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GIFT Festival Returns Bringing International Theatre to GatesheadDates: Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th May 2025Gateshead, UKGIFT: Gateshead International Festival of Theatre, North East England's premiere platform for contemporary theatre, returns this May with a vibrant programme of live performances, immersive installations, creative workshops and thought-provoking discussions. This year's festival promises a unique and unforgettable experience across Gateshead town centre and beyond. Experience international artists alongside local talents, forging a truly diverse and enriching experience.As Festival Founder and Director, Kate Craddock shares:"This year marks GIFT’s 15th edition as it returns from Friday 2 - Sunday 4 May, with a vibrant programme of creative workshops, exhibitions, immersive installations, new performance, and thought-provoking conversations.Celebrating exploration and exchange between artist and audience, GIFT brings together UK based and International artists to present world-class work to audiences in Gateshead."

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In this workshop we will work with ideas and material from Gillie Kleiman's project, friend.

Caedmon Hall at Gateshead Central Library

The GIFT Exchange 2023

The GIFT Exchange | Fri 28 - Sun 30 April 2023

Building on the rich conversations that started at GIFT last year, and our online GIFT Exchange in 2021, this year we return to the heart of Gateshead with a series of events about the notion of exchange.

PRESENTED AS PART OF THE GIFT EXCHANGE FESTIVAL 2023 Saturday 29 April | 10:30PM - 12:30PM (BST) | Caedmon Hall, Gateshead Central Library<h3>friends</h3>Location: Caedmon Hall, Gateshead Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4LN About event: In this workshop we will work with ideas and material from Gillie&#x27;s project, friend. friend is a performance for a non-professional dancer to present in their home to an audience of only their friends. The fixed score, made up of distinct components, comes together into a 30-minute choreography which playfully folds the performer and their performance into cultural history. Rather than asking the performers to talk about their lives, friend is a form of portraiture that allows the audience to see their dear one completely anew, invoking the strange potentialities of contemporary dance to tenderly invite the friends to see and be seen in a novel way. It involves iconic post-modern American dance performance Trio A, two versions of I Will Always Love You, karaoke, and a small but effective smoke machine. It is craftful, ridiculous, and very very friendly.In the workshop, we will build a version of friend that can suit us as individuals and as a group on the day. We will work with moving, speaking, resting and singing, though we can each choose how we do these different activities, including choosing which bits to do. Please come in clothes you feel good about moving in, including the possibility of lying on the floor if you think you might have the urge.Access requirements: If you have access requests please email giftfestival.info@gmail.co.uk to discuss your requirements.Ticket information: This year&#x27;s The GIFT Exchange festival is taking place in Gateshead and online providing digital and in-person spaces for us to come together and experience work and participate in workshop activities.Tickets are limited and Pay What You Decide. Our suggested guide ticket price is £10. Your donation helps support GIFT activity now and in the future.GIFT is a not for profit organisation with all donations going back into the company to help support artists to develop and present new work and the future life of GIFT. Recommended age rating: 14+Duration: 2 hoursLocation: Caedmon Hall, Gateshead Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4LNThe GIFT Exchange festival takes place from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 April 2023. For more information visit www.giftfestival.co.uk

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