Aberdeen Performing Arts: 84600 Seconds with Olive and Anya – Artist Call-out

Closing date: Mon 19 May 2025: 5pm

Aberdeen Performing Arts are looking for emerging performance-makers from the Northeast aged 18-30 who are keen to bring their creative itches to life and perform as part of Olive and Anya’s scratch night.

PSST! Do you have a burning itch to bring your ideas to life onstage? Introducing the scratch night to end all scratch nights – Olive and Anya’s Itch! An evening of imagination, innovation and experimentation, hosted by the medically professional performance duo Olive and Anya.

The project, 86400 Seconds with Olive and Anya, is a fast-paced performance-making challenge that invites local artist to join the duo in creating experimental new material from scratch in just 24 hours.

The opportunity is open to artists from any performance discipline; theatre, dance, spoken word, drag, poetry – you name it, they want it. Kicking off on the evening of Thu 12 June 2025 and spanning the following 24 hours until the Friday night Scratch Night, they’re offering a safe creative space to trial new ideas and collaborate with like-minded creatives.

There’s no need to have a pre-existing idea, workshops will respond to the festival theme ‘into the unknown’ and Olive and Anya will support participating artists through idea generation, development and presentation.

A full schedule for the 24-hour challenge can be accessed on our call-out page. You must be available on the evening of Thu 12 June through to the evening of Fri 13 June 2025 to participate.

If you’re interested in taking part in 86400 Seconds with Olive and Anya, please complete the short online form below. They may not be able to invite all applicants to participate and the selection will be based on offering to artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines.

The deadline for applications is Mon 19 May 2025, 11pm.

If you require any support in submitting a proposal, such as receiving the information in an alternative format, or you have any questions contact them via lightthebluefestival@aberdeenperformingarts.com or visit https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/call-outs/artist-call-out-light-the-blue-2025-olive-and-anyas-itch/.

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Closing date: Mon 19 May 2025: 5pm

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