The always reliable Bec Clarke created a brilliant note on Facebook yesterday which I feel compelled to cut and paste for all of you who haven't quite caught up with the rest of us twitterbug facers.
It is a comprehensive list of nearly every possible workshop program, support service and funding source for playwriting for NSW residents. It's rather quite impressive when you look at it from head to toe, but the gaps between writing and staging are pretty clear.
So here is the list in its entirety with an addition of the Performance Space and Griffin Theatre Company residency opportunities. If you can think of anything missed, leave it in the comments.
2009 Playwriting Workshops, Programs and Funding Deadlines
- Playwriting Australia two week workshop - Feb 27
- Malthouse Theatre - March 1 and Oct 1
- Merrigong Theatre - March 6, May 8, July 10, Sept 11
- OzCo New Work - June 3 and Nov 3
- Arts NSW - July 6 - Grants not outlined until May
- Hothouse Month in the Country - Feb 15 and Aug 15
- Bell Shakespeare - Mind's Eye - 2009 dates posted soon
- B Sharp - Open policy
- Next Stage - By invitation
- Vitalstatix - Women's Theatre Adelaide
2009 Playwriting Workshops, Programs and Funding Deadlines
- Playwriting Australia two week workshop - Feb 27
- Malthouse Theatre - March 1 and Oct 1
- Merrigong Theatre - March 6, May 8, July 10, Sept 11
- OzCo New Work - June 3 and Nov 3
- Arts NSW - July 6 - Grants not outlined until May
- Hothouse Month in the Country - Feb 15 and Aug 15
- Bell Shakespeare - Mind's Eye - 2009 dates posted soon
- B Sharp - Open policy
- Next Stage - By invitation
- Vitalstatix - Women's Theatre Adelaide
- Performance Space - Residency
- Griffin Theatre Company - Playwrights Residency
***PLAYWRITING AUSTRALIA
National Script Workshop
an intensive residential studio for the creative development of new works
The 2-week residential Workshop programme provides writers with the resources to progress to the next stage of creative development, without the expectation of an immediate performance outcome or the need to produce a performance-ready draft.
Eight writers are invited to develop a new work in its early stages of creative development in an intensive studio environment with directors, dramaturgs and an ensemble of actors.
The Workshop takes place annually in June/July and also features:
a public programme, delivering professional development outcomes to local artists and exploring issues in local theatre-making, and
a graduate programme offering young playwrights, directors and dramaturgs the opportunity to work alongside our senior company on their own creative development.
Submissions for the Workshop are invited annually in March from any interested writer and are assessed by a panel of experienced readers. There are no application or participation fees. Theatre companies are invited to propose projects for participation.
Applications open
Until 27 February
Runs
27 June - July 10 July
***MALTHOUSE THEATRE
In sending a proposal to the company, we ask for the following: One A4 page synopsis of the work, including why you want to work with the Malthouse on this particular idea or script. We are especially interested in what you believe a collaboration with this company will bring to your work and why. We would like to hear about the form as well as the content of your work, and how this engages with the theatrical medium. A one-paragraph biographical note of yourself (150 words maximum) and individual notes of similar length for any other artist involved. If the idea is already a developed text or has been substantially written, a 10-page extract, preferably the first ten pages, of the script or the equivalent in another medium (e.g., 5-min DVD).
All of the above should be presented in a 12-font single-sided format and postmarked no later than the due date. We will not accept faxed or emailed proposals. Proposals may include more than one artist. We ask, however, that individuals or teams send no more than one proposal. This does not preclude you from being named on several proposals. We will assume that any artist named has a commitment to the project in question. Please note that due to time and resource limitations we will not accept anything that sits outside these guidelines.
SELECTION
In receiving a proposal, the company will undertake the following:
A letter acknowledging receipt will be sent to you. Each proposal will be read or viewed internally by the artistic team and may be sent out for an external peer assessment. If the company has an interest in the project, we will notify you within three months of the receipt of your proposal. If you have not heard from us within this period, you may assume that your proposal has been read or viewed but has not been shortlisted for development by the company. Timelines for project development are dependent on the nature of the work, what it requires for production and the programming schedule at any given time.
