Support materials - theatre
To be eligible for consideration of funding, you must submit the following required support material with your application by the closing date. It must be submitted on A4 pages suitable for black-and-white photocopying.
Key organisations multi-year grants
Unless previously supplied as part of their funding reporting requirements, applicants must provide a complete copy of the organisation’s signed audited accounts and statutory reports for the previous year. For smaller organisations, where audited accounts are not a legal requirement, the previous year’s financial statement should be certified by an independent accountant in public practice. Applicants applying for international status must provide evidence that they have earned an average of $50,000 per annum in foreign revenue over the last three years.
New work
All new work – production applicants must provide documentation of a presenting partner’s commitment and contribution to the project.
All other categories
No additional material is required by the closing date for eligibility other than the completed application form.
Support materials before the board meeting
For your application to be eligible for consideration for funding, you must submit the following material before the board meeting. The date by which this material must be received will appear on the letter or email of acknowledgment of your application.
All categories
When proposals are submitted from organisations or individuals that involve companies funded by the major performing arts board (MPAB), a letter of agreement between the applicant and the MPAB-funded company must be provided to both the MPAB and this board.
In line with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts policy and its underpinning principles, the Australia Council requires that applications for projects containing representations of artistic/cultural practice or intended outcomes relating to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artists or communities must provide letters from relevant communities or artists. Letters must show clear evidence of support and agreement for the activities undertaken. In preparing your application, you may wish to consult the Indigenous protocol guides in song, performance, writing, new media and visual arts (hard copies are available from the Australia Council).
New work
All applicants must provide confirmation by letter of the names and availability of key artists involved. (Emails are acceptable provided they are from the key artists.)
Skills and arts development
For applications involving individual professional development, you must provide written confirmation of the individuals involved and support from institutions. (Emails are acceptable.)
Fellowships
If relevant, you must provide letters or emails of acceptance or invitations.
Optional support material
You may choose to submit additional material to support your application. This material is not required to make your application eligible for funding. It is your responsibility to decide whether the inclusion of optional support material will strengthen your proposal. The theatre board will assess your application in the first instance and then may choose to assess your optional support material.
Support material with application
The following optional support material must be submitted by the closing date. It must be submitted on A4 pages suitable for black-and-white photocopying.
New work applicants may choose to submit one of the following:
- Two copies of the latest draft of the script intended for development or production, and a five-page extract of the script which includes a synopsis and which best portrays the quality of the writing
- Five pages of material which best portray your intentions - images, diagrams, a treatment or the documentation of a previous development stage
- For writer commissions, two copies of a recent script by the same writer and a five-page extract of the script which includes a synopsis, and which best portrays the quality of the writing.
- The date by which the following optional support material must be received will appear in the letter or email acknowledgment of your application.
All categories
Where an applicant chooses to submit recorded support material, please note that board members may view the first five minutes only.
Where more than five minutes of material have been included, applicants should indicate the section to be viewed by describing the chapter, button or track name and start-to-finish time code for five consecutive minutes of material.
Only the following formats are acceptable:
- VHS video
- DVD to be played from a DVD player
- Audio CD.
File formats
Support materials can be submitted in the following digital formats:
- Audio files - .mp3 (128 - 44.1kb/s)
- Images - .jpg (80 percent quality)
- Video - .mpg
- Documents - .pdf
Important information
Any material supplied in addition to the required support material may not be considered in the assessment of your application. If you need assistance in determining the support material you are required to submit or when it must be submitted, please contact theatre staff.