CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-MONTRÉAL:

AUDITIONING FOR NEXT YEAR'S ANARCHIST THEATRE FESTIVAL:

To be or not to be in Montreal for next year's fourth annual Anarchist Theatre Festival. Got a play up your sleeve ? Looking for the adulation of the audience ? Think you have at least one great performance in you ? maybe the following is for you.

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WANTED: PLAYS FOR MONTREAL'S 4th Annual Anarchist Theatre Festival May 11-14, 2009:

Montreal's fourth annual International Anarchist Theatre Festival is seeking submissions of anarchist theatre pieces to be staged May 11 - 14th, 2009. We are looking for theatre pieces in English or French, from 5 to 60 minutes long, about anarchists, anarchist ideas and history, or any subject related to anarchism including anti-state, against capitalism, racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. We will consider plays or monologues that are original work, ones that have already been performed, or that have been written by anarchists (historical or contemporary).

---- In the past, the festival has staged work by members of The Living Theatre, The Bread & Puppet Theatre, Monique Surel, author of Au temps de l'anarchie, un théâtre du combat, Nicole Mourer, Norman Nawrocki, Joseph Shragge, etc. Last year's festival drew 400 people each night.

The festival is part of Montreal's annual Festival of Anarchy that leads up to the city's 10th annual Anarchist Bookfair, May 16 & 17, 2009, the largest anarchist event in North America.

All work performed is without remuneration. The Festival will provide publicity, an appropriate indoor venue, plus a guaranteed interested audience. All proceeds from ticket sales are used to cover event expenses and for staging future Festivals.

If interested, please send a synopsis, the script or script excerpts, a bio/resumé, a DVD or video (or link to on-line clips) of the piece, reviews of past work, your technical requirements, an artists' vision statement, and explain why your proposal would fit in the Festival. If you want your materials returned, please send a SASE envelope with sufficient funds for postage.

www.myspace.com/anarchisttheatre_montreal

DEADLINE:

NO LATER THAN January 1, 2009 to either: anarchistefestival@yahoo.ca

or, mail to:

@ Theatre Festival,

c/o S. Laplage,

6797, rue de Normanville,

Montréal, Quebec,

Canada,

H2S 2C2