2013 is well and truly here, and, as promised, we're all about Theatre here at the BBC Performing Arts Fund. We're currently working on refining our ideas and talking to industry professionals from the theatre performance world around the UK to make sure we're giving you the best and most relevant schemes to apply for.
We can't give away too much right now but here are a few things we can tell you:
- We WILL have a community theatre scheme [see Community Dance for how this might run]
- We WILL have a fellowship scheme [see Music Fellowships for what this might look like]
- We WON'T be funding student tuition fees (but you might want to read this blog & maybe have a look at this opportunity over at IdeasTap if that is what you are after).
- We WILL be giving £450,000 in funding to theatre this year
- We ARE very excited!
You can still come to us for gems related to music, dance and the performing arts in general - but anyone who has been waiting patiently for a theatre grant to sink your teeth into will soon be rewarded.
"Theatre" means many different things to many different people so we'll need a bit of consultation from you along the way to help us break it down and analyse it from every angle. We'll be asking you questions from time to time on Facebook so make sure you are following us if you want to give us your thoughts.
Right, that's enough from us for now. We'll be back soon with an update, in the meantime - go forth and perform!
