Leicester’s Curve has released full details of its Inside Out Festival 2018 which celebrates the diversity of new and emerging artists in the East Midlands.
The main event will be Ché Walker’s The Frontline, performed by graduates of Curve’s new actor training programme New Theatre Talent which has the support of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.
The Frontline tells 12 “emotional and thought-provoking stories of people living on the margins of society” and will be directed by Curve’s associate director Suba Das from Wednesday 17 until Saturday 20 October.
Other new productions include Curve Breakthrough artist Rachael Young’s Grace Jones-inspired Nightclubbing, a one-woman piece “focused on bringing the voices of women, LGBTQ and people of colour to the fore” on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 October, and I Dare You, Tom Powell’s play about love, family and trauma, directed by Curve Breakthrough artist Beth Shouler, on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 October.
Speaking about the festival, Curve’s chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster said, “theatre is all about looking to the future and this festival does this brilliantly, embracing the turbulence and political uncertainties of our times.
“It’s a jam-packed festival where audiences will be entertained, challenged and inspired to consider the world in a different light.”
Further details about the festival are available at the Curve web site.