbc depending on your image and your availability
Thursday December 5
Technical rehearsal for either Toynbee Hall section or Toynbee Studio section Toynbee Hall or Toynbee studio performers called afternoon and evening depending on which section is being teched that day
Friday December 6
Technical rehearsal for either Toynbee Hall section or Toynbee Studio section Toynbee Hall or Toynbee studio performers called afternoon and evening depending on which section is being teched that day
Saturday December 7
All Performers required afternoon and evening for dress rehearsals Sunday December 8
All Performers required afternoon and evening for dress rehearsals
Monday December 9 PREVIEWS
All Performers required afternoon and evening for dress and previews Tuesday December 10
PERFORMANCES
All Performers required afternoon and evening for rehearsals and 1st night Wed December 11 – Friday December 13
All Performers called for 5.30 pm -1 hour before the show
Saturday December 14
All Performers called for 2 15 - 1 hour before the show at 315
Sunday December 15
All Performers called in morning to see each others images plus call 1hr before the show.
There are different ways to be involved depending on your availability:
As Performers: you could be part of a contemporary high energy dance group, in a 1930s audience watching an opera, Edwardian Oxbridge students, 2nd world war air raid wardens, Contemporary Spitalfield I.T office workers, Victorian Philanthropists, 1970s Ballroom dancers, 1950s life drawing students, 1912 Olympic Athletes, 1960s Mods and models,1st World War Soldiers- and many more.....
You could also volunteer to Work behind the scenes : As Stewards- helping us to marshal the audience
As Stage management -preparing and resetting up each space and sourcing props Each space or floor would ideally have their own stage manager attached
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As Costume creators and supervisors-
Sourcing and making costumes, .organising costumes Being responsible for the costumes and helping people get changed . A contemporary costume supervisor and a Period costume supervisor and assistants will need to be in place.
As Set and environment makers helping create the transformed spaces supporting the construction Manager in the workshop and then transforming the spaces on site, wall papering – creating bombed out houses, Edwardian theatres etc.
Production Details Set
 We aim to have the set designs confirmed by October 21 and the build will start off site in a workshop in Stratford on November 4th
 The construction team will then move on site on November 25 to continue building
 There are two intensive GETIN build days the weekend of November 30/December 1
 And will continue all week but rehearsals will start on December 2 Costume
 Each recruited participant performer will be photographed measure and then cast
depending on their availability and look.
 What costumes are required will be confirmed by the end of October
 The performers cast and measured by November 11
 From the end of October sourcing and hiring starts so when the casting is finalised
any makes can begin -to be ready for the Dress Rehearsal on December 7
 Organising and creating a wardrobe in each image section period and contemporary
costumes overseen by recruited Supervisors
Props
 We aim to have the props list confirmed by October 21
 Source and hire or makes for props for each image to be ready for November 30