Please note that due to time and resource limitations we make no commitment to provide feedback on proposals not shortlisted for development. If you wish us to return your proposal and support materials, please provide a stamped self-addressed envelope.
DATES
Deadlines for proposals are 1 March and 1 October of each year. All proposals should be sent to the following: Artistic Department, Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank. VIC, 3006.
***PLAYWRITING AUSTRALIA
National Script Workshop
an intensive residential studio for the creative development of new works
The 2-week residential Workshop programme provides writers with the resources to progress to the next stage of creative development, without the expectation of an immediate performance outcome or the need to produce a performance-ready draft.
Eight writers are invited to develop a new work in its early stages of creative development in an intensive studio environment with directors, dramaturgs and an ensemble of actors.
The Workshop takes place annually in June/July and also features:
a public programme, delivering professional development outcomes to local artists and exploring issues in local theatre-making, and
a graduate programme offering young playwrights, directors and dramaturgs the opportunity to work alongside our senior company on their own creative development.
Submissions for the Workshop are invited annually in March from any interested writer and are assessed by a panel of experienced readers. There are no application or participation fees. Theatre companies are invited to propose projects for participation.
Applications open
Until 27 February
Runs
27 June - July 10 July
***MALTHOUSE THEATRE
In sending a proposal to the company, we ask for the following: One A4 page synopsis of the work, including why you want to work with the Malthouse on this particular idea or script. We are especially interested in what you believe a collaboration with this company will bring to your work and why. We would like to hear about the form as well as the content of your work, and how this engages with the theatrical medium. A one-paragraph biographical note of yourself (150 words maximum) and individual notes of similar length for any other artist involved. If the idea is already a developed text or has been substantially written, a 10-page extract, preferably the first ten pages, of the script or the equivalent in another medium (e.g., 5-min DVD).
All of the above should be presented in a 12-font single-sided format and postmarked no later than the due date. We will not accept faxed or emailed proposals. Proposals may include more than one artist. We ask, however, that individuals or teams send no more than one proposal. This does not preclude you from being named on several proposals. We will assume that any artist named has a commitment to the project in question. Please note that due to time and resource limitations we will not accept anything that sits outside these guidelines.
SELECTION
In receiving a proposal, the company will undertake the following:
A letter acknowledging receipt will be sent to you. Each proposal will be read or viewed internally by the artistic team and may be sent out for an external peer assessment. If the company has an interest in the project, we will notify you within three months of the receipt of your proposal. If you have not heard from us within this period, you may assume that your proposal has been read or viewed but has not been shortlisted for development by the company. Timelines for project development are dependent on the nature of the work, what it requires for production and the programming schedule at any given time.
Please note that due to time and resource limitations we make no commitment to provide feedback on proposals not shortlisted for development. If you wish us to return your proposal and support materials, please provide a stamped self-addressed envelope.
DATES
Deadlines for proposals are 1 March and 1 October of each year. All proposals should be sent to the following: Artistic Department, Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank. VIC, 3006.
ENQUIRIES
Maryanne Lynch, Dramaturge in Residence, (03) 9685 5111
admin@malthousetheatre.com.au
***MERRIGONG THEATRE COMPANY
Theatre Development Program
This program aims to foster professional theatre practice in the region by providing an identifiable and achievable path for emerging and established artists. Artists can apply for support to develop an idea to its first showing (for example a play reading) or to extend an idea through a dedicated development process (such as a script development or workshop).
Application dates for the Program in 2009 are:
• 6 March
• 8 May
• 10 July
• 11 September
Projects can take place at any time of the year. For more information on how to apply, contact Anne-Louise Rentell, Producer and Theatre Development Manager on either (02) 4226 3699 ext 110 or arentell@merrigong.com.au.
