Exchange 2018

What is Exchange?

Now in its ninth year, the National Theatre of Scotland’s vibrant Exchange programme brings together groups of young theatre-makers (aged 16 to 25 years old) from across Scotland and beyond, to create and perform new and exciting pieces of theatre with the help and support of a professional creative team.

Youth theatres, school drama groups, young theatre companies or any group of young people interested in creating new and innovative theatre are invited to apply to take part in Exchange 2018. Groups that are successful in their applications are supported financially and artistically in the creation of a new piece of quality contemporary theatre. Each theatre piece is initially performed in the group’s home area before it is staged as part of the week-long Exchange festival at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Scotland in July 2018.

Exchange is a platform for communication and creativity for young theatre-makers where the aim is:

• to facilitate a national and international exchange between young theatre-makers
• to open up opportunities to view international work
• to devise and produce new work by, and for, young people
• to share young people’s performance skills and experiences
• to stimulate new ideas and provide support to help these ideas become a reality
• to exchange new ideas, learn new skills and create new friendships