Creative Scotland - Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance

The Creative Scotland - Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance is still open for applications. The fund supports the touring of theatre and dance, enhancing opportunities for artists, producers and companies to work more collaboratively with venues.

The purpose of the Fund is to support touring of high-quality theatre and dance (including outdoor, circus, interdisciplinary and site-specific work). This can include remounts of previously successful shows, shows which have previously undergone research and development, and tourable work that is yet to be produced.

The aim of this fund is to support a range of work of different scales to tour throughout Scotland, and to help the touring sector engage with and develop audiences. The fund also aims to support work created by a diverse range of artists, companies and producers, and for a diverse range of audiences.

All applicants must be based in Scotland and involved in the production and/or touring of live theatre and dance.

The overall budget for this round of the Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance is £2,000,000 and applications can be made from:

• Individual dance and theatre artists, companies and organisations.
• Independent dance and theatre producers on their own, to create an individual piece of work or on behalf of artists.
• Consortia of venues for a shared programme of named touring work.

The fund is primarily looking to support activity taking place from Spring 2025 onwards.

Fund timeline

• Online application portal opens 2pm, Tuesday 9 July 2024
• Application deadline 2pm, Wednesday 18 September 2024
• Decisions sent to applicants week commencing 25 November 2024
• Touring activity to take place from Spring 2025

You can find more information including supporting guidance documentation and details of how to apply at: Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance | Creative Scotland