Creative Kindling is a multi-form arts initiative providing space to experiment, try out and test new ideas for live performance. At our scratch night you might find new plays, dance, performance poetry, film or multi-form pieces from local performers and creatives.

We will be kicking off with a scratch night on the theme 'VIRAL' in October at Salisbury Arts Centre. Be an active audience, share your thoughts on the work or just enjoy.

Are you a creative?

Creative Kindling scratch night will act as a platform to try out experimental ideas, test them in front of an audience and gain feedback to gauge their potential for further development. With support and input from the Creative Kindling team to present your work to an audience perhaps for the first time.

Any artists interested in the project are invited to submit an expression of interest to info@hinterlandarts.org or via this form.

Led by local artists at Salisbury Arts Centre – take the space to experiment, play, gain feedback and gauge potential for future development of work for performance.

About the organisers

Sam Holland-Bunyan is an award-winning director experienced in developing new writing and new work for performance as a director, actor and writer (incl. Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and Royal Court, Gate and Hampstead in London). Her company The Hungry Actors created devised collaborative work focusing on physical performance alongside text-based work and her theatre and film production company Hinterland provides a platform for female creatives in the mid phase of their lives. She continues to develop new work for performance at City Academy, Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre and Xikanda Arts and as a freelance practitioner.

Dan Avery is a Wiltshire-based actor, director, facilitator and creative practitioner with a strong track record in new writing, scratch performance and original live work. He has worked alongside writers, theatre-makers and companies to develop, produce, direct and perform new pieces for festivals and performance platforms, and is committed to creating opportunities for artists to test ideas and share work in progress in front of an audience. He received an honorary mention for Outstanding Performance at the 2018 Minack Awards. Alongside his theatre practice, Dan has extensive experience in youth arts tuition and applied performance.