Applications now open for performers (theatre \/ music \/ dance \/ childrens theatre) to showcase at our Annual Gathering for rural promoters across the Highlands & Islands.<\/p>\n
The Touring Network supports, represents and connects a vibrant community of independent promoters and performers who present high-quality live performance across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland \u2013 transforming remote community spaces into cultural centres and performance venues.<\/p>\n
Each year, we bring those promoters and performers together, along with producers, funders and other creative professionals, to network, build key skills and showcase new work at our annual Gathering. This year the Gathering will take place in Forres, coinciding with the Findhorn Bay Festival, from Thursday 27 \u2013 Saturday 29 September 2018.<\/p>\n
Following on from our successful showcase day at the 2017 Gathering, this year there will once again be a full day of showcasing at the event. We are in search of 12 performers \u2013 individuals or companies \u2013 who are able to perform a 15 minute, low tech excerpt of their tour-ready small-scale work, at Rafford Village Hall, Forres on Fri 28 Sept 2018.<\/p>\n
Work showcased at the Gathering will be included in our Supported Programme collection, and promoters will be able to apply to The Touring Network for financial support in order to programme the work.<\/p>\n
The Touring Network\u2019s CEO, Jo McLean, explains more about our Supported Programme strategy and what we\u2019re looking for:<\/p>\n
\u201cOur strategy over the next period is to work with individuals and organisations who show a commitment to developing deeper relationships with promoter communities. We would like individual performers and companies to understand the challenges of presenting work in the Highlands and Islands, and will work with those who show a commitment and love of rural touring. In addition, we would like to see work which addresses the following priorities:<\/p>\n
\u2013 dance\/physical theatre;<\/p>\n
\u2013 new music;<\/p>\n
\u2013 work which tackles qualities, diversity and inclusion issues;<\/p>\n
\u2013 innovative children\u2019s theatre.<\/p>\n
Our recently launched BRAW programme is an example of how we envisage supporting new work to develop in the future, and will give you an understanding of our direction of travel.\u201d<\/p>\n
*tour-ready means that funding is secured, or that the tour is not reliant on the outcome of a funding request.<\/p>\n
Location: All Scotland<\/p>\n
For further information, please contact hello@thetouringnetwork.com<\/a> or visit http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/APPLYTHEGATHERING<\/a><\/p>\n The deadline is Friday 08 June 2018 at 17:00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Applications now open for performers (theatre \/ music \/ dance \/ childrens theatre) to showcase at our Annual Gathering for rural promoters across the Highlands & Islands. The Touring Network supports, represents and connects a vibrant community of independent promoters and performers who present high-quality live performance across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-musicians","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583\/revisions\/2584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}