18-20 JULY 2025

Surge is offering two bursaries for new physical theatre work suitable for live indoor performance to emerging, Scotland-based artists and companies.

 

The chosen artists/companies will be given a budget of £3000 towards the creation of the piece plus mentoring from Surge. The piece will be presented as a 20/30 minute work-in-progress double bill at Manipulate Festival in early February 2025. 

 

We are particularly interested in ideas that explore innovative visual language, storytelling without words and/or animating the inanimate. We are also interested in work that incorporates technology with live performance, although this is not essential. 

 

Requirements:

• Present an idea for a new small-scale indoor physical theatre piece;

• The piece needs to be suitable for performance in a theatre setting; 

• The performers and creative team need to be available for rehearsal periods between November 2024 and February 2025. Specific dates will be discussed upon offer; 

• To be available for a performance at Manipulate Festival in February 2025. 

 

We will offer:

• Mentorship in the creation and delivery of the work 

• £3000 budget

• Performance opportunity at Manipulate Festival 2025

• Travel budget for performances

• Rehearsal and creation space

• Mentorship on an application to Creative Scotland, if required. 

 

To apply:

Please email your proposal (max. 500 words) and one short bio for each performer/collaborator (max. 100 words each), in one document, to Alan Richardson on alan@surge.scot

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Alan on alan@surge.scot, we can arrange a phone or video call.

 

The application deadline is 5pm on Wednesday 23rd October 2024.

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 29th October 2024​​

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Supported by Surge and Manipulate Arts