Artist Development: Collaborate

*Applications are now closed*

Collaborate is our new, free, professional development programme, made possible through public funding from Arts Council England.  

Collaborate has been designed to support emerging to early career creatives, with an interest in working as a professional artist or advancing their professional performance or theatre-making careers in Blackpool. 

The programme will be supported by specialist, industry mentors and delivered by nationally significant artists and companies including Harry Clayton-Wright, Ruth E Cockburn, Frantic Assembly, Les Enfants Terribles and imitating the dog. 

Selected artists will have the opportunity to take part in an exciting programme of activity consisting of creative and practical sessions, sharings and scratch performances which will run on various dates from June through to October. You can click the links to the right of this page to see full details of our upcoming workshops.

If you are interested in developing your career in performance and/or theatre-making and think you could benefit from taking part in Collaborate, then please click here for more details and to learn how to apply.

© Image by Frantic Assembly

Everyone is welcome to watch our artists rehearsals and work in progress sharings. No need to book.

You can find the schedule for the week below: