MUCH Festival will take place between 26–28 April 2024 in Trafó House of Contemporary Arts in Budapest, Hungary. The three days will consist of contemporary circus performances, work in progress presentations, roundtable discussions and the MUCH MORE Showcase, a competition of submitted short-format circus acts.
MUCH Festival emerged to support artists in the field of contemporary circus in Central and Eastern Europe. The goal is to connect the scattered regional circus community in addition to building bridges between like-minded artists, professionals and festivals in the region.
The MUCH Festival will feature a showcase of circus acts of artists who are inspired to create longer format shows, but lack funding or professional support. A professional jury will select a project who receives More Grant.
Eligibility includes:
- Artists from Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, or Austria.
- Any individual, duo or group/collective of 1 to 3 performers
- A 30-minute-long circus piece (minimum)
- Emerging artists: no more than 3 creations developed as authors
Members of OneTwoMany will choose up to 12 projects to present a 3–8-minute act at the MUCH More Showcase on 28 April 2024.
The first prize of the festival is the More Grant, which will support the creation of a long-format show with:
- A year-long professional mentoring by OneTwoMany collective
- A residency at Inspiral Circus Centre in Budapest during summer 2024
- An opportunity to premier the ready show or a work in progress during MUCH 2025
- A prize of 2,500,000 HUF to support the creation, perform at MUCH Festival 2025 and perform 6 times at Sziget Festival 2025 at the open air stage at the Cirque du Sziget
Additional special prizes will also be given out to other competitors.
