Work Party for Cheats

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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Work Party for Cheats is a communal space for getting the stuff done that you just can’t get done.

Orbis Community West Street

Dates: Sun 4 May Times: 2pm - 4.15pm Duration: 2 hours 15mins Age guidance: TBC Pay What You Decide: £5 suggested donation Venue: Orbis Community West Street, Unit 9, Interchange Centre, West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1BH Work Party for Cheats is a communal space for getting the stuff done that you just can’t get done. In just over two hours we will endeavour to resolve as many unfinished tasks as we can, using all the skills and energy in the room to swap, steal and cheat our way out of our stuckness. Because doing other people’s work is easier than doing your own work, and collective satisfaction is better than individual smuggery.To take part, please bring with you an unfinished or unresolved task, along with anything you think might be useful in resolving it. Feel free to bring something even if you think it’s impossible to be solved by collective cheating.In previous Work Parties, participants have done the following tasks for each other: proofread, written budgets, written to pen pals, finished a painting, made a birthday card, given feedback on a novel, toilet trained a puppy, researched impenetrable jargon, shortlisted applications, come up with fundraising ideas, fixed a website, learned about human skin cells, and much more.“I want to come back and do it again and again and again” - Participant feedback. Artist biography: Art Business Ltd is an art business, project and performance by the Bristol-based artist [formerly known as Sole Trader] Rachael Clerke. Rachael makes artworks that sit somewhere on the edge of live art and community infrastructure; playful experiments about what real life might look like if we were less concerned with what real life ‘should’ look like.​​​Artist website: <a href="https://rachaelclerke.com/" title="https://rachaelclerke.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://rachaelclerke.com</a> ​Credits: Lead artist: Rachael Clerke Supported by: Development supported by Old Diorama Arts Centre.

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