This round of the Touring Fund is to support high quality work to tour throughout Scotland and for the touring sector to continue to re-engage with audiences, delivered through partnerships between programmers/host organisations and touring artists/companies in conventional and non-conventional formats and staging.
All applicants must be based in Scotland and involved in the production and/or touring of live theatre and dance.
We accepted applications from:
We are primarily looking to support activity taking place from Spring 2024 onwards.
The overall budget for the 2023 round of the Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance is £2,000,000.
Applications are closed.
We expect the next round of the Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance to be in Autumn 2024.
If you are successful, you will be expected to develop an audience plan, in collaboration with the venues you tour to, using the tour planning spreadsheet and the FST code of conduct as a basis.
Download the Tour Planning Spreadsheet
The Performing Artist's Audience Handbook is useful for applicants applying to the Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance, as an understanding of audiences should be at the centre of any application for touring and presentation.
Creative Scotland is committed to offering clear and accessible application processes and programmes that are open to everyone. We have a number of ways we can support you to make your application. Please get in touch with our enquiries team at enquiries@creativescotland.com to find out more.