Local artist festival amplifies East Midlands talent

Published: 7 October 2018
Reporter: Steve Orme

Flying high: The Bee Project

Nottingham Playhouse is to hold its first local artist festival—a mixture of new writing, theatre, spoken word, music and workshops by upcoming professional artists who live or originate from the East Midlands.

The theatre’s artist development co-ordinator and director Beth Shouler is behind the Amplify 18 Festival. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the industry and is passionate about helping artists to reach their potential.

She said, “we’re thrilled to see the variety and ambition of work being made by artists from the East Midlands.

“The festival line-up showcases artists from across the entire region and includes performances and works-in-progress from different artistic disciplines.

“It’s not only an event to celebrate talent and see great small-scale theatre, it’s also an opportunity for artists to come together, network, see each other’s work and engage with us as a building.”

The festival is also the first of its kind under artistic director Adam Penford who grew up in Nottingham. He said, “celebrating artists based in or originating from the East Midlands, including some of the hottest shows from this year's Edinburgh Festival, is a brilliant way to open our spaces to local artists.”

Among the highlights will be The Bee Project, a physical theatre production from Laura Ryder and Co, on Friday 12 October.

The Amplify artist development programme is open to theatre professionals of all ages including writers, directors, producers and designers.

Amplify 18 Festival takes place from Tuesday 9 until Saturday 13 October. Further details are available at the Nottingham Playhouse web site.

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