Apr 30 2009

London: Rachel Clare

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Rachel Clare, Producer and Artistic Director of Crying Out Loud.

Rachel Clare established Crying Out Loud in 2001 as a new company to produce and tour dynamic new performance with the help of a Producers Bursary from Arts Council London. Previously she was instrumental in trail blaizing the role of the freelance creative producer and developed a new way of thinking about programming by combining and producing work across many art-forms for any location on any scale.

She has worked with a vast number of artists in UK and overseas combining circus, theatre, dance and visual arts in performance. Her main achievements before and alongside Crying Out Loud include: The Great Outdoors festival 1992-99 at SBC; the Easter Delirium season at the QEH; The Catch at Lyric Hammersmith 2000-05; Free Time at Somerset House; Circus Programming Associate at The Roundhouse 2005-07 and curator for Manchester International Festival’s The Great Indoors 2007 and 2009.

Crying Out Loud is about to launch City Circ, a new network of inner and outer London venues, an ‘alliance’ for contemporary Circus Arts in London. This will include a ‘curated’ season from April to August across London to firmly establish circus in theatres across the capital.

COL continues to develop the regional touring circuit of mid and large scale venues and is also a lead partner on a cross channel project to tour and produce new Anglo/Franco circus performance work between northern France and southern England. Rachel is also a member of the European Informal Circus Network now part of Circostrada since 2001.

Rachel talked about her work with Crying Out Loud and her role of producer in the sector, below are a couple of bullet points about her presentation:

  • In the work of Crying Out Loud she is trying to re-invent how to work with artists and venue partners
  • There is only one Circus critic and this is Liz Arratoon from The Stage , the lack of informed critical opinion is a problem for the sector, which Circostrada are looking to find a solution by providing training to Theatre critics (Lyn Gardner has been invited to the Circostrada meeting as a result of the London event)
  • There should be a focus on collaboration and partnership in the sector, and development centres for work and emerging companies
  • For more information please visit Crying Out Loud and City Circ websites.

    Were you at the London event? Have you seen the work of Crying Out Loud or attended City Circ?

    Please use this posts or any related posts to make comments generally or about the event, speakers and themes that emerged…make it a place for discussion!


    Apr 15 2009

    What’s On: City Circ!

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    City Circ is London’s New Season for Theatre & Contemporary Circus produced by Crying Out Loud!

    In the words of Pam Vision and Rachel Clare from Crying Out Loud:

    “Crying Out Loud is proud to introduce City Circ - London venues bringing the best and most original circus theatre to audiences, from April to August 2009.

    From Highgate to Hammersmith, Barking to Barnet and Wimbledon to Waterloo, presenting shows for adults, children and anyone who thinks they don’t like circus. Our best home-grown companies perform alongside some of Europe’s most inventive artists.

    Circus is changing. No longer only in tents in muddy fields, today’s circus is an ambitious one - bringing together extraordinary creativity by combining astounding skill with theatre, opera, digital technologies, live music and dance.

    City Circ invites you to enjoy the amazing range of work in our theatres and make London a great capital for circus.”

    There is something for everyone and to view the programme please click here.