Gasworks Circus Showdown 2017 |
Gasworks Circus Showdown is a professional development program for artists culminating in a live on-stage circus and physical theatre gala competition. Gasworks Circus Showdown is a platform for circus performers to develop innovative acts for presentation to a live audience and specialist judges, while honing their craft and learning new business skills along the way. Gasworks Arts Park invites individuals, duos or groups to participate in Gasworks Circus Showdown. One lucky entrant will be crowned Gasworks Circus Showdown Champion!
Gasworks Circus Showdown provides an opportunity for emerging circus artists to showcase their vitality and talent with tangible outcomes in a professional venue. This competition-based performance series will feature two heats, live judging and the event will culminate in a Grand Final Gala show.
Who is it aimed at?
Circus performers of all kinds are welcome to enter. You must complete all sections of the entry form and be available for the rehearsal and performance dates including the Grand Final Gala show.
How will it work?
Submit your completed entry form along with vision or images of your act. Entries will be shortlisted, and those finalists will then perform in front of a live audience and our judges in the Gasworks Circus Showdown. Your act must be between 10 and 15 minutes in duration.
Who will judge it?
The judges will be drawn from Australia’s professional circus and theatre ranks and details will be announced soon. The live audience will also be a ‘judge’ and audience response will be an important criteria. Each judge will be visible and score the entrants in three key areas: technique, storytelling and theatricality, and finally, through audience reaction. Previous industry professionals who have participated as judges include Matt Wilson, Donna Jackson, Kate Fryer and Andrea Ousley.
Gasworks Circus Showdown provides an opportunity for emerging circus artists to showcase their vitality and talent with tangible outcomes in a professional venue. This competition-based performance series will feature two heats, live judging and the event will culminate in a Grand Final Gala show.
Who is it aimed at?
Circus performers of all kinds are welcome to enter. You must complete all sections of the entry form and be available for the rehearsal and performance dates including the Grand Final Gala show.
How will it work?
Submit your completed entry form along with vision or images of your act. Entries will be shortlisted, and those finalists will then perform in front of a live audience and our judges in the Gasworks Circus Showdown. Your act must be between 10 and 15 minutes in duration.
Who will judge it?
The judges will be drawn from Australia’s professional circus and theatre ranks and details will be announced soon. The live audience will also be a ‘judge’ and audience response will be an important criteria. Each judge will be visible and score the entrants in three key areas: technique, storytelling and theatricality, and finally, through audience reaction. Previous industry professionals who have participated as judges include Matt Wilson, Donna Jackson, Kate Fryer and Andrea Ousley.
Each shortlisted act will receive:
A platform for a live performance showcase, industry networking opportunities, free rehearsal time with a technician, feedback from circus industry mentors, professional support in lighting design and staging, and an enthusiastic Gasworks audience.
The 2nd prize winner receives:
A platform for a live performance showcase, industry networking opportunities, free rehearsal time with a technician, feedback from circus industry mentors, professional support in lighting design and staging, and an enthusiastic Gasworks audience.
The 2nd prize winner receives:
Cash prize of $4,000 generously donated by the Gasworks’ Patrons Foundation Fund
Marketing/social media workshop from Gasworks Arts Park's Marketing & Development Manager
20 hours of open training time at NICA
The 1st prize winner receives:
Grand cash prize of $6,000 generously donated by the Gasworks’ Patron’ Foundation Fund
Registration to the Adelaide Fringe Festival
Ten hours of lighting design consultancy from After Dark Theatre (Frank Minniti)
1 week of Gasworks’ theatre hire
Marketing/social media workshop from Gasworks Arts Park's Marketing & Development Manager
30 hours of open training time at NICA
Grand cash prize of $6,000 generously donated by the Gasworks’ Patron’ Foundation Fund
Registration to the Adelaide Fringe Festival
Ten hours of lighting design consultancy from After Dark Theatre (Frank Minniti)
1 week of Gasworks’ theatre hire
Marketing/social media workshop from Gasworks Arts Park's Marketing & Development Manager
30 hours of open training time at NICA
Photographic portfolio from RMIT photography students, taken during the showcase