DART

Our next DART day will be on Thursday 2nd July at Fabric, located at Birmingham Hippodrome, Thorp Street, Birmingham, B5 4TB.

Applications are now open! Please apply via the form below.

DART Day Application Form

The deadline for applications is Midday on Monday 8th June.

We also encourage artists to sign up to our artist mailing list to keep up to date with the latest announcements and opportunities.

Read more about DART here.

Warwick Incubator (Artist Callout)

Live & Local, with funding from Warwick District Council’s Arts Section, is seeking a Warwick District based artist or arts organisation to develop a new performance piece suitable for rural and community touring.

As part of this incubator, the selected artist/company will be funded up to £2500 to develop a work-in-progress that will be initially showcased in Warwick District, with the potential to tour across the Live & Local network (subject to the suitability and completion of the work).

Read the full callout here.

About the Opportunity

Live & Local is seeking an artist or arts organisation to develop a new piece of work designed for rural communities.

We welcome proposals across the following artforms:

• Music
• Theatre
• Dance
• Spoken Word
• Combined Arts

This opportunity is aimed at professional artists or companies who are new to rural touring, or who have limited experience in touring work to rural and community venues, but may have experience presenting work in studio or traditional performance settings.

The proposed work should be:

• New, or in the early stages of development
• Suitable for performance in rural and community spaces such as village halls, community centres and similar venues
• Adaptable for touring within the Live & Local network

The selected artist/company will receive support from the Live & Local team, alongside mentoring from an experienced artist relevant to their artform.

What We Need From You

Please send an Expression of Interest which is no more than 2 sides of A4 including:

• An outline of your proposed show or idea
• Information about you/your company and previous work
• A showreel or links to examples of your work
• A detailed expenditure breakdown outlining how the fee will support development
• Details of your connection to Warwick District

Please send your Expression of Interest to [email protected] by 29^th June 2026.