Program - presenter - theatre
Program - presenter grants provide three-year funding to assist the presentation of programs of new high quality contemporary theatre work.
Closing date: 1 June 2008
Decisions advised: October 2008
For funding for: 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011
About this category
Program - presenter grants are for organisations with a record of successfully developing new high-quality contemporary theatre work or presenting it to the public. These could be venues, festivals or independent producers.
These grants are to underwrite the risk of presenting new work to the public, or to fund the development of new work for later possible presentation. ‘New work’ is defined as theatre works that have not yet had a public season. The theatre board funds will be exclusively for the fees and salaries of the artists and artsworkers being presented.
Applicants will be expected to bring considerable resources of their own to their proposed program.
Please note that program - presenter grants are not for organisations that primarily exist to create their own work and which are led by the key artists involved in the work presented, such organisations should apply in the board’s other funding categories such as new work.
The receipt of a program - presenter grant is no guarantee of funding beyond the three years of the agreement. All applications compete on their merits for available funding.
Amount
$50,000 per year for three years.
Who is eligible to apply?
This category is open to organisations only. To be eligible, applicants must meet the general eligibility requirements.
What are the selection criteria?
Applications will be selected that best meet the following selection criteria:
- An artistic rationale for the activity as a vital contribution to the development of high quality contemporary theatre
- Artistic or professional skills appropriate to the activity
- Contribution to the diversity of Australian theatre
- Good planning and effective use of resources.
Your artistic rationale must include your curatorial vision and proposed selection process for developing or presenting new high quality contemporary theatre works.
In assessing your application against the last criterion, the board will take into account whether the contribution of your own cash and resources to the program is commensurate with the size and resources of your organisation.
What should you submit?
All applicants must submit the required support material in addition to the application form.
Application forms are not yet available, but will be posted on this website at least six weeks before the closing date.
Important information
- Program – presenter grants represent one of an organisation’s two applications to the Australia Council for each year of the three-year agreement
- A second application each year cannot be to the theatre board
- Applicants to this category are advised to discuss their application with theatre board staff before applying
- Please note: Playing the World is an exception to this rule. Organisations in receipt of program - presenter grants funding can submit proposals to playing the world and still submit one other application each year to another board of the Australia Council.
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