***AUSTRALIA COUNCIL – NEW WORK GRANT
Closing date: 3 June 2009
Decisions advised: September 2009
Projects may start: 1 October 2009
Closing date: 3 November 2009
Decisions advised: March 2010
Projects may start: 1 April 2010
New work grants support one-off projects that result in the creation of new contemporary theatre work. This can include a new production of an existing text.
• Creative development – supports the development stages of a new work, such as research, creative development workshops or commissioning a writer
• Production – supports a public performance of a new work and any stages leading up to it, where a presenting partner has already committed to the project
Applications for production grants must have a presenting partner involved in the project. A presenting partner is defined as anyone able to provide or raise the resources needed to present the work to the public, and could include (among others) venues, festivals, other theatre companies, local governments, museums or independent producers.
Applicants are advised to speak to theatre staff.
Applications can now happen online, after receiving a user identification number. Grant rounds will open for online applications six weeks before the advertised closing date. When a grant round is open it will appear in the online system. (The first time you log into system you will be given a user identification number. This number keeps means you can revisit your application as many times as you want before you submit it.)
***ARTS NSW
The 2010 Arts Funding Program Guidelines and Application Forms will be available for download by close of business, Friday 15 May 2009.
The Closing Date for applications to the 2010 Arts Funding Program is by close of business, Monday 6 July 2009.
***HOTHOUSE THEATRE (Month in the Country)
Annual closing dates – Feb 15 and Aug 15
Funded through Albury City, Arts NSW, Arts Victoria, the Australia Council, Myer Foundation and operated by HotHouse Theatre, A Month in the Country is a national arts resource to facilitate the creation of new Australian performing arts work. The initiative involves an on-going residential program that brings creative teams of writers, actors, directors, designers and other performing artists from across the country to Albury Wodonga during the creative development stage of a myriad of different projects.
Groups of artists from around the country will be supported to live and work in a large farmhouse and adjacent studio just outside Albury for periods of one to five weeks. The use of the farmhouse and studio is free and financial support for transport and living allowances is available.
HotHouse Theatre has created A Month in the Country as part of the company's philosophy of supporting independent artists with good ideas to move those ideas closer to a public outcome. Freelance theatre artists who do not have access to a company infrastructure or support often struggle in the early stages of project development. Even funded companies often have no space resources allocated to developmental stages of projects.
HotHouse Theatre welcomes projects which will benefit from an intense period of creative development in this quintessential rural Australian setting.
***BELL SHAKESPEARE (Mind's Eye)
Shakespeare provides us with an inexhaustible repository of ideas. There is a philosophical debate in almost every speech and a new piece of theatre in every image. More than any writer, Shakespeare has inspired artists to imagine and to create other worlds.
Mind’s Eye, Bell Shakespeare’s development arm, will harness the best of these ideas and allow them to be put to the test. It will demonstrate a commitment to innovation, recognising that creative risk is at the heart of our practice. It will allow artists to push the boundaries of their form, explore their connection to the contemporary world and enrich their work with ambitious ideas.
Mind’s Eye will give artists a safe platform from which they can perform daring feats.
Works developed within the Mind’s Eye programme can be initiated by writers, designers, directors, composers, choreographers or performers. These may be cross art-form, hybrid works and not strictly text based. It is an opportunity to engage with a broader circle of artists, providing important industry access and support. It prioritises strong creative development and rigour as a means of ensuring artistic vibrancy.
Mind’s Eye calls for submissions on an annual basis.
Submissions for 2008 closed on 29 September 2008, with over 30 submissions received.
Applications, selection criteria and terms and conditions for 2009 will be posted in February 2009.
***STC NEXT STAGE
Throughout the year Next Stage will invite a group of artists to participate in our inaugural season of Rough Drafts. These week-long creative developments will give theatre makers the opportunity to experiment: to try out new ideas, new ways of working and new collaborations. There will be an opportunity for you to attend a free, one-off showing at the conclusion of each week-long development. If you wish to join us at these showings, visit this website regularly throughout 2009, sign up for our email newsletter or become our friend on Facebook.
