A scratch night of Creative Kindling, a multi-form arts initiative, where local performers and creatives test new live-performance ideas in front of an audience.
Creative Kindling returns to Salisbury Arts Centre on Friday 5 March, starting at 7:00pm. It's a scratch night, which means the evening is built around new work being tested out in front of a live audience for the first time. The performers on the bill are local creatives, and the material they're bringing is exactly what the name suggests: early-stage ideas that are still being worked on.
Because it's a scratch night, you'll see a real mix of forms in one sitting. It's not just one thing — it could be a new play, a dance piece, performance poetry, film, or multi-form work that blends a few of those together. The point is to give local artists a space to get their work on its feet and take home feedback, so you're seeing things at the stage where they're still being shaped.
Behind the initiative are Sam Holland-Bunyan and Dan Avery. Holland-Bunyan is an award-winning director and writer whose company, The Hungry Actors, works with physical performance alongside text; she also runs Hinterland, a production company that provides a platform for female creatives. Avery is a Wiltshire-based actor, director and facilitator who received an honorary mention for Outstanding Performance at the 2018 Minack Awards. Between them, they've got a good handle on the different ways a piece of live performance can be put together, which fits the multi-form nature of the night.
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It's a local night, so the performers are from around here, and the work is being tested right here in Salisbury. If you're into seeing new things before they're fully polished, this is exactly that. It runs on Friday 5 March at Salisbury Arts Centre, starting at 7:00pm.
