The Neighbourhood is a project by National Theatre of Scotland. We are interested in what it means for the local community for a National company to be located on their doorstep, and what that means to us at the National Theatre.

We are inviting expressions of interest from Artists/Companies and Groups based in North Glasgow or with a connection to North Glasgow who are interested in creating short artistic projects in and with the community. Each project will be a way of learning more about where we’re based and how artists might work with the community. 

Stage One

We are looking for a brief description of an idea. Ideas can be text, music or dance led, be comedies, musicals, political etc, but must be informed and include the community of North Glasgow.  Artists/Companies and Groups will retain all rights to their idea/s. If you have more than one idea, please make separate submissions for each idea.  You can submit as many ideas as you wish.

We are looking for up to 10 ideas to take forward to Stage Two.

 Applications can be submitted in English or Gaelic. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters.
 

The Neighbourhood is a project by National Theatre of Scotland. We are interested in what it means for the local community for a National company to be located on their doorstep, and what that means to us at the National Theatre.

We are inviting expressions of interest from Artists/Companies and Groups based in North Glasgow or with a connection to North Glasgow who are interested in creating short artistic projects in and with the community. Each project will be a way of learning more about where we’re based and how artists might work with the community. 

Stage One

We are looking for a brief description of an idea. Ideas can be text, music or dance led, be comedies, musicals, political etc, but must be informed and include the community of North Glasgow.  Artists/Companies and Groups will retain all rights to their idea/s. If you have more than one idea, please make separate submissions for each idea.  You can submit as many ideas as you wish.

We are looking for up to 10 ideas to take forward to Stage Two.

Applications can be submitted in English, Gaelic, or BSL. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters. 

This residency is for writers who want to start work on a piece of new writing for theatre. Writers need to have had at least one written professional work made. This can have been in any form.

This residency is for discovering, doing research and the initial development of an idea or new project. The budget of £5,000 is available for each residency, which will cover lead artist fee (based on two weeks of their time), project costs and materials. These residencies take place over three months. How the artist would like to use their two weeks of time is up to them (it could be a fortnight, or single days spread out across the three months). They could use some of this budget to work with actors and a director/dramaturg or for time to research. 

The outcome of this residency is to work towards a first complete draft of a play. Apply to this if you have an idea you would like to develop into a text for performance.  

Applications can be submitted in English or Gaelic. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters.
 

This residency is for writers who want to start work on a piece of new writing for theatre. Writers need to have had at least one written professional work made. This can have been in any form.

This residency is for discovering, doing research and the initial development of an idea or new project. The budget of £5,000 is available for each residency, which will cover lead artist fee (based on two weeks of their time), project costs and materials. These residencies take place over three months. How the artist would like to use their two weeks of time is up to them (it could be a fortnight, or single days spread out across the three months). They could use some of this budget to work with actors and a director/dramaturg or for time to research. 

The outcome of this residency is to work towards a first complete draft of a play. Apply to this if you have an idea you would like to develop into a text for performance.  

Applications can be submitted in English, Gaelic, or BSL. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters.
 

This residency is for lead, or if a collective, the majority of, artists who are disabled, deaf, blind or partially sighted, neurodivergent or have other ill healthconditions including chronic illness and mental ill health.The artist/s will have up to six weeks studio time (30 days within a five-month period).

This residency is to support the development of an idea and project to a first staging or draft. This is for an individual artist, a collective or artists, or a company to have dedicated space and budget to develop an idea or project to a first draft stage.  

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

A budget of £20,000 to include lead artist fee, based on six weeks of their time, over a five-month period between January – May 2024, collaborator fees, project costs and materials.  

Apply to this if you are looking to develop your idea for a new work with dedicated resource, research and development time. This could be for developing your project to a point where you could share it with programmers, promoters, or producers. This could also be about testing out ideas and processes which need to be explored before the work is ready for final rehearsals and production stage.  

We will work with each artist to tailor their residency to what they need, want to explore and develop.  

Applications can be submitted in English or Gaelic. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters. 

Stage One 

We are looking for a brief description of an idea. We are looking to shortlistfour applications for each residency for stage 2.

This residency is for lead, or if a collective, the majority of, artists who are disabled, deaf, blind or partially sighted, neurodivergent or have other ill healthconditions including chronic illness and mental ill health.The artist/s will have up to six weeks studio time (30 days within a five-month period).

This residency is to support the development of an idea and project to a first staging or draft. This is for an individual artist, a collective or artists, or a company to have dedicated space and budget to develop an idea or project to a first draft stage.  

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

A budget of £20,000 to include lead artist fee, based on six weeks of their time, over a five-month period between January – May 2024, collaborator fees, project costs and materials.  

Apply to this if you are looking to develop your idea for a new work with dedicated resource, research and development time. This could be for developing your project to a point where you could share it with programmers, promoters, or producers. This could also be about testing out ideas and processes which need to be explored before the work is ready for final rehearsals and production stage.  

We will work with each artist to tailor their residency to what they need, want to explore and develop.  

Applications can be submitted in English, Gaelic, or BSL. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters. 

Stage One 

We are looking for a brief description of an idea. We are looking to shortlist four applications for each residency for stage 2.

This residency is open to an individual artist/ duo/ collective who are based or committed to making work in and for the Highlands, Scotland. Delivered in partnership with Eden Court.  

For this residency, by ‘Highlands’ we are referring to Highland Council and Moray Council areas. We will also consider applicants who are based across the wider Highlands and Islands including across Argyll and Bute, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland council areas. 

Each Discover residency will be awarded £5,000 and have up to two weeks studio time (within a three-month period). 

The outcome is to work towards sharing the work or details of your residency in an informal setting with peers. Apply to this is if you are looking for a residency which helps you to explore your artistry, ideas and process of making work. This could be undertaking some research of a new work, developing those initial ideas on your own/with collaborators.

Applications can be submitted in English or Gaelic. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters.
 

This residency is open to an individual artist/ duo/ collective who are based or committed to making work in and for the Highlands, Scotland. Delivered in partnership with Eden Court.  

For this residency, by ‘Highlands’ we are referring to Highland Council and Moray Council areas. We will also consider applicants who are based across the wider Highlands and Islands including across Argyll and Bute, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland council areas. 

Each Discover residency will be awarded £5,000 and have up to two weeks studio time (within a three-month period). 

The outcome is to work towards sharing the work or details of your residency in an informal setting with peers. Apply to this is if you are looking for a residency which helps you to explore your artistry, ideas and process of making work. This could be undertaking some research of a new work, developing those initial ideas on your own/with collaborators.

Applications can be submitted in English, Gaelic, or BSL. If you want to submit in another language, you must first email us at artistresidency@nationaltheatrescotland.com a minimum of 7 days before submitting your application to enable us to confirm language interpreters. 

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Submissions are now open until 10am, Tuesday 26th September

We are inviting expressions of interest from South Asian Artists for theatre productions for Scotland’s largest stages (i.e. King’s Theatre Glasgow, His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen etc), that will speak directly to Scotland’s diverse South Asian communities while appealing to a broad Scottish theatre audience.  We are looking for ideas to put into development with a view to production in three to five years.

Stage One

We are looking for a brief description of an idea. Ideas can be text, music or dance led, be comedies, musicals, political etc, but must tell a story for Scotland’s South Asian communities. Artists will retain all rights to their idea/s. If you have more than one idea, please make seperate submissions for each idea.  You can submit as many ideas as you wish.

We are looking for up to 10 ideas to take forwards to Stage Two.