OPPORTUNITIES
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
Theatre in Schools Scotland opens an annual callout for touring productions. The next callout will be in spring 2024 for productions for the school year 2025-26.
We accept interest from possible Associated Productions on a rolling basis, outwith the callout process.
Associated Productions: Productions which are already fully funded to tour and wish to add additional tour dates in schools.
TiSS supports promotion, administration, and booking for these additional schools performances. This may be a school-specific tour or an extension of a venue tour for young audiences where adaptations can be made to suit school buildings. As an associated production you would be part of the TISS programme, with the number of TiSS dates depending on your other touring circumstances, but ideally within TiSS you would offer a minimum of 10 days. TiSS provides a daily fee to cover the costs of this portion of your tour. Please get in touch with questions about your specific needs, email Julian at julian@imaginate.org.uk
We accept interest from possible Associated Productions on a rolling basis, outwith the callout process.
Associated Productions: Productions which are already fully funded to tour and wish to add additional tour dates in schools.
TiSS supports promotion, administration, and booking for these additional schools performances. This may be a school-specific tour or an extension of a venue tour for young audiences where adaptations can be made to suit school buildings. As an associated production you would be part of the TISS programme, with the number of TiSS dates depending on your other touring circumstances, but ideally within TiSS you would offer a minimum of 10 days. TiSS provides a daily fee to cover the costs of this portion of your tour. Please get in touch with questions about your specific needs, email Julian at julian@imaginate.org.uk
PAST OPPORTUNITIES
Artist and Company Call Out For Touring Productions
Theatre in Schools Scotland (TiSS) is looking for touring productions for the school year 2024-25, as well as Associated Productions for January - April 2024.
Productions must be suitable for performance in school halls or classrooms, and cover an age band between Nursery – S2. Productions suitable for Secondary should also be suitable for P6 and P7 and be able to tour to Primary or Secondary schools or mixed groups. We are particularly interested in productions suitable for P2-4. Only artists and companies based in Scotland will be considered for this programme.
Theatre in Schools Scotland is produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Imaginate to support and develop the touring of high-quality theatre and dance performances to Scotland’s schools and nurseries. TiSS presents an annual programme of productions for children and young people created by Scottish performing companies and artists, designed especially for school halls and classrooms, that can travel anywhere in Scotland.
We are committed to working with as varied a group of artists and companies as possible across the programme of work, with a particular focus on underrepresented voices including disabled artists and artists from the global majority.
The programme has two strands:
Fully Funded Production Remounts: Each year we aim to remount two productions to tour to schools nationally. TISS will cover all touring costs and the cost of up to two weeks of rehearsal. The length of tours will vary but will mainly be between 6-8 weeks across Scotland. This does not include redevelopment time. These productions will usually be performed to audiences ranging from one class up to 120 pupils in a school hall, dependent on the specific production.
Touring within the school year August 2024 - April 2025.
Associated Productions: Each year we aim to programme two associated productions, which are fully funded to tour and also wish to tour into schools. TiSS would support promotion, administration, and booking for additional schools performances. This may be a school-specific tour or an extension of a venue tour for young audiences where adaptions can be made to suit school buildings. As an associated production you would be part of the TISS programme, with TiSS tour length depending on your other touring circumstances. Ideally within TiSS you would offer a minimum of 10 days. TiSS will provide a daily fee to cover the costs of this portion of your tour. Please get in touch with questions about your specific needs.
Touring January - April 2024 and within school year August 2024 - April 2025.
Productions must be suitable for performance in school halls or classrooms, and cover an age band between Nursery – S2. Productions suitable for Secondary should also be suitable for P6 and P7 and be able to tour to Primary or Secondary schools or mixed groups. We are particularly interested in productions suitable for P2-4. Only artists and companies based in Scotland will be considered for this programme.
Theatre in Schools Scotland is produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Imaginate to support and develop the touring of high-quality theatre and dance performances to Scotland’s schools and nurseries. TiSS presents an annual programme of productions for children and young people created by Scottish performing companies and artists, designed especially for school halls and classrooms, that can travel anywhere in Scotland.
We are committed to working with as varied a group of artists and companies as possible across the programme of work, with a particular focus on underrepresented voices including disabled artists and artists from the global majority.
The programme has two strands:
Fully Funded Production Remounts: Each year we aim to remount two productions to tour to schools nationally. TISS will cover all touring costs and the cost of up to two weeks of rehearsal. The length of tours will vary but will mainly be between 6-8 weeks across Scotland. This does not include redevelopment time. These productions will usually be performed to audiences ranging from one class up to 120 pupils in a school hall, dependent on the specific production.
Touring within the school year August 2024 - April 2025.
Associated Productions: Each year we aim to programme two associated productions, which are fully funded to tour and also wish to tour into schools. TiSS would support promotion, administration, and booking for additional schools performances. This may be a school-specific tour or an extension of a venue tour for young audiences where adaptions can be made to suit school buildings. As an associated production you would be part of the TISS programme, with TiSS tour length depending on your other touring circumstances. Ideally within TiSS you would offer a minimum of 10 days. TiSS will provide a daily fee to cover the costs of this portion of your tour. Please get in touch with questions about your specific needs.
Touring January - April 2024 and within school year August 2024 - April 2025.
Selection Process |
The programme will be selected by a panel made up of representatives from Imaginate and National Theatre of Scotland’s artistic and programming team. The strands will be considered together with the aim of creating a well-rounded programme across the full age range with a variety of choices for schools, both in scale and themes.
How To Apply
Please apply using this link: https://nationaltheatreofscotland.submittable.com/submit/259305/theatre-in-schools-scotland
You will need to download the budget template below if you are applying for Production Remounts:
You will need to download the budget template below if you are applying for Production Remounts:
budget_template__for_remounts_.xlsx | |
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File Type: | xlsx |
If you have any questions or need support completing this application, please contact Julian Almeida, National Schools Project Manager at julian@imaginate.org.uk
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 23:59 on 14 June 2023
The panel will meet to review applications on 3 July 2023.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 23:59 on 14 June 2023
The panel will meet to review applications on 3 July 2023.
Listen to the TiSS call out as an audio file and watch the BSL call out below:
If you are interested in TISS but this call out is not for you, we would also like to support artists and companies to re-develop existing work with TISS for the school environment. Please contact us at any time to discuss this option for your future planning.
Theatre in Schools Scotland is produced by Imaginate and the National Theatre of Scotland to support and develop the touring of high-quality theatre and dance performances to Scotland’s schools and nurseries.
Theatre in Schools Scotland is produced by Imaginate and the National Theatre of Scotland to support and develop the touring of high-quality theatre and dance performances to Scotland’s schools and nurseries.