There are 3 performer roles currently available for our upcoming project Church Street Goes Wild:

 

Project Description

We are currently looking for three skilled, London based, physical theatre performers who are interested in collaborating on a physical theatre project called Church Street Goes Wild, produced by The Cockpit, as part of Inside Out, Westminster’s free outdoor arts festival.

Church Street Goes Wild aims to facilitate time and space for people to get creative, have fun, and reflect on their connection to nature. The first part of the project is to design an outdoor art installation/set design, that can be easily made by members of the public and the creative team, as if nature were reclaiming the Church Street Triangle. Then on 3 consecutive Sundays in August we are hosting making days outside in the Church Street Triangle (in the foyer of The Cockpit theatre if there is bad weather). We will set up tables, provide materials and simple instructions for anyone passing by to join in creating and constructing parts of the installation e.g. plants, animals and fungi using arts and crafts. And we still start to fill the triangle with our community made art installation. Each Sunday it will grow and take over more of the space and we will clear it away at the end of the day.

For the second part of the project, commencing the week of the 17th August, we will work with a new music composition and 3 performers to create a 15-30 minute physical theatre piece to be performed in the full installation on Sunday 23rd August.

Key Project Dates

Sunday 2nd August - 1st Making Day*

w/c 3rd August - Performer auditions

Sunday 9th August - 2nd Making Day*

Sunday 16th August - 3rd Making Day*

Tuesday 18th August - Rehearsals 10:00 - 18:00 at The Cockpit

Wednesday 19th - Rehearsals 10:00 - 18:00 at The Cockpit

Thursday 20th - Rehearsals 10:00 - 18:00 at The Cockpit

Friday 21st August - Rehearsals 10:00 - 18:00 at The Cockpit

Saturday 22nd August - Tech 10:00 - 18:00 at The Church Street Triangle

Sunday 23rd August - Show Day 10:00 - 14:00 at The Church Street Triangle (One performance at 12:00)

 *performers not required

Location

Rehearsals - The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London, NW8 8EH

Tech and Show Day - The Church Street Triangle, near The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London, NW8 8EH

Creative Team

Director - Francesca Tennant

Lead Artist / Set Designer - Khaoula B. Karaweigh

Lead Facilitator - Sam Haynes

Composer - Paula James

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Role Requirements

We are looking for skilled physical theatre performers to devise and perform a 15-30 minute physical theatre performance to take place in a community made public art installation the week commencing the 17th August. We are particularly interested in performers with experience of devising, puppetry and/or dance.

Essential requirements:

- at least 2 years of experience working and performing professionally
- experience devising
- comfortable working fast
- enjoys working collaboratively
- based in London

Desirable requirements:

- based in or have a connection to the borough of The City of Westminster, London
- experience working with or an interest in puppetry
- experience working on outdoor projects

Fee
£601.00 fixed fee
(ITC / Equity 2026 Rate)

Contract
Freelance

Expected Working Hours
No more than 7 hrs a day (8hrs including a 1hr lunchbreak), for 6 days.

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How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a self-tape (details below) to francescathecockpit.org.uk by 10:00 on Friday 31st July.

Self-tape:

- Introduce yourself
- Improvise or loosely devise, using yourself and any objects around you, no more than 1 minute of material, depicting one of your favourite species of UK resident flora, fauna or funga, without text. Please make sure we can see your whole body. It does not need to be filmed in a studio, whatever space you have will be great.

And please fill out our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

Auditions for shortlisted candidates will be held in person, at The Cockpit, during the w/c 3rd August.

The Cockpit welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourages applications from those currently underrepresented within the cultural sector.

If you have any questions, please email francescathecockpit.org.uk