***RIVERSIDE THEATRE COMPANY
PLAYWRITING MASTERCLASSES
Three intensive workshops with leading Australian playwrights
Each playwright will deal with different aspects of the process and disciplines employed in writing for the stage. Courses are designed for established and emerging playwrights.
Debra Oswald and Christopher Hurrell
Saturday 4th April
Katherine Thomson
Saturday 20 June
Timothy Daly
Saturday 29 August
PLAY READING OPPORTUNITY
Following attendance at the Masterclasses the writers are invited to submit a play. Two plays will be selected to be workshopped and read in Riverside's BREAKOUT development program under the guidance of a professional director and actors.
Cost
$80 per workshop including light lunch, morning and afternoon tea
Location Raffertys Studio at Riverside Theatres
Corner Church and Market Streets, Parramatta
***B SHARP
Open Door Downstairs: If you have an idea or project you would like us to consider for inclusion in the B Sharp season, or for development within the B Sharp creative development program please feel free to contact us anytime to discuss the work. We’ve moved away from the open pitch process, and programming for the B Sharp season (in the form of a new twin season model) will continue throughout the year through ongoing conversation and collaboration. The programming timeline for the July – December 2009 will be March 2009 and for the first half of 2010 will be November 2009. The B Sharp creative development program, supports the development of new Australian work, which means you can also talk to us about projects that are still in the dreaming stages We hope to see the fruits of this program fill the Downstairs stage over the coming years!
Simply drop us an email or give us a call.
***VITALSTATISTIX (Women’s Theatre Co. – Adelaide)
- Vitalstatistix exists to curate, support and produce, new, high quality, provocative and challenging live performance by Australian women, which engages and entertains a diverse audience and contributes to Australian culture. Vitalstatistix is a catalyst and incubator for the development of important, innovative contemporary arts practice in Australia.
***PERFORMANCE SPACE
Residency Program
As part of Performance Space's commitment to supporting dynamic collaborative processes between artists, we offer a residency program for independent artists, artistic teams and small companies collaborating across disciplines, technologies and/or artforms to create new performative work. The Residency Program uses in-house resources to support both R + D and creative development of new work.
Maryanne Lynch, Dramaturge in Residence, (03) 9685 5111
admin@malthousetheatre.com.au
***MERRIGONG THEATRE COMPANY
Theatre Development Program
This program aims to foster professional theatre practice in the region by providing an identifiable and achievable path for emerging and established artists. Artists can apply for support to develop an idea to its first showing (for example a play reading) or to extend an idea through a dedicated development process (such as a script development or workshop).
Application dates for the Program in 2009 are:
• 6 March
• 8 May
• 10 July
• 11 September
Projects can take place at any time of the year. For more information on how to apply, contact Anne-Louise Rentell, Producer and Theatre Development Manager on either (02) 4226 3699 ext 110 or arentell@merrigong.com.au.
***AUSTRALIA COUNCIL – NEW WORK GRANT
Closing date: 3 June 2009
Decisions advised: September 2009
Projects may start: 1 October 2009
Closing date: 3 November 2009
Decisions advised: March 2010
Projects may start: 1 April 2010
New work grants support one-off projects that result in the creation of new contemporary theatre work. This can include a new production of an existing text.
• Creative development – supports the development stages of a new work, such as research, creative development workshops or commissioning a writer
• Production – supports a public performance of a new work and any stages leading up to it, where a presenting partner has already committed to the project
Applications for production grants must have a presenting partner involved in the project. A presenting partner is defined as anyone able to provide or raise the resources needed to present the work to the public, and could include (among others) venues, festivals, other theatre companies, local governments, museums or independent producers.
Applicants are advised to speak to theatre staff.
Applications can now happen online, after receiving a user identification number. Grant rounds will open for online applications six weeks before the advertised closing date. When a grant round is open it will appear in the online system. (The first time you log into system you will be given a user identification number. This number keeps means you can revisit your application as many times as you want before you submit it.)
