Newcastle’s Live Theatre is inviting applications for its 2019 Live Bursaries, which offer a £2,000 grant, dramaturgical and producing support, rehearsal / R&D space and a performance slot at the Elevator Festival 2020.
What Live is looking for are ideas which show innovative approaches to story-based theatre. These ideas must be original and suitable for theatrical production, story-led and complimentary to Live’s aims and current programming. Artists must provide evidence that they are able to see the project through to the end and it must be a new piece of work; anything that has been developed to full production elsewhere is ineligible.
Finally, it must be exciting and challenging in both content and form and give a platform to under-represented groups within the arts.
Submissions can come from individuals or companies and there is an expectation that the recipient artist or company will want to develop an artistic relationship with Live Theatre, so, although the focus is on the North East, applications from elsewhere in the UK will be considered. Submissions from outside the UK will not be considered.
The theatre is open to all ideas except adaptations, re-imaginings, children’s theatre, dance or circus work.
To apply, send a proposal outlining the project, the artists and the process of how you work, on one side of A4. You may also want to send images and video links of the idea or previous projects.
Proposals should be sent to [email protected] by Monday 22 April 2019.
Performances of last year’s Bursaries are currently taking place. See our news story about the 2019 Elevator Festival and our review of the first double bill this year.
More details, including a FAQ and details of last year’s winners are available on the Live Theatre web site.