24 hours, a job and some news!

24 Hour Challenge in a challenging time…

SAVE THE DATE AND LET US KNOW

November 7–8 2020 

A long night, your new creation

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We’re not sure what the COVID situation will be, but we’ll find a way.And we’re curious about what you’d most like to be retained. Is the hotel the thing? The pressure of the showing? The solidarity of the team? The soup?

Let us know you’re interested and your desires and needs for a creative night.

Give an email or click here: nakaitheatre.com/24hours

Fee and hotel situation to be determined as we get closer, but we’d like to do it for the same range (100 bucks.)


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Hiring! Local Producer for the Pivot Festival  (January 19-30)

The 2021 Pivot Festival is going to be different. A mix of in-person and online, outside and inside, on-fire and not on-fire. 

We’re looking for an organized and outgoing person to join the Nakai team from November through February. You’ll be working with Zach McCann-Armitage and Jacob Zimmer along with local artists, partners, venues and folks from away over the internet. 

Comfort with computers, internet, phone calls, driving in the winter and theatre production are all assets.

For the full listing click here: nakaitheatre.com/employment 

Schedule and rate:  $2500 contract for estimated 100 hours. Adaptable.

Festival dates: January 11-30, 2021

Contract: November 1, 2020 - Feb 5th, 2021 

Application Deadline: October 5th, 2020


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Staff changes

We’re delighted to announce Zach McCann-Armitage as interim Managing Producer of Nakai. Zach has been working with Nakai for almost two years as an Associate Producer and Office Manager as well as producing the 2020 Pivot Festival (pictured above.)

Jenna is heading back to Ontario for an undetermined amount of time to see family, deal with a storage unit and other good life things. She will continue to work with Nakai as a Consulting Associate.

Zach can be reached at zach@nakaitheatre.com and Jenna will keep her jenna@nakaitheatre.com address and we all see gm@nakaitheatre.com

Please update communications and the like.

We’ve got more exciting partnerships and programs coming up in the next years that we look forward to sharing with you. 

OH, AND ON SATURDAY, the Puppets are coming out for the Midnight Sun Moppets Children’s Festival. We’ll be joining the parade starting at the Old Fire Hall at noon and making our way  to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.

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