Eden Court Theatre in Inverness joins forces with Aberdeen Performing Arts and Capital Theatres Edinburgh to offer £90,000 commissioning opportunity for three festive early years productions
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Three of Scotland’s largest cultural organisations, including Eden Court in Inverness, are joining forces to offer a unique, multi-year commission to create and produce three small-scale festive productions for early years audiences.
Each will be presented in Inverness, Aberdeen and Edinburgh between Christmas 2021 and Christmas 2023.
As well as Eden Court, the collaboration involves Aberdeen Performing Arts and Capital Theatres.
They are inviting proposals from individual artists, producers or companies, based in Scotland, to create and produce three festive productions to be staged in Eden Court, The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen and Studio in Edinburgh.
All three productions will be produced and presented in 2021, one per venue, and each production will be restaged in 2022 and 2023, therefore playing at all three venues over the three-year period.
There will be a budget of up to £30,000 per production available to create and stage each piece in 2021.
All three organisations are committed to improving diversity and representation in our industry and positively encourage and welcome applications from those who represent diverse and under-represented backgrounds.
The commissions are being funded through Creative Scotland’s Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund.
James Mackenzie-Blackman, Eden Court's chief executive, was delighted to be collaborating with friends and colleagues in Aberdeen and Edinburgh to offer the unique opportunity.
"Despite the significant challenges presented by the pandemic, we’re grateful for the opportunity to collaborate, co-produce and embrace new ways of working," he said.
Jane Spiers, chief executive of Aberdeen Performing Arts, was also delighted, saying it was an opportunity to support home grown talent to bring fresh, exciting, accessible work to children and families across Scotland.
Fiona Gibson, chief executive of Capital Theatres, described it as "thrilling".
"We know that the earlier a young person visits a theatre, the more the art form can enrich their lives as they grow," she said.
"This partnership continues Capital Theatres’ work in artist development alongside our Scottish Musical Commissioning Hub with Pitlochry Festival Theatre. We can’t wait to receive the applications."
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