This year we are offering 2 Develop Residencies.

Develop residencies offer artists the following opportunities where required and available

• access to rehearsal space – at Rockvilla in Glasgow
• 1-2-1s to focus on your next steps for developing the work once the residency has ended. For example, advice on producing the work, or help from a dramaturg. technical support and advice
• bespoke opportunities like process pop ins to rehearsals of productions
• advice sessions with National Theatre Scotland staff team. For example, how to market your show, how to raise money, how to take your show on tour, or how to get people to engage with your work.
• meeting with us at the end of the residency to talk about how the project went and, if relevant, explore what the next steps of the work could be.
• We can also help you to write an access rider, which you can use in the future. This is a document that lets people know your access needs.
• We can also offer technical support and advice.
  

| Develop Residency (Extended Reality (XR) Performance)

This residency supports theatre artists/collectives and technologists to work collaboratively to develop new immersive narrative tech performance projects and ideas.

This residency will end with a sharing – the scope of which will be determined with producing support.

This residency has a budget of £15,000, which covers the lead artist fee, for approximately six weeks of their time, over a five-month period between January – May 2025, collaborator fees, project costs and materials.

Apply to this if you want to develop your idea for a new work and need time and space to research and develop it. You might want help to develop your project to a point where you could share it with programmers, promoters, or producers. Or you might want to test out ideas and processes which need to be explored before the work is ready for final rehearsals and production stage.

We will work with you to tailor your residency to what you need, want to explore and develop.

| Develop Residency (Artists in Community)

The aim of the residency is to help you to develop an idea or project. Your project must be made with and for the community of "Possobilities" in North Glasgow. This project is about how you can use any kind of theatre in your process for engaging with these communities. Theatre includes things like performing, storytelling, creative writing, music, dance and movement.

The residency will be part of The Neighbourhood Project. We are interested in what it means for the local community to have a national company on their doorstep, and what that means to us at the National Theatre of Scotland.

This residency has a budget of £15,000. This covers the lead artist fee, project costs and materials. You will need to spend 2 days a week on it, for 6 months, and you must start by December 2024.

We will work with you to tailor your residency to what you need, want to explore and develop together with “Possobilities”.

The Centre – Possobilities

DEVELOP APPLICATIONS

For both Develop residencies, the application is in 2 stages:

Stage 1: Send us a short description of your idea. This is called an “expression of interest”. We will choose the 4 ideas we like best. If we choose your idea, we will ask you to apply to stage 2.

Stage 2: If we have chosen your idea for stage 2, we will ask you to tell us about it in more detail. We will give you £150 for writing about your idea. And you can have a 1-hour meeting with our team to help you..

• You can submit your application as text, video, or audio.
• You can apply in your first language, but please contact us beforehand so we can arrange interpreters.

If you need support to submit your application, please contact us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com.

All artistic advisers are paid for their time by National Theatre of Scotland

You will keep the rights to your idea. We will give feedback at both stages.

For Develop (Artist in Community):

All applications, at each stage, will be read by a panel made of the Creative Engagement team at National Theatre of Scotland and a Possobilities staff member.

You can submit as many ideas as you wish to this residency but please make separate submissions for each idea.

Important Dates:

Stage 1: You must apply (send your “expression of interest”) by Tuesday 20 August 24.

We will contact you by Tuesday 3 September to tell you whether we want you to apply to stage 2.

Stage 2: If we ask you to apply to stage 2, you must apply by Tuesday 17 September.

We will contact you by Tuesday 1 October 2024 to tell you if we have chosen your idea.

We will choose 1 artist for the Develop (Artist in Community). If we choose your idea, you will need to start your residency before December 2024.

For Develop (Extended Reality (XR) Performance):

A panel will read all the applications. The panel is made up of the National Theatre of Scotland artistic team, and the Creative Media Academy (University West of Scotland) team.

You can only submit 1 idea for this residency. But if you are working with someone else on a different idea, they can apply and tell us that they are working with you.

Important dates

Stage 1: You must apply (send your “expression of interest) by 10am on Monday 23 September.

We will contact you by Friday 25 October to tell you whether we want you to apply to stage 2.

Stage 2: If we ask you to apply to Stage 2, you must apply by Friday 22 November. We will contact you by Friday 13 December to tell you if we have chosen your idea.

Please note, we will invite artists who have been asked to apply to Stage 2 for a meeting and consultation session (on possible technologies) with NTS producer and Creative Media Academy, to help prepare for the Stage 2 application. These meetings will be between 4 – 8 November.

The questions for Stage 2 will be about:

• More information on your idea – including people you want to work with, what you would like to do during the residency and when, what development (if any) the project has had so far, and what you would like to do for your sharing
• How it would benefit to your artistic practice and career development
• The budget – how you would like to use the £15,000 (for example, artist fees, materials, hiring equipment).

We will select 1 idea to be completed by the end of May 2025.