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Ulster Kama Sutra Puppet Project

 

Terra Nova Productions has secured limited development money from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, via the National Lottery, for the Ulster Kama Sutra, an adult puppet piece that aims to channel elements of “Creature Comforts” and “Avenue Q” as well as the ancient Indian text to create original theatre.  

Earlier this year Terra Nova completed an installation and gathered 6+ hours of intimate interviews with the general public in our “Foxy Box of Thoughts” as part of the University of Ulster’s Festival of Art and Design in June 2011.  Phase two of the project will take place Feb-May 2012.  Following discussions with Sean Kelly we now expect to be part of the Belfast Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, 3-13 May 2012.

The Terra Nova Board and Artistic Director will be pulling together the artistic team for Phase 2 in January 2012.  We are very interested in hearing from people who would like to be involved.  We are looking for:

  • Three professional actors able to cope easily with a range of Northern Irish accents, with excellent comedy skills and training or experience in devising. Some experience with puppetry would be a plus.
  • A professional actor with strong comedy and devising skills and an excellent understanding of Hindu culture – an ability to speak any of the principal languages of the subcontinent and/or experience of puppetry would be a plus.
  • A DJ or Composer with performance ability with a strong interest in world music, preferably music of the Indian subcontinent, Irish traditional and emerging Northern Irish bands.
  • Two/three professional puppet makers with a proven track record in developing new work, and an interest in world puppetry and in developing the skills of our professional acting team.

TNP is not currently core funded, and will offer participants a single fee to cover: preliminary discussions, one week of devising in Belfast & 4-6 “scratch” performances in Phase Two. Interested parties should send a letter highlighting how their skills fit the brief and a CV is available to: terranovaproductions@yahoo.co.uk (subject heading UKS Phase 2) or 101 Park Avenue, Belfast BT4 1JJ (attention UKS Phase 2).  Details of fees offered and the interview/audition process will be made available in January.