Jury which consists of three persons, only the puppeteers with unquestionable achievements will award the statue of Grand Prix and Euro 2000,- for the best performance and two distinctions of total value Euro 2000,- for different artists. All interested in the festival should submit their applications till 31 October 2008 to the address of the Festival Office.
The presented performance should be a solo creation of puppetry art and ought to last approximately 45-120 minutes. The show must be played by oneself. Organisers admit and consider the possibility of the extra persons in the presented performance, as technical or musical assistant, maximum 2 persons.
All participants need to arrange their travel to Poland and also the transport of their equipment and have to cover the costs of it.
Puppeteers who will take part in the competition are obliged to attend at final gala performance of the festival.
Organisers will guarantee full accommodation to the participants and to their assistants who were mentioned in the application form, during the whole festival.
The Puppet Theatre "Arlekin" will pay a fee for a presented performance which will be calculated as the equivalence of Euro 800,- according to the rate of exchange of the National Polish Bank binding on the day of the payment of the honorary. The income tax will be deducted from fee according to Polish tax low.
The application should include:
1. APPLICATION FORM - File pdf,
APPLICATION FORM - File word
2.The promotion materials such as photos, programs, critical reviews, posters etc.
3. DVD or VHS cassette with the recording of full performance (obligatory).
4. Information about the performance and the artist, which in case of acceptance for the competition will be placed in festival materials.
Information about acceptance of performances will be send to all that have applied till 30 November 2008.
The International Festival of Solo Puppeteers
Office
The Puppet Theatre "Arlekin":
Al. 1-go Maja 2, 90-718 Łódź, Poland
tel./fax: +48 42 633 08 94, tel.: + 48 42 632 73 85, +48 42 633 66 70,
e-mail:
teatr@arlekin.lodz.pl
www: www.arlekin.lodz.pl