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FUTURE LABORATORY,

a performing arts network connects artists and audiences to find the European narratives of tomorrow

Theatre of Youth is partner in the European Project ”Future Laboratory”, alongside other eleven theatres from Luxembourg, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, France, Germany, Great Britain, a project funded by ”Creative Europe” Programme. Theatre of Youth announces the international open call for artists from Romania, which was launched on www.futurelaboratory.eu

The call is open for emerging artists. Are considered „emerging artists” those who have a professional experience contained between 2 and 5 years, regardless of their age.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

A network of twelve European partners is launching Future Laboratory, a pilot project of research residencies on the topic of social inclusion throughout Europe. 15 emerging art- ists will be selected to conduct research in three residencies in three different cities and will benefit from a career development program including mentoring, masterclasses and concept idea for a production to an international network at the end of the Laboratory.

Who are we?

Twelve European performing arts institutions with a strong international component are working collaboratively in an exciting new partnership to discover the European narra- tives of tomorrow. Determined to better integrate marginalised, isolated and disengaged communities in their activities both on and off stage and acutely aware of the impact the pandemic has had on the next generation, the partners have set up an international research project to support the career and international development of emerging artists.

The twelve partners are:

Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Théâtre de Liège (Belgium)

Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa (Italy)

Conde Duque Centro de Cultura Contemporanea, Madrid (Spain)

Teatrul Tineretului, Piatra Neamt (Romania)

Teatro Municipal do Porto (Portugal)

Nowy Teatr, Warsaw (Poland)

Théâtre National de Strasbourg (France)

Cyclorama (France)

Staatstheater Mainz (Germany)

Comédie de Reims (France)

Queens Theatre Hornchurch (United Kingdom)

The project

Over the course of 30 months, 15 artists selected through an international open call launched on the website www.futurelaboratory.eu will be selected to participate in three research residencies in three partner institutions in three different cities. Each select- ed artist will be allocated a dedicated partner institution who will contract them for the duration of the project. Dedicated partner institutions will be from the country the artist is applying from or one of the other partners institutions from the network. Each host institution will offer the artists the opportunity to connect with local resources – research organizations, foundations, artists, members of their communities… – so they can explore the socio-political realities in each partner theatre and its cities. In each city, local mentors will act as facilitators, guides for the artists to make sure that they meet the objectives of the residencies and that they make the most efficient use of the available contacts and resources.

Each artist will see themselves allocated a project coach by their dedicated partner institution, who will guide them on their entire journey and work with them in between residencies, support their research as well as their learning and capacity building.

Throughout this project, partners will be seeking to work with a range of artists including those from underrepresented and underserved communities.

The overall objective for the artists is to formulate a project idea that matches their own artistic convictions and that will be the result of their research and experience.

This idea will emerge as they progress with their research and will be based on the most urgent issues they have identified around the larger theme of social inclusion and fed by new and missing narratives they feel need to be told on our stages tomorrow.

At the end of the project, the artists will have the opportunity to present their concept idea for a production to the partner institutions at a closing symposium.

What we expect from the artists

The artists must be available for 3 residencies in 3 different countries lasting 10 working days each (so two weeks in total) to take place between October 2022 and October 2024.

The artists must be available to attend the three masterclass events:

°   Launch Masterclass in Liege (between the 6 and 8 of October 2022),

°   Halfway Masterclass in Milano (3 days in the Fall of 2023, dates TBD),

°   Final Symposium in Luxembourg (one week in November 2024, dates TBD).

What we offer

​°   Three research residency periods in three different cities hosted by the partner institution of that city.

°   A project coach for each artist to provide mentoring in between residencies, support during the research process and guidance with the concept presentations for a production.

°   Three masterclass events with workshops and networking opportunities with the partner institutions

°   Financial support for their participation: lump sum fee or total salary for their research (preparation of the residencies, residency in 3 cities, follow up on the residencies), for a total amount of 11 580 euros, including all deductions and taxes, for a total

of 60 days of work.

°   The exact details and form of the contract between the individual artist and their dedicated partner institution that will support them will be determined according to the regulations of the partner institution’s country.

°   All expenses linked to travel for the three residencies (2 weeks each) and the three masterclass events (3 days each for the Launch and Halfway Masterclass, 1 week for the Final Symposium):

  • International travel with a strong preference for environmentally responsible means of travel , for a maximum of 6 trips,
  • Per-diems at a rate of 36 euros per day, for a maximum of 55 days,
  • Accommodation, for a maximum of 55

If you want to be part of this journey and participate in the Future Laboratory, please fill in this form to present yourself and your motivations for the project

Timeline of the call

Week of 25 April 2022: Launch of the call for applications online
20 May 2022: Deadline to apply
13 June 2022: Announcement of pre-selected artists
8 July 2022: Announcement of the selected artists

How your application will be assessed

The selection process will be in two phases.

1st phase – Pre-selection:

  1. You submit an online application
  2. The applications will be assessed by the 12 partners of the project. Each partner will constitute a selection panel composed of members from its permanent staff as well as professional experts.
  3. A total of 45 applications will be pre-selected for the second

The partners will inform the successful applicants if they have been preselected. At this stage, we will not be able to provide feedback to the artists that have not been preselected.

2nd phase – Final selection:

  1. You will be asked to provide additional information to complete your
  2. All the shortlisted applications (total of 45 applications) are sent to all the
  3. The 12 Future Laboratory partners select the 15 artists for the project. The final selection will include a range of artists from underrepresented and underserved communities.

We will select 10 artists from the EU countries of the participating institutions, 4 from any Creative Europe countries, 1 from the United Kingdom.

All artists that reached the 2nd phase will receive feedback.

  1. The partners will get in touch with the selected artists to inform them about

the next steps, including their participation to the Launch Masterclass in Théâtre de Liège between 6 and 8 October 2022.

What are the criteria
your application will be assessed on?

the criteria for the pre-selection phase of this call are as follows:

  • Understanding of the English language
  • Clear demonstration of interest or experience in research as part of the artistic process
  • Clear demonstration of interest or experience with audience development or community projects
  • Clear commitment to the issues of diversity and inclusion
  • Clearly formulated needs and objectives for the artist’s career development, both nationally and internationally

Important information about the call

  1. The call is open for emerging Are considered “emerging”, artists that have had between 2 and 5 years of professional experience, irrespective of their age. They may already have realised some projects in their own country but have so far had very little international experience.
  2. This project is designed to support individual Applications coming from collective of artists, associations, teams will not be accepted.

If selected, the same artist must follow all the steps of the projects.

  1. The project is open to all artists coming from or residing in the Creative Europe countries, plus the United Kingdom.

See the list of non-EU Participating Countries in the Creative Europe Programme on this link.

  1. The partners will meet in full the access requirements of any artist selected to be in the project.
  2. The working language in the project is English. Applying artists are asked to fill in the application in English.

During the course of the project, the partners will be able to arrange translations if needed.

  1. For people who are not able to provide written answers for the open questions, it is possible to answer by sending a video in answer to each question: One video per question for up to 2 minutes maximum each, in