producer & commissioner

Listen to my live BBC Radio London interview about DARE Festival 3 here:

The third annual DARE Festival took place at Shoreditch Town Hall from Thursday 25th to Saturday 27th October 2018 in The Ditch. We commissioned 12 artists/companies to develop new work for the festival and were supported through a four-month artist development programme of mentoring, peer support, sharings and producing and fundraising advice.

DARE 3’s festival theme was power, with all commissioned work relating to the theme in some way.

DARE Festival 3 was commissioned by Shoreditch Town Hall and supported by Arts Council England and Cockayne Grants for the Arts – The London Community Foundation.

DARE Festival is created and produced by Upstart Theatre.

Alongside the commissioned works were two installations, two panel discussions and one lighting talk.

DARE Festival 3 Artists & Shows
Thomas Ryalls – Can You See Into A Black Hole?
Rhiannon Brace – The Promised Land
Channie B – SURGE
Don’t be Absurd – SLUTS
Pink Freud Theatre – Fight. Flight. Freeze. Fuck
Emma Clark & PJ Stanley – Atlantic
Here Queer Productions – Here, Queer and Mentally Unclear
Paula Varjack, Luca Rutherford, Catriona James – The Baby Question
Rachel Gadsden – All At Sea
Natasha Hyman – Confession
Tom Mansfield – Republic
Change of Art Collective – Hear Here

UPSTART THEATRE FESTIVAL TEAM
Artistic Director: Tom Mansfield
Producer: Hannah Tookey
Stage Managers: Laura Haynes & Maria Gurevich
Front of House Manager: Thomas Wales

Photos by Lidia Crisafulli. Video by Rebecca Kenyon.