CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – CLOSE MONDAY 13TH JANUARY, 2025
Regional theatre makers are invited to express interest in JUTE Theatre Company’s March Skills Intensive 2025, delivered through the DARTS initiative.
BULMBA-JA ARTS CENTRE, CAIRNS – MONDAY 10TH – WEDNESDAY 12TH MARCH, 2025
Expressions of Interest are invited for intensives in: Access and Inclusion and Directing
- Three days of fee-free, professional theatre skills development, delivered by highly-experienced practitioners.
- Paid accommodation*
- Travel bursary*
AVAILABLE INTENSIVES:
INTENSIVE 1: ACCESS AND INCLUSION
Participants will learn practical strategies for embedding access and inclusion principles in regional theatre projects.
Who is this intensive for?
- Independent theatremakers designing and delivering their own projects
- Company-based creative producers
Who will get the most out of this intensive?
- Theatremakers with a specific project they wish to apply their learning to.
- Theatremakers working with artists with diverse access requirements, including artists with disability.
- Theatremakers engaging audiences and communities with diverse access requirements, including disability communities.
INTENSIVE 2: DIRECTING
Participants will explore the directorial process of a highly experienced practitioner, gaining practical tools and techniques that can be applied to their own directorial practice.
Who is this intensive for?
- Early-career directors and practicing actors looking to branch out into directing.
Who will get the most out of this intensive?
- Directors in their first few years of professional practice.
- Directors transitioning from community to professional practice.
- Practicing actors looking to explore directing as an additional professional pathway.
JUTE’s DARTS initiative is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
