STANDBY
for the announcement of the KXT24 Step up Team
- 2024 call out now closed -
young, lively and imbued with a feeling of magic - concrete playground
The bAKEHOUSE Step Up program is a bespoke mentoring program connecting emerging artists; providing pathways and opportunities; and nurturing new work. In 2023 the bAKEHOUSE Step up Mentoring program went on hiatus while we built KXT on Broadway.
We are excited to be relaunching this program in 2024.
Since opening we’ve been excited to welcome in early-stage directors, actors, producers, writers, designers, operators and to champion their work. We love the fearlessness of youth, the ambition and passion that drives them headlong into risky and dangerous work. The drive to succeed and the willingness to fail. Some of the best bAKEHOUSE work has been bold, brave, ambitious. Occasionally flawed. Sometimes not. But we’ve been able to hone our craft because someone somewhere took a chance on us.
Someone said Yes.
There have been a lot of No’s. We pitched The Laden Table and Jatinga to all the venues and companies over three years, and they all said No. We took a world premiere script by an award winning living Australian legend to some of Sydney’s most accessible curated seasons and they didn’t like it *Dresden by Justin Fleming finally played a sold out season at KXT in June 2018. We were long listed for multiple seasons, and short listed for others and went to the meetings and wrote the submissions and they still said No. Sometimes we were invited in. For about 6 years we didn’t have enough experience. Then we'd been around too long. Then the work was too ambitious. The teams untried. The ideas too big. Or risky.
But we got enough Yes’s to make it work. To make the work.
Step Up is about saying YES. It’s about more than taking a risk - it’s about investing in risk. It’s about connecting people and communities, and seeing art emerge.
every KXT work in some way pushes forward the Sydney arts scene - its an opportunity for artists to experiment and create, and its a chance for the audience to see where our local performance culture is headed”
— Cassie Tongue, Time Out Sydney
APPLICATIONS
FOR THE 2024 STEP UP PROGRAM
ARE NOW CLOSED
WHO: there are no age or experience restrictions. Selection is based on what the bAKEHOUSE team is able to offer an applicant. If we think we can support you in positive and practical ways, then we’ll ask to meet up for a chat. Please note that we are a small team and there is a limit to how many meetings we are able to hold! So, take some time with your application and let us know all about you, your work, and your plans.
WHAT: like all bAKEHOUSE call outs we’re keeping it super simple
email: bakehousetheatrecompany@gmail.com
subject line: KXT2024 Step Up Application | your name here
with: a brief message in the email, and an attached single page word doc that gives us a rundown of your experience; training; current practice; ambitions note that this doesn't have to be a long list! It's not necessary to have done everything everywhere yet, we'd like to support you with that
tell us: what shows you’ve seen at KXT and why you thought they were the best thing ever! we want to know why you’d like to be a part of the Step Up program
add in: links. to your work, your website, reviews. Maximum of 3
please: no other attachments
don’t forget: we’ll need your name; age; best phone contact
handy hint: we’re fine with lists
got that all together? Great! Email it to the above account by
midnight on MONDAY 01 MARCH*
*oops - bit of a typo here… so to be fair we’re taking apps right up to Monday 04 March
we’ll be in touch in the first week of March with next steps
IMPORTANT:
All applicants are to be available for an in-person meeting in the week of 11 - 17 March
not everyone will be invited to meet up, but we will be in touch with everyone
All applicants are to be available for an additional meeting on the evening of Monday 25 March