Shows and Events
Scratch Night
Tuesday 11th 7.45pm
CASA Scratch Night is an annual competition that aims to find and support the most promising Latin American theatre makers who are based in the UK. Six companies each present a 10-15 minute work in progress of a new idea to a paying public and a panel of industry experts. At the end of the performance, while the jury retires to determine a winner, the audience give their feedback directly to the artists and we give everyone a free beer, thanks to our sponsors Cusqueña. The jury then return to announce which company or artist has won a grant of up to £5000 to develop their idea into a full-length show to be presented at CASA 2013. Now in its third year, CASA Scratch Night embodies our commitment to supporting new Latin American talent in the UK. Our first winner was Vicky Araico Casas whose Juana In A Million premiered at CASA 2011 and has just enjoyed a critically acclaimed Fringe First-winning run in Edinburgh this August. Last year's winners La Llorona premiere Private Thoughts in Public Spaces in the main festival programme this year.
Tuesday 11th: 7.45pm.
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Community Night
Monday 10th - from 6pm
CASA 2012 is delighted to present our very first Open CASA, a chance to celebrate both London's Latin American community arts scene with the amazing people who keep Latin American culture blossoming all year round. Join us as we open our doors and get ready for a night of the sounds, sights and flavours of London's vibrant Latin American community. There'll be a wealth of exciting activities on offer to watch and take part in including sizzling dance courtesy of the London School of Samba , Brazilian martial arts with Centro Cultural Senzala de Capoeira , dance theatre with Inka Expression and forum theatre with Luna Playback Theatre. And if that wasn't enough, there'll be some fantastic live music from London's favourite folklore band Cumbe and DJ Mr Boogie a.k.a The Vinyl Junkie (Soulsa/Shoreditch) and more! As a centerpiece for the night, leading arts activists Friction Arts will be joining us from Birmingham to put on one of their legendary community dinners. OPEN CASA is completely free but if you want to join us for the dinner, please bring a dish of your favourite food to share. We've said it before. We'll say it again. Our CASA is your CASA .
Monday 10th: From 6pm.
No ticket required
