Thespians, poets and avatars! Lend out your voices!

Sunday August 25th will see the third annual Bard on the Virtual Beach festival take place at Nowhereville Beach, starting at noon SLT, and there is an open call for performers to take to the stage and be a part of proceedings. If there is a high enough response, the event may be extended to include the afternoon of Saturday August 24th.

Bard on the Virtual Beach is a celebration of the works of William Shakespeare in an informal beachfront setting – a kind of sun, sand and sonnets, you might say. Performers are invited to present, in voice, scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, monologues and  / or sonnets which meet the following requirements:

• A presentation should be no shorter that five minutes and no longer than 12 minutes although minor fluctuations might be negotiated in exceptional circumstances). Performers are asked to submit a specified length of their presented pieces in advance of the festival and to be realistic in their timings
• A single presentation may be solo, or include a scene with multiple actors
• Performers may participate in more than one selection under these conditions: a limit of two selections per day, three in total (subject to programme review)
• Selections will not be repeated from one day to the next, so that each session will be unique.

Do please note that the setting for the festival is informal – there will be no sets, although there will be a stage with some items of furniture and a functional balcony level. Performers are asked to submit any specific requirements, stage-wise, with their application to perform.

How To Apply

Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower by the end of the virtual day on Monday, August 12th.  Include your name, the piece or pieces you would like to present, approximate length of the performance slot you need, and whether this is a solo performance or a presentation by a group of performers.  You may also email your application information to Caledonia at thedede@comcast.net

Details and schedule drafts will be managed through the StoryFest Events Group (if you are bringing a scene you will need to designate one from your company to be your captain & join that group temporarily to assist in communication/logistics) and through the StoryFest Blog.