The Commissions: What is on offer?

Theatre Sandbox offers a safe space to play, research and grow; opportunities to work with new partners and expertise and experience on how to use technology. We offer producing support for artists to realise new ideas in front of an audience and feedback from experts throughout the industry.

Participation in Theatre Sandbox offers:
• £10,000 cash commission
• Tailored technology consultancy/IT support
• Structured ‘innovation lab’ process featuring research blogs and regular catch up, showcase and feedback events with a peer
community
• Access to a panel of leading industry advisers who will take a mentoring role in the development of ideas

Key Features:

Space, time and opportunities
Space to play, research and grow, time to think and opportunities to work with new partners on the creation of ambitious new work.

Expertise
We offer experience and expertise on how to use technology, who to involve and how your work could benefit from the use of these new forms.

Partnerships
With our partner theatre venues we offer producing support for artists to realise new ideas in front of an audience.

Our theatre venue partners are:

Bristol – Bristol Old Vic
London – Soho Theatre & Lyric, Hammersmith
Birmingham – mac
Manchester – Contact
Cambridge – Junction

Feedback
Debate, Feedback and communication throughout the industry. Projects developed through Theatre Sandbox help inform the future development of the form, helping inform artists nationally and internationally and creating exciting ideas and provocations from which the whole industry can benefit.