Torino Fringe Festival 2024

This call to take part in the Torino Fringe Festival 12,
that will take place between 17 may and 2 June, is already open. You can send us your proposals for theatre, audiovisual, performance, music, dance, circus, stand-up comedy, or any other performance genius that comes to mind up until 30 October 2023.
To apply for this call you must consult these guidelines, sign up to portal.tofringe.it and complete the application form with the dates of your proposed activity. Links can be found below.

www.tofringe.it/call-2024-eng/

✏️DEADLINE: Monday, 30th October 2023

1️⃣ Consult the guidelines at www.tofringe.it/call-2024-eng/

2️⃣ Log-In or Register

3️⃣ Fill the form with the dates of your proposed activity

#torinofringefestival2024 #tofringe24
 

Torino Fringe is a multidisciplinary performing arts festival involving the entire region of Piedmont, a national and international showcase and reference point for off-theatre. Created in 2013 in the wake of the great European fringe festivals, it has so far involved over 300 Italian and international companies, with a total of over 2.000 performances in 70 indoor venues in Turin and 35 outdoor venues, and over 100.000 spectators.

The Festival has always worked to improve the enjoyment of culture linked to live shows and to improve the quality of art shows in the performing arts scene, developing a new way of doing culture characterised by a mixture of diverse cultural genres and the languages of contemporary creativity.

The artistic direction of the Festival - defines the programme of the Festival using a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach based on the dialogue between different art forms and the dissemination of live performances. 

To support the distribution of the shows, the Fringe in Rete project was launched in 2019: cultural workers and artistic directors from all over Italy attend the performances and shows of the Festival, meet the artists and are committed to finding agreements with the selected companies to circulate their shows. The network aims at promoting opportunities for professional growth and creating occasions to meet, exchange experiences and learn. The Festival also includes opportunities for debate and discussion for the artists and the audience: the program offers thematic conferences and workshops with experts, as well as professional meetings. 

The twelfth edition of the Festival will take place from 17 May to 2 June 2024. The shows for the twelfth edition will be selected with this call. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION 

The Festival is open to individual artists or companies of any nationality, who can participate with shows in any language, both new and already staged. All genres of live shows are eligible for participation. 

Only professional artists and companies meeting the ex-ENPALS (in any case hired according to current EU legislation) compliance requirements can be accepted. 

Each artist/company may submit only one application: in case of multiple applications, all applications will be considered ineligible. 

The artistic direction will select the shows among the received applications according to artistic value and technical-logistical criteria. With the participation it is requested to the selected artists/companies that the show used for the application at the Festival won’t be performed in any municipality of the Turin Metropolitan Area in the period prior the Festival, meaning before January 2024. 

The proposed shows must fall into one of the following categories: 

1. INDOOR  

Shows available for 6 consecutive days, suitable for indoor venues, belonging to all genres (the online form contains the full list of genres) can apply for the INDOOR category. 

At the application stage, it should be indicated whether, at the start date of the Festival, the show is a debut. 

The selected shows will be performed for 6 consecutive days - from Tuesday to Sunday (on 21-26 May or 28 May to 02 June 2024) at a time between 19.00 and 23.00.

2. OUTDOOR/SITE SPECIFIC

For the OUTDOOR category, applications can be submitted for shows or performances, including itinerant or outdoor ones that are suitable for open spaces. They can belong to all genres (a complete list of genres can be found in the online form), and artists/companies must be available for 1 to 3 performances during the Festival programme dates. 

The objective of the outdoor section/category is to promote street art, street performances and any form of art that is performed in public spaces, and show the impact it has on urban spaces from all perspectives - urban, architectural, social - with an approach that captures every aspect and every form of such art.  

3. SPECIAL/OTHER

It is possible to submit an artistic project that does not belong to the aforementioned categories to be evaluated by the artistic director who reserves the right to contact the artist / company to include the project in the Festival program.
 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Each company/artist can only enter with one show. 

The application requires the compilation in all its part of the following ONLINE FORM available at https://portal.tofringe.it/event/accreditamento/?call=CALL2024 duly filled out in full by 30 October 2023. All applications received after this date will not be accepted. 

In order to apply, applicants are required to submit the full video of the show through an online platform of choice (such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc). Videos sent in any other way will not be accepted. 

The artistic direction reserves the right to select some debut shows. In the case of a debut, applicants are required to send a video presentation of the company and of the artistic project of the show, using the same channels as indicated above. 

The candidature for the Torino Fringe Festival requires a registration fee of €15.00 for secretarial expenses. 

The payment of the registration fee can be made using the payment methods indicated in the registration form.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The artistic direction will select the shows among the received applications according to artistic value and technical-logistical criteria. 

From 4 December 2023, the selected companies/artists will be contacted to define the details of their participation and to sign a contract. 

Non-selected artists/companies will also be informed of the outcome of the call. 

Any communication will be sent to the email address indicated in the form.
 

TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

Due to the nature of the Festival, which takes place in non-conventional locations and not strictly theatrical with reduced scenic space it should be noted that the performances must have a simplified technical sheet. 

Each artist / company must submit a technical sheet of the show, detailed in all its parts, any request and / or need of a technical and / or scenic nature not present in the card will not be taken into consideration.

Once selected, the company / artist will be assigned an exhibition venue and the technical sheet of the show will be agreed with the technical direction of the festival, based on the nature of the assigned space and the basic technical needs of the show.

Each artist / company will have the stage space available for a maximum of 4 hours on the day before the first show for the pre-setting of the show and any rehearsals. During the reruns of the show, the assembly and disassembly times must have a maximum duration of 30 minutes, to facilitate the change of stage between one company and another.

The Torino Fringe Festival guarantees for each location a minimum technical equipment, including an audio system suitable for the space and basic lighting system, as well as the supervision of a technical representative of the Festival. 

The companies / artists can integrate the technical set-up of the space assigned to them with their own material, while ensuring compliance with safety regulations and in accordance with the technical direction of the Festival.

Each company must have its own technical manager on site, who will follow the installation, dismantling and execution of the show for the entire duration of the encore performances. 

On request, the Festival may provide an on-site technician to set-up/execution of the show. The fee for the work of this technician shall be paid by the company/artist.

HOSPITALITY AND TRAVEL

Travel and food expenses shall be paid by the companies/artists. Torino Fringe can recommend affiliated structures. Including in the case of affiliated structures, the booking and expenses are the responsibility of the companies/artists.

The organization of the Festival reserves the right to propose to companies that will need hospitality the formula OSPITA UN ARTISTA (HOST AN ARTIST). So, artists can be hosted for free in the private homes of citizens participating in the project.

DISCLAIMER

Torino Fringe Festival has the right to disseminate information on the event through television and radio, photos and the Internet. By participating in the call, each applicant authorizes the recording, broadcasting and any form of dissemination of images and audio-visual materials on their show, with no space and/or time limitation and without having the right to claim anything from Torino Fringe Festival or any public or private broadcasters or collaborators.

PROMOTIONS

The Festival and the contractual terms offered to the companies provide for the same promotional coverage by Torino Fringe Festival for all the selected companies and artists. To ensure the success of the event, each selected company and/or artist is required to carry out targeted promotional work through their own communication channels, before and during the event.