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20 Feb 2025
SAVE THE DATE: Fri 2nd - Sun 4th May
GIFT will be returning for its 15th anniversary in May with a weekend of workshops, interactive live art and contemporary performance.
Full programme announcement coming soon.
📸 IN A STRANGE PLACE by MIA ERIC
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GIFT Festival retweeted
8 Nov 2024
We love to see Here & Now (formerly Horizon) artists experiencing the positive ripple effects of showcasing in Edinburgh, with exciting onward touring and networking opportunities.
Read more about the onward touring journey of @actionherolive at the link in our bio.
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GIFT Festival retweeted
17 Sep 2024
Are you interested in learning about international producing? @HN_showcase and @fabricdance are running a 4 week course, designed to demystify the practicalities of international touring.
Find out more and sign up 👉 bit.ly/4gGWMx9
ALT A group of people sit in discussion. Above the image, a teal banner with black text reads 'Professional Development'. Below, a purple banner with black text reads 'International Producing: Nuts & Bolts'. There is a short description in white text reading '1 - 22 October | 12.30pm - 2pm (weekly)' 'A 4 week online course, designed to demystify the practicalities of international touring. Co-hosted by Hannah Slimmon, Senior Producer: International for FABRIC and experienced guest producers.'
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GIFT Festival retweeted
21 Aug 2024
Opening today, Olivier Award winning @DicksonMbi brings his incredible piece Enowate to @ThePleasance Courtyard. Not to be missed. 12.30pm. 21 - 25 Aug. Book tickets here 👉🏼 bit.ly/4fOSlzD
20 Aug 2024
Enowate means ‘truth stands’ & draws on sinuous elements of hip-hop and contemporary dance in combination with original music & otherworldly animated projections.
@edfringe with @HN_showcase
@ThePleasance , 21-25 August, 12:30
🔗Tickets: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-o…
@fabricdance
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11 Jul 2024
Are you free on Thur 18 Jul? Come on down to @LiveTheatre for @LucaRutherford's Political Party at 7:30pm. Expect free drinks, snacks and the opportunity to egg a liberal hypocrite! Book tix 👉 bit.ly/4cWaXvj
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GIFT Festival retweeted
1 Jul 2024
21 - 25 Aug, 12.30 @ThePleasance Courtyard (Grand)
@DicksonMbi summons multiple identities in this mesmerising solo performance inspired by a life-changing journey to his ancestral home in Cameroon.
Book tickets 🎟- bit.ly/3W2BMZh
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GIFT Festival retweeted
2 Jul 2024
'First Trimester' is a one-of-a-kind durational experience exploring human connection and parenthood, challenging expectations and redefining what it means to create a family as a transgender person. Presenters and curators interested in this work👉bit.ly/3xJV5gC
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GIFT Festival retweeted
4 Jul 2024
You Heard Me is for anyone who's been told to shut up. It's a celebration of refusing to be silenced, of taking up space and of one woman's power to re-make, re-mould and disrupt. Book 🎟👉 bit.ly/3RRozzR
@LucaRutherford @ZOOvenues @battersea_arts @Fabricdance @GIFTfest
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GIFT Festival retweeted
8 Jul 2024
'Distorted Constellations' is an immersive multi-sensory environment inspired by @nwando’s mythic interpretation of the neurological syndrome, Visual Snow. This Afrofabulist alternate reality draws on immersive technologies and embodied ritual practice. 👉 bit.ly/3XO96Ey
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GIFT Festival retweeted
10 Jul 2024
Dandyism is a celebration of individuality and drive for visibility, embodying the raw and unrefined energy and expressive dynamism of diverse cultures from the African continent, presented through dance and theatre. Part of Fringe Fragments @DanceBase 👉 bit.ly/4bx5VV2
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24 Jun 2024
📢 Calling all artists and lovers of dance. This Friday, Yewande 103 presents Many Lifetimes: A community of transforming solos, accompanied by live music from Bianca Wilson and Femi Oriogun-Williams. Fri 28 Jun, 7.30pm at @dancecity 👉 bit.ly/4eCnOEx
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GIFT Festival retweeted
24 Jun 2024
Tickets are on sale now for Here & Now Showcase 2024!
Here & Now 2024 features extraordinary artists making live performance in the UK today, spanning dance, drag, installation, multimedia, performance and sound. Tickets available at link in bio.
#HN2024 #DANCE #THEATRE #LIVEART
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21 Jun 2024
📢FREE EVENT. Thur 27 Jun at 6pm. Part book launch, part conversation, with performance of A Citizens' Assembly by Andy Smith and Lynsey O'Sullivan. Read more and reserve your space 👉bit.ly/4b8pvH2
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13 Jun 2024
Calling all artists based in England, making world-class live performance! Applications for Here and Now 2025 are now open.Deadline: Mon 30 Sept 2024. Link in bio.
@battersea_arts @fabricdance @hn_showcase
#HN2025 #PerformanceArtists #CallOut #Dance #Theatre #LiveArt
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23 May 2024
Do you work in or care for the forests in Gateshead? E.g a forester, ecologist, conservationist, tree planter, parks employee, administrator, volunteer or activist?
Canadian artists @ericandmia are making a film and would love to hear from you.
🔗 - giftfestival.co.uk/in-a-stra…
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7 May 2024
We wanted to say a BIG thank you to all of our wonderful artists, volunteers, participants, funders and staff for making this years GIFT a very special one 💛
📷 @VonFoxUK
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4 May 2024
TONIGHT at 5pm #gift2024
Navis is an extract from a work-in-progress, durational piece by Ziza and will be performed in the beautiful main space at St Mary's Heritage Centre.
Tickets via link in bio🎟🔗
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GIFT Festival retweeted
4 May 2024
Don’t forget it’s #gift2024 this weekend in #Gateshead. An array of live art, performances, workshops and more. Check it out 👇
1 Apr 2024
#gift2024
A weekend of conversations, live art, workshops, and contemporary performance, by incredible international artists, taking place in traditional and not-so-traditional venues throughout Gateshead.
Tickets on sale now via link in bio 🔗
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4 May 2024
Festival Director, Kate Craddock interviewed in
@theQTonline about the origins and progression of
@giftfest. Subscribe to read in full #gift2024
3 May 2024
The founder of the @GIFTfest (May 3-5), @KateCraddock runs @DavidJWhetstone through this year’s programme
theqt.online/kates-gift-keep…
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