***ARTS NSW
The 2010 Arts Funding Program Guidelines and Application Forms will be available for download by close of business, Friday 15 May 2009.
The Closing Date for applications to the 2010 Arts Funding Program is by close of business, Monday 6 July 2009.
***HOTHOUSE THEATRE (Month in the Country)
Annual closing dates – Feb 15 and Aug 15
Funded through Albury City, Arts NSW, Arts Victoria, the Australia Council, Myer Foundation and operated by HotHouse Theatre, A Month in the Country is a national arts resource to facilitate the creation of new Australian performing arts work. The initiative involves an on-going residential program that brings creative teams of writers, actors, directors, designers and other performing artists from across the country to Albury Wodonga during the creative development stage of a myriad of different projects.
Groups of artists from around the country will be supported to live and work in a large farmhouse and adjacent studio just outside Albury for periods of one to five weeks. The use of the farmhouse and studio is free and financial support for transport and living allowances is available.
HotHouse Theatre has created A Month in the Country as part of the company's philosophy of supporting independent artists with good ideas to move those ideas closer to a public outcome. Freelance theatre artists who do not have access to a company infrastructure or support often struggle in the early stages of project development. Even funded companies often have no space resources allocated to developmental stages of projects.
HotHouse Theatre welcomes projects which will benefit from an intense period of creative development in this quintessential rural Australian setting.
***BELL SHAKESPEARE (Mind's Eye)
Shakespeare provides us with an inexhaustible repository of ideas. There is a philosophical debate in almost every speech and a new piece of theatre in every image. More than any writer, Shakespeare has inspired artists to imagine and to create other worlds.
Mind’s Eye, Bell Shakespeare’s development arm, will harness the best of these ideas and allow them to be put to the test. It will demonstrate a commitment to innovation, recognising that creative risk is at the heart of our practice. It will allow artists to push the boundaries of their form, explore their connection to the contemporary world and enrich their work with ambitious ideas.
Mind’s Eye will give artists a safe platform from which they can perform daring feats.
Works developed within the Mind’s Eye programme can be initiated by writers, designers, directors, composers, choreographers or performers. These may be cross art-form, hybrid works and not strictly text based. It is an opportunity to engage with a broader circle of artists, providing important industry access and support. It prioritises strong creative development and rigour as a means of ensuring artistic vibrancy.
Mind’s Eye calls for submissions on an annual basis.
Submissions for 2008 closed on 29 September 2008, with over 30 submissions received.
Applications, selection criteria and terms and conditions for 2009 will be posted in February 2009.
***STC NEXT STAGE
Throughout the year Next Stage will invite a group of artists to participate in our inaugural season of Rough Drafts. These week-long creative developments will give theatre makers the opportunity to experiment: to try out new ideas, new ways of working and new collaborations. There will be an opportunity for you to attend a free, one-off showing at the conclusion of each week-long development. If you wish to join us at these showings, visit this website regularly throughout 2009, sign up for our email newsletter or become our friend on Facebook.
***RIVERSIDE THEATRE COMPANY
PLAYWRITING MASTERCLASSES
Three intensive workshops with leading Australian playwrights
Each playwright will deal with different aspects of the process and disciplines employed in writing for the stage. Courses are designed for established and emerging playwrights.
Debra Oswald and Christopher Hurrell
Saturday 4th April
Katherine Thomson
Saturday 20 June
Timothy Daly
Saturday 29 August
PLAY READING OPPORTUNITY
Following attendance at the Masterclasses the writers are invited to submit a play. Two plays will be selected to be workshopped and read in Riverside's BREAKOUT development program under the guidance of a professional director and actors.
