China Plate Seeks Submissions for 2017 First Bite Festival

Tomorrow (Thursday 10th) submissions are open for China Plate's First Bite Festival 2017. This festival of new theatre-making takes place in the Midlands, and for the first time will take place across three events: at Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester on 25th March, at Derby Theatre on 7th April, and at mac Birmingham on 22nd April.

The Festival will see regional theatre companies show work in progress, test new material and look for feedback to help them develop their shows. Three of the pieces seen across the First Bite events will be commissioned by the festival partners and guaranteed slots at Bite Size Festival at Warwick Arts Centre in October 2017.

Previous shows commissioned from the First Bite Festival include Caroline Horton's award-winning and Olivier Award-nominated You're Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy, which has toured since 2010 and viewed by over 10,000 people, Our Fathers by Babakas, which won critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013 and has toured internationally, and The Road to Huntsville by Stephanie Ridings, which was recently seen at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

China Plate is an independent theatre studio that works with artists, venues, festivals and funders to make original, exciting theatre that plays with form and has narrative at its heart. Launched by Ed Collier and Paul Warwick in 2006, the company is currently collaborating with Caroline Horton, Sarah Punshon, Rachel Bagshaw, Chris Thorpe, Contender Charlie, Dan Jones and Inspector Sands. China Plate are also Associate Producers at Warwick Arts Centre where they develop and commission new work, Artistic Associates at the New Wolsey Theatre where they are Directors of PULSE Festival, Programmers of New Directions (the NRTF showcase) and producers of innovative development programmes including The Darkroom and The Optimists (producer training).

For more information on how to apply, go to chinaplatetheatre.com/first-bite-bite-size. Follow on @youroldchina and at www.chinaplatetheatre.com.

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