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Prepare for international touring, research festival participation and theatre residencies, and understand cultural mobility, funding sources, and eligibility.
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Theatre residencies are hosted, time-limited opportunities for theatre artists and companies to research, create, rehearse, present, teach, or exchange work away from their home base. Cultural mobility is the broader movement of artists and cultural professionals across borders and regions for professional…
International theatre festivals are time-bound programmes that present performance across national borders. Researching fit means matching a work's artistic identity, scale, technical needs, budget, and timing to…
A theatre festival submission pack is a curated set of files and information that answers a programmer's core questions: whether the show fits, whether it can be…
Taking a theatre production abroad means planning and delivering live performance across national borders, from budgeting and funding to visas, freight, technical adaptation, marketing, and follow-up. It…
To compare theatre residency offers, convert each into a like-for-like working arrangement: exact dates, space, housing, cash and in-kind support, obligations, eligibility, language access and risk. Compare…
Start mobility funding research with the applicant, not the funder list. Establish who may apply, what activity is supported, where it takes place, and which costs are…
A technical rider is a working document that tells a venue, promoter and suppliers what a performance needs in order to load in, build, operate and load…
A theatre exchange programme is an organised scheme that enables theatre practitioners, productions or knowledge to travel between countries or institutions for mutual learning, presentation or collaboration.…
Read an opportunity listing by separating cash paid to you from costs paid on your behalf. Identify the fee type, what travel support actually covers, whether a…
Before taking a show abroad, ask the host venue for written confirmation of booking status, a named decision-maker, the venue contract, technical responsibility, AV supply, customs arrangements,…
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