A selection of 10-new makers perform over 2-weekends. Presenting a variety of work that's political, savage, full-of change, sexuality, and synesthesia. Buy a pass and see them all!

In November 2012, the SPILL National Platform presented work from 46 artists / companies at SPILL Ipswich, out of which 10 selected artists, under the guidance of a team of mentors, have undertaken a 5 month critical path of professional development activities helping them to shape their final pieces for SPILL London.

The National Showcase artists are:
Elena Molinaro - a London based performance maker who has developed a rigorous body-based practice at the interface between live art and performance. Sat 13 April / 11-4pm (durational installation) / 12pm & 3:30pm (performances). Location: National Theatre Studio. More info here

Rosana Cade - a Glasgow based political artist whose solo practice is rooted in a queer discourse. She works with a range of people to create experimental performance that challenges perceptions of different sexualities and celebrates diversity. Sat 6 & Sun 7 April / 1pm-3pm, 4pm-6pm (30 minutes approx). One-to-one experience. Limited capacity. Location: Toynbee Studios. More info here

Jo Hellier - a Bristol based artist working within performance, video and audio to create immersive environments that she and the audience can engage with. Sun 7 April / 12pm, 1pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm (40 minutes approx). Location: Toynbee Studios. More info here

Season Butler - a London based artist currently reading a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, she celebrates the contemporary savage, interrogates the myth of the civilized man and attempts to discover how to be good through writing and performance. Sat 13 April / 6pm (30min approx). Location: National Theatre Studio. More info here

Selina Thompson – a Sheffield based performance maker with a background in theatre, she combines this with autobiographical stimuli to make performance and installations that are focused around the prospect of change. Sat 13 April / 11am-6pm (durational performance). Location: National Theatre Studio. More info here

Ruth Flynn - her work provides an insight into the mind through an investigation into emotions, movement, language, sound and the senses, by looking at depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Synesthesia and our overall behaviour in society. She uses her body as her material and art object, using her own personal experiences to express her ideas. Sat 6 April / 11am-2:15pm, 3:15pm-6pm (8-min, performance runs on loop through out the day). Location: Toynbee Studios. More info here

Tim Bromage – based in Cardiff his performances uses costume, illusion and song as a mode of symbolic demonstration that references the conflicts present within the human condition. Sat 6 April / 6pm (30 min approx). Location: Toynbee Studios. More info here

Madeleine Botet De Lacaze - an Argentinean artist who first came to London to study for her Masters in Performance Art.  Since starting to perform her work has changed completely, creating intimate performance pieces in which she engages with the audience in a mutual emotional transformation. Sun 7th April / 11am-1:30pm, 3pm-6:30pm - every 30-min (for 15 min approx). Location: Toynee Studios. More info here

Lucy Hutson – as an artist she concentrates on the things she is passionate about. She finds herself confused by society around her. Angered by capitalism and frustrated by gender politics, her work mirrors these sentiments and questions human nature and social order. Sat 6 April / 2:30pm (50 mins). Location: Toynbee Studios. More info here

Paul Easterbrook – his work is an exploration into the cultural politics of the body in relation to masculinity, male identity and class.  By exploring his own perception of self the artist attempts to interpret the many perceptions of masculinity he sees and portrays within a varied social existence. Sun 7 April / 3pm-6pm (durational performance). Location: Toynbee Studios (off-site). More into here

Generously supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and developed by Pacitti Company in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency, the National Platform and Showcase provide direct artist support for those at the beginning of their professional practice and who have only had a few opportunities to show their work publicly.

Robert Pacitti, Artistic Director of SPILL Festival of Performance says; “It is hugely important that emerging artists have a platform to present their work, not only to the public but to promoters and other individuals who could help them with their future careers.”

Shonagh Manson, Director of Jerwood Charitable Foundation says; “SPILL National Showcase artists are making work that is relevant; politically and personally charged.  We hope that the careful design of the Showcase critical path will help them to make the most of a valuable presentation opportunity, bolstering an awareness of context evidenced in their work with professional experience and networks for the future.”

The SPILL National Platform is the UK’s open submissions platform for emerging UK artists showcasing innovative, exciting and daring work across 5 key areas; Live Performance, Artists’ sound, Artists’ film and video, Installation, Digital, new technologies and are interested in the ‘experience’ or the ‘event’ of art and work with the ideas of ‘liveness’.

From 3rd – 14th April, the National Showcase will provide a fantastic opportunity for these ten artists to showcase their work to an audience made up of national and international promoters and artists, and members of the public.

Read the Run-Riot interview with SPILL artistic director Robert Pacitti here.