The First Bite Festival
...brand new theatre in the making
The First Bite Festival is a day of eclectic extracts and ideas from some of the West Midlands most exciting theatre makers.
Produced by China Plate
Funded by Arts Council England
Commissioned by mac birmingham and Warwick Arts Centre
Supported by Bristol Ferment / Bristol Old Vic
First Bite returned with a bigger and better programme of new work and events!
First Bite presented 13 eclectic performances, extracts and ideas, and engaged with some of the most exciting theatre-makers in the West Midlands. mac birmingham was filled with shows performed throughout the venue... from the theatre to the back of a bus!
Once again, two of the pieces seen at First Bite were selected for commission by mac birmingham and Warwick Arts Centre - a huge congratulations to Untied Artists and Babakas who will both be receiving funding, rehearsal space and support from China Plate, mac birmingham and Warwick Arts Centre (with support from Bristol Ferment / Bristol Old Vic). The developed pieces will be performed at Bite Size Festival on the 10th March 2012 at Warwick Arts Centre.
The Companies and Artists that performed at First Bite were...
babAkas - "Looking For The Man"
Changing Spaces Theatre Company - "Clinging To The Rock Face"
Jo Bannon - "Foley"
Lawrence Speck - "Once Upon A Time Just Up The Road"
Little Earthquake - "It's Only A Paper Moon"
Nodding Dog -"638 Ways To Kill Fidel Castro"
Pin The Tale - "HEAPS"
SharpUgly Theatre - "The Ugly Hour"
Skylight Theatre - "The Jam Wagon"
The Other Way Works - "Bandstand"
Theatre Absolute/Naomi Said - "The Wedge"
Tin Box Theatre - "Not Known At This Address"
Untied Artists - "For Their Own Good"
(Full performance times will be announced closer to the festival).
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