MAKE
MAKE is an artist development programme and residency initiative of Performing Arts Forum, Cork Midsummer Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, and Project Arts Centre. It is open to Irish and international artists for the purpose of generating new performance work outside of the traditional writer-led model at all career levels. Lots more info here.
Next Stage
Performing Arts Forum and Dublin Theatre Festival work together to produce this long-running artist development programme, The Next Stage. The programme offers theatre makers the opportunity to attend all Festival shows, daily talks, workshops and developmental sessions throughout the Dublin Theatre Festival offering artists an immersive and intensive development opportunity to advance their career to its next stage. Next Stage is funded by the Arts Council. Lots more info here.
Centre Stage Online
Centre Stage Online was part of a larger European collaborative project developed by the Administration for Cultural Development, the Region Västra Götaland (Sweden), Theatre Forum (Ireland) and Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones (Spain) and co-financed by the EU Creative Europe programme.
It is still possible to access Centre Stage Online which is a course for performing arts and music artists who wish to develop their communication and artistic leadership skills. The course is free and available in several different languages. Lots more info on centrestageonline.org.
Digital Forum
Our Digital Forum took place on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 February 2021 in partnership with The Space. This event was a modular one consisting of four formal sessions. The Zoom sessions were recorded and these recordings are now available here.