Leicester’s Curve Theatre has announced the return of its Curve Resident Creatives programme, reaffirming its commitment to nurturing local talent across the Midlands.
Applications are now open for the second wave of the artist development scheme, which embeds theatre-makers within Curve for an 18-month period. Participants will receive tailored mentoring, training, networking opportunities, and a minimum payment of £1,000 towards their involvement.
Launched in 2021, the Curve Resident Creatives initiative has supported a diverse range of artists including Centre for Indian Classical Dance, Max Emerson and Rob Ward of Emerson and Ward, The Gramophones, Stacey McCarthy, Si Rawlinson, and Jude Taylor.
Reflecting on her experience, Stacey McCarthy said:
“My time as a Curve Resident Creative has been brilliant. I’ve felt completely part of the theatre’s fabric with opportunities to work as a choreographer and movement director for Curve productions such as The Owl Who Came For Christmas, and My Beautiful Laundrette. I’ve delivered workshops to share my own knowledge and skills, also collaborating with other Curve Resident Creatives. It’s also been really rewarding to work as a Community Ambassador for Curve, helping to engage even more local people with the theatre’s work.”
Jude Taylor added:
“The last few years as a Curve Resident Creative have been invaluable for my career. Opportunities to be mentored by experts in the industry, to work alongside other local artists, and to practically share work at Curve have enabled me to develop significantly as an artist, even leading to opportunities to work on Made at Curve productions which have gone on to tour the UK. It will be great to see a new group of local artists step into the next CRC cohort and to see where their journeys take them next.”
The programme is open to Midlands-based theatre-makers including writers, performers, producers, directors, dancers, and theatre companies. Applications close on Monday 27 October at 10am.
Curve’s Associate Director Cara Nolan said:
“The aim of our Curve Resident Creative scheme, as well as finding and nurturing the incredible local artists of the Midlands, is to build a creative community of theatre-makers who can collaborate with each other, teams at Curve, our partners and wider network.
“We’re so proud of the achievements of our very first intake of Curve Resident Creatives and know they’ll be closely connected to Curve throughout their careers. Looking to the future, we’re excited to see who will be part of our next group, so if you think this could be the right scheme for your next step, please do get in touch!”
An informal online information session hosted by Cara Nolan will take place on Wednesday 8 October from 7pm to 8pm.
More information can be found here.
