Funding Opportunity: Up to £60,000 for Outdoor Arts Projects
Without Walls UK has opened applications for its 2027 Creation and Touring Programme, supporting ambitious new outdoor arts projects by UK-based artists and companies.
Open to both emerging and established artists, including those new to outdoor arts, the programme is looking for innovative, tour-ready work across circus, dance, theatre, puppetry, installation and cross-disciplinary performance.
Selected projects can receive up to £60,000 in creation funding, alongside bespoke producer support, accessibility and sustainability training, and guaranteed touring opportunities across major UK festivals from May 2027.
The programme is especially interested in work that explores the climate emergency, family-focused or participatory experiences, creative accessibility, diverse-led practice, and new digital technologies.
A strong opportunity for artists ready to create bold public-facing work for outdoor spaces.
Calling all theatre-makers, writers and creatives!
Have an idea for a new theatre project? Riverside Studios’ R&D Autumn Season Callout is now open.
We’re offering selected artists a week of free rehearsal space to research, develop and test new work, with a sharing at the end of the week.
Successful applicants will also receive basic technical and marketing support, a dedicated dressing room, and 10% off food and drink at Riverside.
We’re particularly keen to hear from creatives who are currently underrepresented in theatre, with at least 50% of places allocated to Global Majority, LGBTQ+, working-class and disabled artists.
In Good Company, in partnership with Middle Child, is offering a £7,286 paid commission for a Midlands-based playwright to develop a new studio-scale play for production and future touring.
The selected writer will create a new scripted play of up to 70 minutes with a cast of up to four. The commission includes dramaturgical and writing mentorship from Middle Child, alongside development support from In Good Company.
The finished work will be produced by Middle Child and premiered in Hull and Derby in spring 2028, with additional touring supported across a network of Midlands partner venues.
This is a commission with full creative freedom, within the above parameters.
The opportunity is open to writers aged 18+ who are based in or have a strong connection to the Midlands, and who have at least one professionally presented theatre work.
Applications are particularly encouraged from writers who are D/deaf, disabled, from racially marginalised backgrounds, working class, LGBTQ+, or other underrepresented groups in the theatre industry.
Work In Theatre is an opportunity to explore, hear more about and take part in workshops about the hidden areas of theatre that people often do not know exist.
Through a variety of workshops, guest talks and practical opportunities, the group will explore areas of theatre which may include:
From Page to Stage – Directing
Audience & Outreach – Marketing
Running the Show – Stage Management
Technical Stagecraft
Character through Dress
Production Design Workshop and more!
Attendees will also see Wicked the Musical during the week on Wednesday 12th August 2026 at 2:30pm.
Bursary spaces available for those who may find price a barrier to accessing this workshop. Please email kitmiles@atgentertainment.com for more info on bursary and discounted spaces. For any further questions please email WestEndINSPIRE@atgentertainment.com
Delivered by SCRUM Theatre at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. Fresh Ink offers young people the chance to explore storytelling, build confidence, develop their communication skills, and express themselves creatively in a supportive and inclusive environment.
Over two weeks, 20 young people will work alongside professional playwrights and screenwriters, taking part in workshops and collaborative projects designed to help them develop their ideas and find their voice.
The programme will culminate in a showcase of original work celebrating the participants achievements.
Fresh Ink is committed to removing barriers to participation.
Introductory Session
18 July 2026
Summer Young Writers' Lab
17–29 August 2026
10:30am–4:00pm daily
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is the organisation that underpins the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Its core aims are to support participants, assist Fringe audiences and celebrate the Fringe and what it stands for all over the world.
As an open membership organisation, we're always looking for new and diverse voices to join the conversation and help shape the future of the Society.
Membership costs £5 a year to cover administration costs and members are responsible for electing the Board of Directors, adopting the accounts and appointing the auditors each year. By choosing to become a member of the Fringe Society, you play a significant role in one of the world’s most incredible arts festivals.
Membership to the Fringe Society is annual and runs for 12 months from the point at which you join. Before your membership expires we will remind you to renew your membership so you can continue to make a contribution to the Society.
The founding principle at the heart of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – to be an open-access arts event that welcomes anyone with a story to tell and a venue to host them – still guides the work of the Society today.
It’s our policy that no single individual or committee determines who can or cannot perform on the Fringe.
The Society was formed in 1958, in recognition of the fact that more and more performers were coming to Edinburgh despite not being included in the Edinburgh International Festival programme. Its earliest tasks included providing information to artists, publishing the Fringe Programme and creating a central box office. In 1969 the Society was incorporated as a limited company and its constitution published.
Unlike many other festivals, our constitution celebrates the fact that the Society does not vet the Fringe Programme. That means we have no artistic director and that the programme is shaped by the initiative and vision of performers willing to showcase their work here.
The Iskador Project is an artistic development opportunity for emerging theatre-makers to explore Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas through a structured introduction course at the Marylebone Theatre.
The programme introduces Steiner’s four plays, which draw on the medieval mystery tradition and explore themes of reincarnation and spiritual influence. They are used as a stimulus for contemporary theatre-making practice.
Selected participants will take part in four deep-reading sessions exploring the plays through:
The sessions are designed to engage with the texts on both a dramatic and practical level, supporting new ideas for theatre development.
Following the course, participants are invited to submit a proposal for a new work inspired by the material. One selected project will receive:
Applicants should submit a CV and cover letter outlining their practice and interest in the course by 31 July to ruby@marylebonetheatre.com
ThickSkin is delighted to announce the second year of the Jerwood Associate Artist post in our organisation. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join our team over a six-month period, working closely with ThickSkin’s Artistic Director, Neil Bettles, to support planning, rehearsals and performances for a range of projects.
Throughout this period, the Jerwood Associate Artist will also be supported to develop their own projects and ideas. Working from our fully equipped studio theatre – The Engine Room – in the heart of Wigan, you will be given resource, mentoring and producing support by the wider ThickSkin team.
We are looking for an artist who has previous touring experience; is confident leading devising tasks, including working with movement & physical theatre; and is enthusiastic about multi-disciplined approaches to theatre-making. The right person for this role will be a theatre director who draws on other disciplines in their practice, whether through text, movement, design or technology.
The Stage One Producer Placements offer aspiring producers the opportunity to work within an established production company or producing theatre. They are employed by the organisation for 12 months, learning the producer role through hands on training.
The producing trainee will play a key role within the busy producing department at the Royal Court, supporting all aspects of production. Co-line managed by the producers, they will work alongside and in support of the producing assistant, to provide value adding support on the delivery of productions, as well as the work of our New Writing and Participation Producer and Casting Associate.
Whilst you will work full time within the offices of the Royal Court, you will have consistent communication with Stage One, its staff network, as well as access to many additional Stage One training opportunities.
Want to have a go at Directing? We have an opportunity for you!
We're looking for directors to participate at our first Scratch Night, this July 13th at The Bread and Roses theatre (@breadandrosestheatre)
Each piece will be between 10 & 15 minutes, with 4 or fewer performers. Scripts will be performed Script-in-hand, with one online rehearsal, and one in-person rehearsal on the day. You must be available from midday on the 13th July to participate. We want to hear from anyone, regardless of experience, but especially those who are first-time and early career writers!
This is a profit-share opportunity at this stage. We are looking at alternative ways to fund these events in the future.
