Realise Production Award

Project Arts Centre and Arts & Disability Ireland announce a major new production award for Theatre and Contemporary Dance artists with disabilities.

This Production Award is designed to support the production and presentation of ambitious new work by individual artists with disabilities.

• A Production Award of €40,000 for presentation of new work at Project Arts Centre

• Mentoring support from Lucy Ryan, a consultant Producer, for 4 short-listed artists, prior to the final application round

• Production support for the final successful applicant

In order to assist potential applicants, a Production Workshop led by Lucy Ryan will take place on Monday 5 November, from 12 – 2pm at Project Arts Centre.

Deadline for expression of interest application: Thursday 15th November 2018 at 4pm

Click here to download expression of interest application form

Click here to download application guidelines

Production Workshop
All artists interested in submitting an expression of interest application are encouraged to attend a pre-application Production Workshop with Producer Lucy Ryan on Monday 5 November, 12pm – 2pm at Project Arts Centre. Representatives from Project Arts Centre and Arts & Disability Ireland will also be present.

Please rsvp to realise@pac.dev.perpetualdigital.ie. The workshop space is accessible to wheelchair users. To request additional access, contact Amie Lawless, Arts & Disability Ireland, by email realise@adiarts.ie or by phone 01 8509002. Please try to contact us as soon as possible with your request.

What artforms are eligible?
Individual artists with disabilities working in theatre and contemporary dance are eligible to apply.

How we define new work?
For the purposes of the Realise award, we define new work as work that has not already been produced for presentation in a venue or festival. Work in development, that has been presented as staged readings or work in progress events, will be considered for the Realise award.

Timeline and application information
Artists are invited to submit an expression of interest application by Thursday 15th November at 4pm.
Please click here for application form and guidelines.