The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. Wales in Edinburgh is a curated showcase that promotes the highest of quality in Welsh theatre, dance and circus. The programme’s vision is to use the Edinburgh Festival Fringe not as a destination but a platform for our arts organisations and creative professionals to realise their international ambitions.
The Festival is attended by audiences, programmers, promoters and producers from across the UK and the World. We believe that our performing arts companies and creative professionals have a unique Welsh quality that can operate on a global scale.
The Wales in Edinburgh 2022 Fund is an additional funding opportunity providing support for Wales-based performing arts companies and creative professionals to produce and present their work at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
We want to see proposals from companies and creative professionals with a proven track record of creating exciting work that is ready for showcasing at the Fringe and for touring beyond Wales.
Given the extensive range of applicants and productions sizes who apply to the fund, we ask our applicants to consider this fund as a contribution towards the cost of presenting their work at the Festival. This is inclusive of venues and technical hires, access, marketing, accommodation and performances fees.
The total amount available for Wales in Edinburgh 2022 is £80,000. We would expect to fund between 4-5 applicants with strong proposals and who are showcase ready.
No venue confirmation will be needed at this stage of the fund due to the timing of the announcement from Scottish Government.
Delivered through Wales Arts International (the international agency of Arts Council of Wales), the curated programme offers a chance for our companies and creative professionals who are showcase ready, to develop markets and find ways of enhancing their touring patterns outside of Wales.
Once again, we’ll be working with Size of Wales, to mitigate the showcases’ carbon footprint. We’ll be providing workshops and exploration on making carbon neutral work. More information on the workshops will be provided soon.
Timeline
03 February – Fund announced
10 February – Applications open
02 March – Deadline for applications
30 March – Awarding decisions
Selection process
Our selection process will be inspired by our Corporate Plan, For the Benefit for All and Welsh Government’s Well-being of Future Generations Act 2015. We care about the individual voice and personal expression of Wales, keeping diversity, equalities and fairness at the heart of what we do, we remain committed to excellence and to supporting bold, innovative and provocative art.
The Wales in Edinburgh programme is curated by an external panel that have been selected for their expertise and their commitment and beliefs that resonate with our Corporate Plan.
In addition to the Wales in Edinburgh fund, we will also be launching the Seeding for the Future Fund – a development programme providing opportunities for emerging and established artists and producers to attend the festival and networking events, as well as masterclasses and shows of their choice.
More information on the Seeding for the Future Fund will be available soon.