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Last Chance in Poznan – the European Festival Association Atelier
The VAULT Festival caravanserai is well and truly rolling now, and I’ve come back from Poznan full of energy to make VAULT 2015 the fieriest, fiercest and fullest festival London’s ever seen.
I was selected to join 40 Festival Directors from around the world last week for the Atelier for Young Festival Directors (click to find out more). We learned from the absolute royalty of Festival-makers, including Mark Ball, Nele Hertling (click to read my blog) and Robyn Archer, about the entire cosmos of arts festivals.
The job of a Festival Director is to engage a temporary city in a temporary thrill, to make a lightning bolt of conversation, and to sharpen the cutting edge of that conversation against the grind of people’s lives.
That’s what VAULT is for. It will change you. It will listen to you. It will frighten you. It will boggle you. It is The Zahir.
In two editions, VAULT has gone from a twinkle in the HAC eye to a titan in London’s calendar, attracting 22,000 guests in 2014 – and next year, with our collectors eye for the bizarre and the beautiful, we’ll be bringing more of the nation’s finest young artists to new audiences here in the capital.
We do have a mission. It’s about equality and honesty, above all else, and then it’s about people. And that’s clear in the way we’ve built the festival, and the way we try to treat people who work with us or who engage with our work. It’s our most exciting project. Please don’t miss it.
Earlier Posts
VAULT 2016 Comes To An End
March arrives, another VAULT Festival comes to an end with a celebration.
After six weeks of eclectic performances, VAULT Festival 2016 closed on Sunday 6th March, after our most successful year yet with 45,000 in attendance over the six weeks. Highlights were celebrated with VAULT Festival Awards for shows such as ‘Skin A Cat’, ‘The Vanishing Man’, ‘Orator’ and many others.
read moreThe People’s Festival: VAULT 2016
We want VAULT Festival to be the people’s festival. For six weeks, join this carnival of experience, filled with entertainment and around every corner an unexpected adventure. From hard-hitting drama to outrageous comedy, from dance to late-night parties, VAULT takes in the bravest and best of the next generation of creators.
read moreLast Chance in Poznan – the European Festival Association Atelier
The VAULT Festival caravanserai is well and truly rolling now, and I’ve come back from Poznan full of energy to make VAULT 2015 the fieriest, fiercest and fullest festival London’s ever seen.
read more