Cost
$80 per workshop including light lunch, morning and afternoon tea
Location Raffertys Studio at Riverside Theatres
Corner Church and Market Streets, Parramatta
***B SHARP
Open Door Downstairs: If you have an idea or project you would like us to consider for inclusion in the B Sharp season, or for development within the B Sharp creative development program please feel free to contact us anytime to discuss the work. We’ve moved away from the open pitch process, and programming for the B Sharp season (in the form of a new twin season model) will continue throughout the year through ongoing conversation and collaboration. The programming timeline for the July – December 2009 will be March 2009 and for the first half of 2010 will be November 2009. The B Sharp creative development program, supports the development of new Australian work, which means you can also talk to us about projects that are still in the dreaming stages We hope to see the fruits of this program fill the Downstairs stage over the coming years!
Simply drop us an email or give us a call.
***VITALSTATISTIX (Women’s Theatre Co. – Adelaide)
- Vitalstatistix exists to curate, support and produce, new, high quality, provocative and challenging live performance by Australian women, which engages and entertains a diverse audience and contributes to Australian culture. Vitalstatistix is a catalyst and incubator for the development of important, innovative contemporary arts practice in Australia.
***PERFORMANCE SPACE
Residency Program
As part of Performance Space's commitment to supporting dynamic collaborative processes between artists, we offer a residency program for independent artists, artistic teams and small companies collaborating across disciplines, technologies and/or artforms to create new performative work. The Residency Program uses in-house resources to support both R + D and creative development of new work.
***GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY
Playwrights Residency
Griffin offers key opportunities for emerging playwrights through its ground-breaking PLAYWRIGHTS' RESIDENCY.
Over 12 months, Griffin invites four playwrights the chance to build a lasting, working relationship with Griffin Theatre Company – and provides collaborating artists to work with towards production.
Griffin's Playwrights' Residency has been responsible for introducing playwrights such as Tommy Murphy and Caleb Lewis to mainstream audiences hungry for new work and new voices. The former resident playwrights' work included the award-winning Holding the Man, Strangers in Between and Nailed.
Griffin's Playwright Residency is a valued source of play development and plays a vital part in helping a new generation of playwrights find their voice.
In addition to financial assistance, workshops and professional development, all four playwrights feature and participate directly in Griffin's annual program, with Seasons, four short ten-minute plays presented throughout 2008, and a further four full-length plays presented as public readings.
Playwrights Residency
Griffin offers key opportunities for emerging playwrights through its ground-breaking PLAYWRIGHTS' RESIDENCY.
Over 12 months, Griffin invites four playwrights the chance to build a lasting, working relationship with Griffin Theatre Company – and provides collaborating artists to work with towards production.
Griffin's Playwrights' Residency has been responsible for introducing playwrights such as Tommy Murphy and Caleb Lewis to mainstream audiences hungry for new work and new voices. The former resident playwrights' work included the award-winning Holding the Man, Strangers in Between and Nailed.
Griffin's Playwright Residency is a valued source of play development and plays a vital part in helping a new generation of playwrights find their voice.
In addition to financial assistance, workshops and professional development, all four playwrights feature and participate directly in Griffin's annual program, with Seasons, four short ten-minute plays presented throughout 2008, and a further four full-length plays presented as public readings.
3 comments:
You might also want to add WORLD INTERPLAY for our younger writers - who should also check out atyp's FRESH INK
Ah yes! Of course! Thankyou anonymous.
Although their reputation for not returning emails, particularly during the reign of David Berthold was infamous.
Speaking of which...
hi nick,
might be worth adding Full Tilt at the Arts Centre to your list, and Arts House also supports the development of new performance work. The City of Melbourne seems to have a similar size arts budget to the Australia Council, and NSW-based artists have been funded through this in the past. Most local governments have arts funding programs, eg. Marrickville and City of Sydney to name just two. Parramatta Riverside has a script development program, and both Campbelltown and Blacktown Arts Centres have funded residency programs. The Next Wave festival funds the development of new work by artists under 30 on a biennial basis, and there're a lot of Sydney artists who've been supported by them in recent years.
Just a couple off the top of head.
dw
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