Hay Festival Global unveils The Platform selection: 10 emerging artists to debut new work in Hay-on-Wye
Hay Festival Global unveils The Platform selection: 10 emerging artists to debut new work in Hay-on-Wye on Wednesday 29 May
Featuring London’s Paul Koloman Kaiba, Tayla Kenyon and Elliot Waloschek
Hay Festival Global has today unveiled the final selection for The Platform, an open call for creatives aged 21–28 to submit new work to be showcased in Hay-on-Wye, Wales.
Free tickets to The Platform events are available now at hayfestival.org/hay-on-wye
Supported by funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, The Platform is a brand-new initiative to promote, support and develop young creative talent.
Successful artists will share their work with audiences on Wednesday 29 May in the Festival’s central Exchange Marquee and across the Festival site, plus meet and network with established artists over a three-day visit.
Applications to The Platform were open to a range of art forms, including theatre, poetry, digital art, live arts, film, audio and literature, with a focus on bringing together a diverse and representative group of artists from across the UK.
The successful artists whose work will be featured this year include poet Bradley Taylor; writer and performer Emma Rogerson; theatre maker Grace Waga Glevey; writer and producer Martha Bird; writer and director Paul Koloman Kaiba; poet and film maker Elliot Waloschek; writer and editor Sabine Wilson-Patrick; spoken word artist Samuel Mansell aka DeSide; actor and playwright Tayla Kenyon; and theatre collective Harry Clayton-Lucey, Flynn Mchardy and Arthur Bickers aka Moving Feet.