Festival 2024
Applications open
Shows
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Festival 2023 took place on Friday the 21st and Saturday the 22nd of April. Across the two days we programmed 12 shows and 4 workshops. The full 2023 programme is available here. LiF 2023 archive
Post the event we asked partners, participants and audiences to reflect and contribute their thoughts on what worked well and areas for development. Based on this feedback, we have developed a number of things which have informed the festival in 2024. We recognise and thank people for their contribution and insight. We intend to continue to seek feedback to ensure that the festival meets and reflects the needs of the Merseyside and regional improvisation community. LiF 2023 |
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Aims of the festival
Artistic policyThe festival encourages innovation, risk taking and are inspired by those that do. The festival aims to create opportunity for those who create and teach improvised live performance at whatever stage of their career and across multiple art forms. In doing so we aim to educate, inspire and develop future audiences and performers of improvisation.
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Applications open - Workshop leader
Programming policy
We encourage new ideas, innovation, risk taking and are inspired by those that do. We aim to produce a varied programme which shares work from new / emerging and more established artists / companies across multiple art forms that generate work spontaneously.
The programming for LiF 2024 will be an equal split between application and project based work which is supported by the festival. We will host 13 shows plus an additional day of workshops. The dates for the festival will be Friday the 19th - Sunday the 21st of April and will hosted by our venue partner the Unity theatre plus LJMU drama dept.
All submissions are reviewed by an independent panel – recommendations are then made to the programming team from which we will endeavor to create an annual programme of work which is both new to our audiences and participants. Please click link to meet the team for 2024. LiF team
All applicants will be contacted one month after submission deadline.
The current financial offer to artists / companies / Workshop leaders:
The festival does not:
The Unity theatre has two fully equipped (lighting + sound) spaces. Both are end on:
The programming for LiF 2024 will be an equal split between application and project based work which is supported by the festival. We will host 13 shows plus an additional day of workshops. The dates for the festival will be Friday the 19th - Sunday the 21st of April and will hosted by our venue partner the Unity theatre plus LJMU drama dept.
All submissions are reviewed by an independent panel – recommendations are then made to the programming team from which we will endeavor to create an annual programme of work which is both new to our audiences and participants. Please click link to meet the team for 2024. LiF team
All applicants will be contacted one month after submission deadline.
The current financial offer to artists / companies / Workshop leaders:
- A small guarantee which covers expenses or a Split* which ever is greater
- *Split = 100% of the box office based on a 70/30 split with host partner + minus VAT and debit / credit card / PRS charges
The festival does not:
- Charge artists / companies / workshop leaders to apply,
- Does not take any money from the box office,
- Does not make profit to be distributed to shareholders.
The Unity theatre has two fully equipped (lighting + sound) spaces. Both are end on:
- Unity one - 150 seats - stage space is 15m x 15m
- Unity two - 88 seats - stage space is 15m x 10m
Application Forms:
- Application for shows have now closed. Thank you to those who have applied.
- Application for workshop leaders will go live on 15/09/2023 and will close on 15/11/2023. https://forms.gle/MtdDQpiCobjv8CQy8
- Application for the mixer team will go live in January 2024 and close in early February.
- Application for improvised film comp will be announced in January 2024.
The Unity Theatre |
Travel + Accommodation |
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The Unity Theatre is located on:
1 Hope Place, Liverpool, L1 9BG Home - Unity Theatre (unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk) 0151 709 4988 Box Office Opening Hours Unity is open to the public 2 hours before show start time You are able to contact our box office at the following times: Via Phone: Mon – Fri, 10am – 5pm In Venue: 2 hours before show start time You can book tickets for our shows 24/7 using our website. |
The Unity Theatre is a 15 minute walk from Lime street station (Mainline) and a ten minute walk from Central station (Merseyrail).
There are numerous small hotels within the area all of which are 5 minutes from the venue. There are numerous bars, coffee shops, cafes and restaurants near to the Unity theatre. There is on street pay & display parking around Hope Street. There are car parks on: – Renshaw Street (8 min walk) – Hanover Street (15 min walk) – Mount Pleasant (10 min walk) – Duke Street (10 min walk) – Lime Street Station (15 min walk) Please note that between 8am & 6pm it is residents only parking on Hope Place. |
