Re-Staging Croydon

Mission

PolyVocalCity: Re-Staging Croydon will explore how we can use world-building and gaming practices to think about new narratives for the borough.

Through four dedicated sessions on choreography, sound, writing, and infrastructure we will explore strategies for achieving environmental and social justice in Croydon’s urban realm.

The cohort will create a shared space to explore new ideas for the future of Croydon’s Town Centre and public domain, giving participants agency and a shared stake in its reimagining. It will be delivered in partnership with locally based arts organisation Turf Projects and Croydon’s Placemaking Team.

Program

The cohort will participate in a seven-month curated program of workshops, talks, walks and activities led by our diverse network of collaborators including artists, activists, thinkers and urbanists. Participants will develop their thinking and practice through the co-production of knowledge, establishing a platform for sharing cross-disciplinary ideas on city-making.

Participants will be supported in co-producing a series of four zines and podcasts exploring how to enact social and environmental justice for Croydon. They will curate a two-day summer school and a three-day festival taking place at the end of the program.

Full program here

If you have any questions please read our FAQ or email cohort@theatrum-mundi.org

Eligibility 

We are interested in hearing from people with a broad range of perspectives on cities and culture from all disciplines and at all stages in their careers. We particularly welcome applicants based in Croydon from under-represented backgrounds – working class, migrant, diasporic, LGBTQIA, ethnic minority, neurodivergent and low-income. Diversity, in its broadest definition, will be the driving force behind the selection of applicants. 

All applicants must be able to commit to the whole program which will be conducted in person in Croydon. In addition, applicants should be able to commit sufficient time to develop activities for a two-day Summer School and three-day festival hosted in sites across Croydon in summer 2023.

Apply

Complete this form by 20th January 2023 

We welcome audio and video applications.  If you require any other assistance due to your access requirements, please get in touch with lou@theatrum-mundi.org.It is our responsibility to make the application process as accessible as possible.

Fees 

£290 – Student/Senior/Concessions (Unwaged / In receipt of Universal Credit / State Pension)

£350 – Professional

(Free) Mentee We will be offering 10 free places to Croydon locals. We want to ensure equitable access to our resources, so these spaces will be allocated to those from underrepresented groups (working class, migrant, diasporic, LGBTQIA, ethnic minority, neurodivergent and low-income backgrounds). If you are interested in applying, please outline your eligibility in the email application.